LGBTQIA+

Lesbian: Women who like women.

Gay: Men who like men.

Bisexual: Someone who like both men and women.

Transgender: "A wide-ranging term for people whose gender identity or gender expression differs from the biological sex they were assigned at birth."

Queer: "Term often used to describe someone whose gender identity is outside the strict male/female binary. They may exhibit both traditionally masculine and feminine qualities or neither."

Intersex: "someone born with biological sex characteristics that aren’t traditionally associated with male or female bodies."

Asexual: Someone who doesn't feel sexual attraction to any gender.

Pansexual: "Someone who is attracted to people of all gender identities."

Gender-neutral: "Someone who prefers not to be described by a specific gender."

M.A.A.B./F.A.A.B./U.A.A.B.: "Male-assigned at birth/female-assigned at birth/unassigned at birth."

Gender fluid: "A term used by people whose identity shifts or fluctuates."

Nonbinary: "A person who identifies as neither male nor female and sees themselves outside the gender binary."

Gender nonconforming: "One who expresses gender outside traditional norms associated with masculinity or femininity."

Cisgender: "Someone whose gender identity matches the sex they were assigned at birth."

Graysexual: "Someone who occasionally experiences sexual attraction but usually does not; it covers a kind of gray space between asexuality and sexual identity."

Demi-sexual: "Someone who generally does not experience sexual attraction unless they have formed a strong emotional, but not necessarily romantic, connection with someone."

ALL INFORMATION GATHERED FROM: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/21/style/lgbtq-gender-language.html