Table 1.

Glossary of Terms

Term	Definition
Bisexual	A person who is attracted to and has romantic relationships with people who identify as men and women.
Cisgender	A person who identifies with the gender they were assigned at birth.
Gay man	A person who identifies as a man and is attracted to and/or has romantic relationships with people who identify as men.
Genderqueer	A person whose gender identity is not simply male or female.
Gender nonconforming	A person whose gender identity does not conform to gender stereotypes.
Intersex	A general term used for a variety of cases in which a person is born with a reproductive or sexual anatomy that does not fit the usual medical definitions of female or male.^a
Lesbian	A person who identifies as a woman and is attracted to and/or has romantic relationships with people who identify as women.
Out	A person who is open about their sexual orientation, gender identity, or other aspects of their identity.
Pansexual	A person who is attracted to and/or has romantic relationships with people of all genders.
Queer	An umbrella term for people whose attractions and/or romantic relationships are not heterosexual or whose gender identities are not cisgender.
They	A gender-neutral pronoun used in the place of he or she.
Transman	A person who is transgender and identifies as a man.
Transwoman	A person who is transgender and identifies as a woman.
Transgender	An umbrella term for people who identify with a gender other than that which they were assigned at birth.
Transition	The process of undergoing physical changes, including those accompanying hormone blockade, hormone therapy, silicone injection, and surgery; changes in dress; or other changes in order to make one’s physical presentation more in line with one’s gender identity.

Note. The above definitions come from the authors with the exception of the definition for intersex.

Adapted from “What is intersex?” by the Intersex Society of North America, no date. Retrieved from: http://www.isna.org/faq/what_is_intersex