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lgbtiq: people who have identified themselves as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, or questioning. non-binary is used to describe genders that do ... 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Belowaredefinitionsofsometermsweusethroughoutthissectionofthewebsite.Wordsmatter,andcanmakeabigdifference.affirminggendermeansaffirmingthegenderthatmatchesaperson'sgenderidentity.Forexample,ifapersonwasassignedmaleatbirthandidentifiesasfemale,thepersonaffirmstheirgenderasfemale.ally:usuallyanon-LGBTIQpersonwhosupportsandstandsupfortherightsofLGBTIQpeople.asexual:apersonwhogenerallydoesnotfeelsexualattractionordesiretoanygroupofpeople.Asexualityisnotthesameascelibacy.bisexual:ThiswordisusedinthedefinitionofsexualityintheAnti-DiscriminationAct1991.Thedictionarymeaningofbisexualityisattractiontobothmenandwomenassexualpartners.Alsocalledbi.cisgenderisatermusedtodescribepeoplewhosegenderisthesameasthatassignedtothematbirth.‘Cis’isaLatintermmeaning‘onthesamesideas’.comingout:theprocessthroughwhichalesbian,gay,bisexual,transgender,questioning,orintersexpersoncomestorecogniseandacknowledge,bothtoselfandtoothers,theirsexualorientation,genderidentity,orintersexstatus.gay:apersonwhoisprimarilyattractedtomembersofthesamesex.Althoughitcanbeusedforanysex(forexample:gayman,gaywoman,gayperson)lesbianissometimesthepreferredtermforwomenwhoareattractedtowomen.Itispreferabletohomosexual.genderdiversereferstopeoplewhoidentifyasgenderfluid,genderquestioning,orgenderqueer.genderdysphoriaisarecognisedmedicalconditioninwhichaperson'ssexassignedatbirthdoesnotmatchtheirgenderidentityorexpression,resultinginimpairedfunctioningindailylife.Onetreatmentforgenderdysphoriaisforthepersontoundergoatransition.Notalltransandgenderdiversepeoplehavegenderdysphoriaandofthosewhohavedysphoria,formanyitceaseswithaccesstogenderaffirminghealthcare.genderexpressionisthewayinwhichapersoncommunicatestheirgenderidentitytoothersthroughbehaviour,clothing,appearance,voiceandotherformsofpresentation.genderfluidmeansthataperson’sgenderidentityisnotfixed.Somegenderfluidpeoplefeelverymasculineonsomedays,andfeminineonothers,whilesomelivefreefromdefinitionentirely.genderidentitymeansaperson'sinnermostconceptofselfasmaleorfemale—bothorneither,howanindividualperceivesthemself,andwhattheycallthemself.Note:ForthepurposeofunlawfuldiscriminationundertheAnti-DiscriminationAct:genderidentity,inrelationtoaperson,undertheQueensland  Anti-DiscriminationAct1991,meansthattheperson:(a)identifies,orhasidentified,asamemberoftheoppositesexbylivingorseekingtoliveasamemberofthatsex;or(b)isofindeterminatesexandseekstoliveasamemberofaparticularsex.Notethatthedefinitionisbasedonself-identificationratherthanlegalpaperworkincludingidentificationdocuments.gendernon-conforming:havingorbeingperceivedtohavegendercharacteristicsand/orbehavioursthatdonotconformtotraditionalorsocietalexpectations.Thepersonmayormaynotidentifyaslesbian,gay,bisexual,transgender,questioning,orintersex.Forexample,inthecaseofNorrie,theHighCourtofAustraliaunanimouslyheldthattheBirths,DeathsandMarriagesRegistrationAct1995(NSW)permitstheRegistrartoregisterthataperson'ssexisnon-specific.heterosexual:ThiswordisusedinthedefinitionofsexualityintheAnti-DiscriminationAct1991.Thedictionarymeaningofheterosexualityissexualfeelingforaperson(orpersons)oftheoppositesex.Alsocalledstraight.homosexual:ThiswordisusedinthedefinitionofsexualityintheAnti-DiscriminationAct1991.Thedictionarymeaningofhomosexualityissexualfeelingforaperson(orpersons)ofthesamesex.Somepeoplefindthistermoffensive.intersex:Intersexpeoplearebornwithphysicalsexcharacteristicsthatdon'tfitmedicalnormsforfemaleormalebodies.lesbian:awomanwhoisprimarilyattractedtootherwomen.lgb:lesbian,gay,bisexual.lgbtiq:peoplewhohaveidentifiedthemselvesaslesbian,gay,bisexual,transgender,intersex,orquestioning.non-binaryisusedtodescribegendersthatdonotfallintobinarydefinitionsofmaleorfemale.queer:anumbrellatermsometimesusedbyLGBTIpeopletorefertotheentireLGBTIcommunity.Itisimportanttonotethatthewordqueerisanin-groupterm,andawordthatcanbeconsideredoffensivetosomepeople,dependingontheirgeneration,geographiclocation,andrelationshiptotheword(becauseofitshistoricallyderogatoryuse).questioning:thosewhoareunsureof,orexploringanddiscoveringtheirsexualorientationorgenderidentity.sexreferstoaperson’sbiologicalandhormonalsexcharacteristics.Sexisdifferentfromgender.sexualorientation:aperson'semotional,physical,orromanticattractionstoanotherpersonorpeople.Note:sexualorientationandgenderidentityaretwodifferentcontructs.Ifapersonidentifiesastransgender,theymayalsoidentifytheirsexualorientationasstraight,gay,lesbian,orbisexual.sexuality,undertheQueenslandAnti-DiscriminationAct1991,means:heterosexuality,homosexualityorbisexuality.SOGI:sexualorientationandgenderidentity.SOGII:sexualorientation,genderidentity,andintersex.straightissometimesusedtorefertoaheterosexualperson.trans:Onthesewebpagesweusethewordtranstoacknowledgethattherearemanyidentitiesinthegenderdiversityspectrum.Transisanumbrellatermthatincludesallidentitieswithinthegenderidentityspectrum,including(butnotlimitedto)peoplewhoidentifyastransgender,transsexual,genderqueer,genderfluid,non-binary,sistagirl,brotherboy,transmanortranswoman.transgendermeansthatapersondoesnotidentifywiththebiologicalsextheyassignedatbirth.transitioningistheprocessbywhichapersonchangestheirgenderexpressiontobettermatchtheirgenderidentity.Amedicaltransitionistheprocessbywhichapersonchangestheirphysicalsexcharacteristicsviahormonalinterventionand/orsurgerytomorecloselyalignwiththeirgenderidentity.Asocialtransitionistheprocessofmakingothersawareofone’sgenderidentity,changingnameandpronouninsocialsettings,andchanginggenderexpression. Somepeopleprefertheterm‘affirmation’ratherthan‘transition’.Backtotop 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