ss gender and sexuality

• asexual 


  refers to a person who does not experience sexual attraction or has little interest in sexual activity
• bullying 


  is unwanted, repetitive, and aggressive behavior marked by an imbalance of power
• cisgender

  replaces the terms "nontransgender" or "bio ma/bio woman" to refer to individuals who have a match between the sex they are assigned at birth, their bodies, and their gender identity.
• DSD (disorder of sex development)


  a term that is used to discuss intersex and variations in sex development by some medical professionals and community members
• gender 


  refers to the attitudes, feelings and behaviors that a given culture associates with a person's biological sex
• gender expression 


  an individual's presentation, including physical appearance, clothing choice and accessories and behavior that communicates aspects of gender or gender role. gender expression may or may not conform to a person's gender identity
• gender identity 


  a person's deeply felt, inherent sense of being a boy, a man, or male: a girl, a woman, or female r an alternative gender which may or may not to a person's sex assigned at birth or to a person's primary or secondary sex characteristics. since gender identity is internal, a person's gender identity is not necessarily visible to others.
• affirmed gender identity

  refers to a person gender identify after coming out as trans gender or gender non conforming or undergoing aa social and/or medical transition process.
• gender diversity

  refers to a extent to which a person's gender identity, role, or expression differs from cultural norms prescribed for people of a particular sex. this term is becoming more popular as a way to describe people without reference to a particular cultural norm, in a manner that is more affirming and potentially more stigmatizing than gender non conformity
• gender dysphoria 


  refers to a discomfort or distress that is associated with discrepancy between a person's gender identity and that person's sex assigned at birth
• gender identity 


  refers to one's sense of oneself as male, female, or something else. when one's gender identity and biological sex are not congruent, the individual may identify along the transgender spectrum
• gender non-conforming

  is an adjective and umbrella term to describe individual's whose gender expression, gender identity, or gender roles differs from gender norms associated with their assigned birth sex. subpopulations of the TGNC community can develop specialized language to represent their experience and culture, such as the term "masculine of center" that is used in communities of color to describe a GNC identity
• gender role 


  refers to a pattern of appearance, personality, and behavior that in a given culture is associated with being a boy/man/male or being a girl/woman/female. a person's gender role may or may not conform to what is expected based on a person's sex assigned at birth
• genderqueer 


  refers to a person whose gender identity falls outside of the gender binary (i.e. identifies with neither or both genders). gender queer may also use the term "gender fluid" as an identifier but typically reject the term "transgender" because it implies a change from one gender category to another
• intersex

  refers to a rang of conditions associated with atypical development of physical sex characteristics
• pansexual 


  is most commonly used in the world outside academia as a sexual identity [and sexual orientation] similar to bisexuality but more inclusive of trans people. it also shows an awareness of the implied gender binary in the term bisexual
• pushout 


  a student who leaves school before graduation due to the encouragement of school personnel often to enable the school to achieve a performance goal or to lower disruption within the school or because the school views the student as too much trouble. this term is in contrast with "dropout" to highlight the institutional influence on individual behavior.
• queer

  is an umbrella term that individuals may use to describe a sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression that does not conform to dominant societal norms.
• questioning

  is an identity label for a person who is exploring their sexual orientation or gender identity, and is in a state of moratorium in terms of identity formation.
• sex


  refers to a person's biological status and is typically categorized as male, female, or intersex
• sex assignment 


  is the initial categorization of an infant as male or female
• sexual orientation

  refers to the sex of those whom one is sexually and romantically attracted
• transgender

  is an umbrella term that incorporates differences in gender identity wherein one's assigned biological sex doesn't match their felt identity