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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.
Heterosexism exclus the needs, ncerns, and life experienc of lbian, gay, bisexual and queer people, while giv advantag to heterosexual people.
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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Homosexual/Homosexualy: An outdated term to scribe a sexual orientatn which a person feels physilly and emotnally attracted to people of the same genr.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).