Sexual Orientation
Common Terms
Deeper Meanings
More Phrases
Homo-What?
100
The feelings of romantic or sexual attraction or behavior among members of the opposite sex
What is heterosexuality?
100
A man (or woman) who spends time and enjoyment dressing as the other gender.
What is a crossdresser?
100
What one's true gender, regardless of their belief.
What is biological sex/gender?
100
A straight person who is a "friend of the gays", who supports gay rights.
What is ally?
100
The fear of gay rights and gay pride, as well as being around gay people
What is homophobia?
200
The feelings of romantic or sexual attraction or behavior among members of the same sex
What is homosexuality?
200
Someone who chooses purposefully to disclose their true sexual orientation.
What is "in the closet" OR "down low"?
200
How people express their sexuality.
What is sexual behavior?
200
The operation of changing and altering one's genitalia to the other gender.
What is sexual reassignment surgery?
200
When gay people have fear of being around straight people and do not believe it straight rights.
What is heterophobia?
300
The feelings of romantic or sexual attraction or behavior among members of the opposite sex and the same sex
What is bisexuality?
300
A word literally meaning "odd" or "unusual"; often used against gay people.
What is queer?
300
How one expresses themselves and their beliefs of their true gender identity.
What is gender expression?
300
The abbreviation for "men who have sex with men", who are also men who do not consider themselves to be gay.
What is MSM?
300
The constant battle of equality in America for gay citizens.
What are Gay Rights OR the Gay Rights Movement?
400
In its broadest sense, it describes lack of sexual attraction of any gender.
What is asexuality?
400
The common acronym for any lesbian, gay, bisexual, transexual, or questioning issues/people.
What is LGBTQ or LGBT?
400
The act of sexual behavior combined between males and females; often portray behaviors from both genders.
What is androgyny?
400
A day dedicated to the respect of all lives lost in LGBTQ violence.
What is Day of Silence?
500
The feelings of romantic or sexual attraction or behavior among people, regardless of their gender
What is pansexuality?
500
The act of terrorizing or attacking gay people for who they are and their sexual orientation.
What is gay bashing/bashing?
500
The beliefs that the culture pressures its people to be in terms of their gender, and the roles they expect those genders to play.
What is gender role?
500
A variety of conditions in which a person is born with genitalia that doesn’t seem to fit the typical definitions of female or male.
What is inter-sexuality?
500
The nickname for the policy that started as "compromise" that will allow secretly gay, lesbian, and bisexual service members or applicants, while absolutely banning "openly" gay or bisexual people from joining the military, and expelling those already serving.
What is the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy.
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