TS Phrases To Know

ally /“allie”/ – noun : a (typically straight and/or cisgender) one who helps and respects
members of the LGBTQ group. We ponder people to be energetic allies who take movement on
in help and respect.
aromantic /”ayromantic”/ – adj. : experiencing little or no romantic attraction to others and/or
has an absence of curiosity in romantic relationships/conduct. Aromanticism exists on a continuum
from people who experience no romantic attraction or have any need for romantic actions, to
those who experience low ranges, or romantic attraction completely beneath specific circumstances. Plenty of
these fully totally different areas on the continuum have their very personal id labels (see demiromantic).
Sometimes abbreviated to “aro” (pronounced like “arrow”).

based conduct and identities, determining with every genders (or usually determining with each
man or lady, along with a third, fully totally different gender).
binder – noun : an undergarment used to vary or reduce the seems of 1’s chest(worn
equally to how one wears a sports activities actions bra). binding – adj. : the (usually day-to-day) technique of
carrying a binder. Binding is normally used to fluctuate the highest rated means totally different’s study/perceive one’s
anatomical intercourse traits, and/or as a sort of gender expression.

bisexual – noun & adj. : a person who experiences attraction to some people of their gender
and one different gender. Bisexual attraction doesn’t have to be equally reduce up, or level out a stage of
curiosity that’s the equivalent all through the genders an individual is also drawn to. Often used
interchangeably with “pansexual”.

closeted – adj. : an individual who isn’t open to themselves or others about their (queer)
sexuality or gender id. This may be by various and/or for various causes akin to concern for
one’s safety, peer or family rejection, or disapproval and/or lack of housing, job, and lots of others. Moreover acknowledged
as being “inside the closet.” When anyone chooses to interrupt this silence they “come out” of the
closet. (See coming out)

down low – adj. : typically referring to males who set up as straight nevertheless who secretly have intercourse
with males. Down low (or DL) originated in, and is generally utilized by, communities of shade.

femininepresenting; masculinepresenting – adj. : a choice to explain anyone who
expresses gender in a further feminine/masculine technique. Often confused with feminineofcenter/masculineofcenter, which normally embrace a think about id along with expression.

gender expression – noun : the outside present of 1’s gender, by means of a mix of
garments, grooming, demeanor, social conduct, and totally different parts, normally made sense of on
scales of masculinity and femininity. Moreover generally known as “gender presentation.”

heteronormativity – noun : the thought, in individuals and/or in institutions, that everyone is
heterosexual and that heterosexuality is superior to all totally different sexualities. Leads to invisibility and
stigmatizing of various sexualities: when finding out a woman is married, asking her what her
husband’s title is. Heteronormativity moreover leads us to think about that completely masculine males and
feminine ladies are straight.

heterosexual/straight – adj. : experiencing attraction solely (or primarily) to some members of
a definite gender.

PGPs – abbr. : preferred gender pronouns. Often used all through introductions, turning into further
frequent as a typical apply. Many advocate eradicating the “preferred,” on account of it signifies
flexibility and/or the ability for the speaker to find out which pronouns to utilize for one more individual.
questioning – verb, adj. : an individual who or time when anyone is unsure about or exploring
their very personal sexual orientation or gender id.

intercourse reassignment surgical process (SRS) – noun : utilized by some medical professionals to examine with a
group of surgical selections that alter a person’s natural intercourse. “Gender affirmation surgical process” is
considered by many to be a further affirming time interval. Often, one or plenty of surgical procedures are
required to comprehend licensed recognition of gender variance. Some examine with fully totally different surgical
procedures as “excessive” surgical process and “bottom” surgical process to debate what sort of surgical process they’re
having with out having to be further categorical.
stealth – adj. : a trans one who isn’t “out” as trans, and is perceived/acknowledged by others as
cisgender.

transgender – 1 adj. : a gender description for anyone who has transitioned (or is
transitioning) from residing as one gender to a rarest. 2 adj. : an umbrella time interval for anyone whose
intercourse assigned at supply and gender id don’t correspond inside the anticipated technique (e.g., anyone
who was assigned male at supply, nevertheless doesn’t set up as an individual).