Matching Pairs Module 2 Learning Checkpoint: Gender Inclusive Language ReviewOnline version A knowledge check of terms used in GLSEN's terms and concepts by Angela 1 Gender 2 Preferred Gender Pronouns (PGPs) 3 Gender Identity 4 Identity 5 Gender Expression 6 Coming Out 7 Gender Binary 8 Sexual Orientation The pronouns someone wants used in place of their name; these may be gendered, gender-neutral, or none at all. How we see and describe ourselves—shaped by factors like race, gender, class, and orientation—is personal and self-defined. Cultural roles and identities assigned as masculine or feminine based on anatomy; a social construct that can be redefined. The ongoing process of understanding and sharing one’s sexual orientation or gender with others. The multiple ways (e.g., behaviors, dress) in which a person may choose to communicate gender to oneself and/or to others. Who someone is emotionally or physically attracted to, in relation to their own gender; labels and experiences vary widely. A system that sees only male or female as valid genders, ignoring diverse experiences and harming those outside its narrow norms. How an individual identifies in terms of their gender including “male,” “female,” “androgynous,” “transgender,” “genderqueer” and many others. 1 Sexism 2 Racism 3 Classism 4 Oppression 5 Genderism 6 Heterosexism 7 Abelism A system of oppression that benefits male-identified people at the expense of female-identified people A system of oppression that benefits white people at the expense of people of color. A system of oppression that benefits able-bodied people at the expense of people with disabilities. A system that privileges cis people while harming trans and gender nonconforming people through bias, transphobia, and exclusion. A system that privileges straight people and harms lesbian, gay, and bi people through homophobia, biphobia, and discrimination. Bias-based systems that advantage some and harm others in many ways, limiting freedom and equality across multiple identities. A system of oppression that benefits people with high and middle socioeconomic status at the expense of people with lower socioeconomic status. 1 LGBT or LGBTQ 2 Ally 3 Questioning 4 Gender Nonconforming or Gender Variant 5 Queer 6 Reclaimed Words 7 Person of Color A person who is in the process of understanding and exploring what their sexual orientation and/or gender identity and gender expression might be. Someone whose gender or expression differs from their birth assignment; may or may not identify as transgender. A term for people who are lesbian, gay, bi, trans, queer, questioning, and others outside dominant sexual and gender norms. A broad term for sexual or gender identities outside societal norms; once a slur, now often used positively by many LGBT people. Some groups take back slurs, giving them new pride and meaning. Not all accept this, as some still find them hurtful. Someone from a dominant group who recognizes their privilege and actively supports efforts to end oppression. Someone from Black, Latino, Indigenous, Asian, Middle Eastern, or mixed backgrounds, often grouped outside the white majority. 1 Gay 2 Cisgender 3 Dyke 4 Fag/Faggot 5 Transgender 6 Homosexual 7 Straight or Heterosexual 8 Intersex 9 Pansexual 10 Lesbian 11 Asexual 12 Bisexual 13 Genderqueer 14 Tranny 15 Questioning A person who is emotionally and/or physically attracted to some members of the same gender. Many people prefer the terms “lesbian” or “gay”, instead. A person whose gender identity and expression are aligned with the gender they were assigned at birth. Someone whose gender or expression differs from their birth assignment; genderqueer people may or may not identify as transgender. A person who is emotionally and/or physically attracted to some people, regardless of their gender identity. A person who is emotionally and/or physically attracted to some members of another gender A term for conditions where a person’s reproductive or sexual anatomy doesn’t fit typical medical definitions of male or female. A person who is female-identified and who is emotionally and/or physically attracted to some other females. A slur for those seen as lesbians, often aimed at gender nonconforming women; some now use it as an affirming self-label. A slur targeting transgender people; some now use it as an affirming label, though it remains offensive to many. A person who is emotionally and/or physically attracted to two genders. Someone emotionally or physically attracted to the same gender; often refers to men but isn’t an umbrella term for all LGBT people. Someone whose gender or expression differs from their birth assignment; “transgender” often covers many related experiences. Someone who feels little or no sexual attraction but may have emotional or intellectual attraction; labels vary widely. A person who is in the process of understanding and exploring what their sexual orientation and/or gender identity and gender expression might be. A slur for those seen as gay men, often targeting gender nonconforming men; some now use it as an affirming self-label.
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