Contents:
- THERE ARE FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENC BETWEEN GAY AND TRANS INTI
- LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR – WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?
THERE ARE FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENC BETWEEN GAY AND TRANS INTI
Sexual orientatn refers to the endurg physil, romantic and/or emotnal attractn to members of the same and/or other genrs, cludg lbian, gay, bisexual and straight orientatns. As GLAAD not, "Transgenr people may be straight, lbian, gay, bisexual or queer.
A person who transns om female to male and is attracted solely to men would typilly intify as a gay man. Transgenr people may intify as heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, or none of the above.
(See Answers to Your Qutns: For a Better Unrstandg of Sexual Orientatn and Homosexualy for more rmatn on sexual orientatn. Transgenr people may be straight, lbian, gay, bisexual, or asexual, jt as nontransgenr people n be.
LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR – WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?
For example, a transgenr woman, or a person who is assigned male at birth and transns to female, who is attracted to other women would be intified as a lbian or gay woman. Likewise, a transgenr man, or a person who is assigned female at birth and transns to male, who is attracted to other men would be intified as a gay man. The Natnal Center for Transgenr Equaly and the Natnal Gay and Lbian Task Force released a report 2011 entled Injtice at Every Turn, which nfirmed the pervasive and severe discrimatn faced by transgenr people.