Healthy and Positive Equality

• Refers to the state of being equal in status, rights, and opportunities regardless of differences such as race, gender, religion, or socioeconomic status.

  Equality
• Refers to traits and behaviors typically associated with females, such as nurturing, empathy, and grace.

  Feminine
• It promotes diversity and ensures that everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered to participate fully in society.

  Inclusivity
• Refers to traits and behaviors typically associated with males, such as strength, assertiveness, and independence

  Masculine
• Stands for Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Gender Expression. It encompasses the diverse ways in which individuals experience and express their sexuality and gender, including their attractions, identities, and presentations

  SOGIE
• What is SOGIE?

  Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Expression
• Refers to the biological and physiological characteristics that determine the difference between females and males.

  Sex
• Pertains to the social roles, behaviors, and activities dictated by society for women and men. It is not confined to just two categories; it encompasses various types.

  Gender
• Possession of XY Chromosomes

  Male
• Possession of XX Chromosomes

  Female
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender. The letter Q can denote "questioning" or "queer," or sometimes both. Later additions include I for Intersex, A for Ally or Asexual, and the + symbol for inclusivity of everyone else not explicitly mentioned in the initial letters.

  LGBTQIA+
• Someone who is physically, romantically, and/or emotionally attracted to more than one gender.

  Bisexual
• How someone outwardly presents their gender through behavior, clothing, voice, or other traits, perceived as masculine or feminine by society, which varies across cultures and changes over time

  Gender Expression
• One's internal sense of their gender, whether male, female, both, or neither, not visible outwardly like gender expression.

  Gender Identity
• The term used to describe individuals whose lasting physical, romantic, and/or emotional attractions are to people of the same gender.

  Gay
• Adjective used to describe individuals who are romantically or sexually attracted to people of the opposite gender.

  Hetero Sexual
• A woman who is attracted to other women in terms of enduring physical, romantic, and/or emotional connections. Some of them may opt to identify as gay or as gay women

  Lesbian
• An adjective describing individuals attracted to people of all genders or sexual orientations.

  Pansexual
• Previously regarded as a derogatory term aimed at homosexuality, The term is now being embraced by some individuals as a self affirming umbrella term, particularly among those who find other labels limiting.

  Queer
• Refers to persistent attraction to individuals of the same or different genders, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, and heterosexual orientations.

  Sexual Orientation
• They may identify as male or female and encompass a range of identities such as transsexuals, cross-dressers, and others whose gender identity differs from their assigned sex at birth.

  Transgender