EN - 1.14 LGBTQ+

L

Lesbian:  A woman who feels romantically, emotionally, or physically attracted to other women.

The LGBTQ+ acronym refers to persons who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, and other diverse identities.

G

Gay:  A man who feels romantically, emotionally, or physically attracted to other men.

T

Trans: This broad term includes people who identify with the sex opposite the one they were assigned at birth, as well as others who do not identify with the feminine or masculine gender categories. Examples are transsexual, transgender, and transvestite people.

Q

Queer: This term refers to people with a gender identity and sexual orientation that differs from heterosexual and cisgender (which means identifying with the gender assigned at birth).

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B

Bisexual: Someone who feels romantically, emotionally, or physically attracted to both people of the same sex or gender and people of another sex or gender.

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Have you seen any variations of this acronym? The + sign is used to bring visibility to other diverse populations. For example, LGBTI+ brings visibility to intersex individuals, who are people born with sex characteristics that don't fit into typical binary notions of male and female bodies.

An expression that has gained prominence is diverse SOGIESC. This acronym refers to sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and sex characteristics. A person with diverse SOGIESC is someone whose characteristics differ from a heterosexual and cisgender identity.