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You've certaly read and heard the acronym LGBTQ, which stands for lbian/gay/bisexual/transgenr/queer, untls tim. But both genr and sexual orientatn exist on a spectm — and there are untls words, phras, and acronyms (like GNC,… * cd gay abbreviation *
You've certaly read and heard the acronym LGBTQ, which stands for lbian/gay/bisexual/transgenr/queer, untls tim. GSM Genr and Sexual Mori, a term that some favor over "LGBTQ" — Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgenr — bee of s relative clivens.
QUILTBAG Queer/Qutng, Uncid, Intersex, Lbian, Transgenr/Transexual, Bisexual, Allied/Asexual, Gay/Genrqueer, a term nsired by some to be a more exclive acronym than LGBTQ — and certaly easier to say.
LGBTQIA Allyship is the practice of nontg heterosexism, sexism, genrism, allosexism, and monosexism onelf and others out of self-tert and a ncern for the well beg of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, tersex and asexual people. *At the UCD LGBTQIA Rource Center, we’ve been tentnally movg away om g words like "transphobic, ” “homophobic, ” and "biphobic" bee they accurately scribe systems of opprsn as irratnal fears.
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Heterosexism exclus the needs, ncerns, and life experienc of lbian, gay, bisexual and queer people, while giv advantag to heterosexual people. Homophobia: Opprsn, discrimatn, and hatred directed toward members of the LGBTQ+ muny. *At the UCD LGBTQIA Rource Center, we’ve been tentnally movg away om g words like "transphobic, ” “homophobic, ” and "biphobic" bee (1) they accurately scribe systems of opprsn as irratnal fears, and (2) for some people, phobias are a very distrsg part of their lived experience and -optg this language is disrpectful to their experienc and perpetuat ableism.
Homosexual/Homosexualy: An outdated term to scribe a sexual orientatn which a person feels physilly and emotnally attracted to people of the same genr. Instead of assigng people to two tegori—heterosexual and homosexual—Ksey ed a spectm rangg om 0 (exclively heterosexual) to 6 (exclively homosexual).