nlgja: the association of lgbtq journalists

stylestylebook onLGBTQterminology book NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists is a journalist-led association working within the news media to advance fair and accurate coverage of LGBTQ communities and issues. We promote diverse and inclusive workplaces by holding the industry accountable and providing education, professional development and mentoring.

Since its founding in 1990, the organization has grown to include more than 800 members and 25 chapter organizations, including 10 student chapters, in the United States.

The NLGJA Stylebook on LGBTQ Terminology is intended to complement the prose stylebooks of individual publications, as well as The Associated Press Stylebook, the leading stylebook in U.S. newsrooms.

It reflects the association’s mission of inclusive coverage of LGBTQ people, includes entries on words and phrases that have become common and features greater detail for earlier entries.

The Stylebook will be continually updated and the latest version will always be available at www.nlgja.org/stylebook.

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stylebook on LGBTQ terminology

updated December 2020 stylebook Editors: Jeff McMillan and Sarah Blazucki Introduction This stylebook seeks to be a guide on language and terminology to help journalists cover LGBTQ subjects and issues with sensitivity and fairness, without bias or judgment. Because language is always changing, this guide is not definitive or fully inclusive. When covering the LGBTQ community, we encourage you to use the language and terminology your subjects use. They are the best source for how they would like to be identified. acting, appearing closeted, in the closet In general, avoid this term that Refers to people who wish to keep assumes someone’s sexual their sexual orientation or gender orientation or gender identity is identity secret. deceptive, incongruous or ingenuine. See coming out. Example: He was straight-acting. coming out AIDS Shorthand for coming out of the See HIV/AIDS. closet. Accepting and letting others know of one’s previously hidden agender sexual orientation or gender identity. See transgender. See closeted, outing. ally commitment ceremony A person who is not LGBTQ and A ceremony that is like a wedding who actively supports LGBTQ but is not legally binding. communities. See marriage and relationships. See LGBT, LGBTQ. “conversion therapy” asexual The discredited practice of using See LGBT, LGBTQ. psychological interventions to change sexual orientation. Proponents may bathroom bill also call it reparative therapy or Avoid. sexual reorientation therapy. Always See transgender. use quotation marks, and always include the context that the practice bisexual has been opposed by the American See LGBT, LGBTQ. Psychological Association and other groups of medical and mental health breeder professionals, as well as banned by Avoid this often-pejorative slang that several states. refers to heterosexuals. See “ex-”. cisgender cross-dresser Refers to people whose gender Preferred term for people who wear identity aligns with the sex and clothing most often associated with gender assigned to them at birth. a different gender, and who describe See transgender. themselves as such. Do not use the obsolete term transvestite. Not civil union synonymous with transgender or See marriage and relationships. performer.

2 | Stylebook on LGBTQ Terminology cruising drag , female impersonator Visiting places where opportunities Drag is the practice of dressing exist to meet potential sex partners. and acting in styles typically Not exclusively a gay practice. associated with another gender, usually exaggeratedly so and for DL entertainment value. Drag queens Abbreviation for down low, which portray women and drag kings refers to men who secretly have sex portray men. Drag performer is the with men. Men on the down low or gender-neutral term. on the DL may be in relationships with women and not identify as gay Drag and impersonation are more or bisexual. The term originated strongly determined by the nature of among black men but has attained the costume and performance than wider use. People usually won’t by the performer’s gender identity or describe themselves as DL or down sex. low, so use only in quotations or in broad references. Drag is not synonymous with but See MSM. is sometimes considered a type of male or female impersonation, in domestic partner which performances may be spoofs See marriage and relationships. of a specific person or character or may be more subdued than a drag Don’t ask, don’t tell performance. Shorthand for Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, Don’t Pursue, Don’t Harass, Not synonymous with transgender, the military’s former policy on gay though some drag performers may men, lesbians and bisexuals. Under identify as such, or with cross-dresser. the policy, instituted in 1993 and See cross-dresser. lifted in 2011, the military was not to ask service members about their dressed as sexual orientation; service members Avoid this phrase, which can assume were not to tell others about their a person’s gender identity or be orientation; and the military was not sensationalistic. to pursue rumors about members’ sexual orientation. Sometimes abbreviated as DADT. Originally a pejorative term for a lesbian, some lesbians have down low reclaimed it. Offensive when used See DL. as an epithet. Use only if the subject uses it or in a quotation if there is a compelling reason to do so. See slurs.

NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists | 3 “ex-gay” relevant, such as in stories about Describes the movement or adoption or in-vitro fertilization. adherents of a movement, mostly Mother and father are generally the rooted in conservative religions, that proper terms for LGBTQ parents, aims to change the sexual orientation but because of the blended nature of gay, lesbian or bisexual people to of many families led by such parents, straight. Use only in quotation marks, ask story subjects how they wish to and always include the context that be identified. the practice is widely discredited in See marriage and relationships. scientific circles. gay fag, See LGBT, LGBTQ; openly gay. A pejorative term for a gay male. Extremely offensive when used as an gay agenda epithet. Use only in a quotation and if Politically charged term used by there is a compelling reason. opponents that suggests LGBTQ See slurs. activists have a unified, conspiratorial, ulterior political motive. Best false balance confined to quotations. Including opposing views in a story even when doing so is unnecessary GLAAD or insensitive or would perpetuate An advocacy group that monitors falsehoods, or assuming there are portrayals of LGBTQ people in the only two sides to a story. Sometimes news media and entertainment. Once called bothsidesism. Just as an acronym for the Gay & Lesbian journalists should not default to Alliance Against Defamation, it now giving doubters of the scientifically goes only by its initials, pronounced established concept of climate “glad.” Do not confuse it with GLAD, change a platform, they shouldn’t a different organization. automatically give opponents of LGBTQ rights a voice unless it GLAD furthers the understanding of the Shorthand for the advocacy issue or story. For instance, a story group GLBTQ Legal Advocates & about LGBTQ-related legislation Defenders. GLAD is acceptable should quote supporters, opponents on subsequent references. Do not and possibly the indifferent. A story confuse with GLAAD, a different about an LGBTQ awards ceremony, a organization. hate crime or a person’s coming out usually does not require opposing hermaphrodite comment. Avoid this obsolete term. See intersex. families, parents Differentiate families led by LGBTQ heterosexism parents, and identify the parents’ Presumption that sexual orientation or gender identity, is universal and/or superior to only when relevant. Do not use gay homosexuality. Also, prejudice, bias families or similar because it implies or discrimination based on such all members of the family are LGBTQ. presumptions. Mention genetic relationships or conception techniques only when

4 | Stylebook on LGBTQ Terminology HIV Acceptable in all references for HIV/AIDS human immunodeficiency virus, the Since AIDS emerged in gay men virus that causes AIDS. HIV virus is in the early 1980s, coverage of the redundant. HIV-positive means being LGBTQ community has often been infected with HIV but not necessarily intertwined with it and therefore is having AIDS; include the hyphen in included in this style guide. all instances for HIV-positive and HIV- negative. Men who have sex with men remain among the communities HIV/AIDS most affected by HIV/AIDS, but Acceptable in all references to refer many other demographics are collectively to HIV and AIDS and the also disproportionately affected. conditions that can arise from them. Moreover, HIV infection is now considered a manageable condition, HIV disease not the oft-repeated “death A term used by some HIV/ sentence” it once was. Coverage and AIDS doctors because there are word choice should take these factors other types of acquired immune into account. deficiencies caused by toxins or by other diseases. Some guidance on commonly used terms in HIV/AIDS coverage follows: PEP Shorthand for post-exposure AIDS prophylaxis, a regimen of medication Acceptable in all references for prescribed to HIV-negative people acquired immune deficiency immediately after their exposure to syndrome, a medical condition that HIV to stop infection. compromises the human immune system and makes the body PrEP vulnerable to infections. Always Shorthand for pre-exposure uppercase the S, which stands for prophylaxis, a regimen of medication syndrome. It is caused by HIV, the prescribed to some HIV-negative human immunodeficiency virus. gay men and other high-risk people People may be HIV-positive but not to help prevent HIV infection if they have AIDS. Do not use the term full- are exposed to the virus. PrEP refers blown AIDS. For people who have to the regimen, not the medication the condition, use terms like person itself: He is on PrEP, not He took his or people with AIDS or, if the context PrEP with breakfast. is medical, AIDS patients, instead of terms such as sufferer or victim, which imply powerlessness. homo Pejorative term for homosexual. Use only if self-referential or in a quotation if there is a compelling reason. See slurs.

NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists | 5 Referring to LGBT or LGBTQ people Fear, hatred or dislike of is usually more accurate than defining homosexuality, gay men and/or it as one community. lesbians. Similar terms are biphobia for bisexuals and transphobia for There is not universal agreement transgender people. Restrict to on a name. Just LGBT leaves out relevant usage, such as in quotations, many people who define their sexual opinions or broad references to orientation or gender identity in ways the concept. Use LGBTQ rights that may be similar to but not the opponents or similar instead of same as lesbians, gays, bisexuals and homophobes when describing transgender people. people who oppose LGBTQ people, rights or activism. Some alternatives exist but may be cumbersome or unfamiliar to homosexual, homosexuality general audiences and could require Avoid the obsolete term homosexual explanation. LGBTQ includes people to refer to people. Homosexuality who identify as queer or who are is acceptable when a noun is questioning their sexual orientation; needed for the concept of same-sex LGBTQIA includes intersex and attraction. The terms may be most asexual people. useful when writing about scientific research that uses the terminology to Organizations sometimes go with describe sexual activity. LGBT+ to make sure everyone is included. Human Rights Campaign An advocacy group that describes The current recommendation of itself as the largest national lesbian, NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ gay, bisexual, transgender and Journalists is LGBTQ — as the queer civil rights organization. Often organization’s name indicates — but abbreviated as HRC. writers and organizations should decide for themselves, based on intersex their audience, whether more or less See separate entry under LGBT, specificity is needed. LGBTQ heading. Details on some terms commonly used, or misused, in news coverage of LGBTQ people follow: LGBT, LGBTQ Acceptable in all references ally for lesbian, gay, bisexual and Some organizations have intended transgender or for lesbian, gay, ally — someone who is not LGBTQ bisexual, transgender and queer and/ but who actively supports LGBTQ or questioning. communities — as part of the A in LGBTQIA, but be aware that some It may be tempting for journalists people and organizations strongly to refer to the LGBT community. In object to its inclusion. reality, it is a broad and sometimes loosely bound group of communities comprising people from all races, religions, cultures and walks of life.

6 | Stylebook on LGBTQ Terminology asexual queer As a noun or adjective, someone who Originally a pejorative term for gay, doesn’t experience sexual attraction. now reclaimed by some LGBTQ More closely associated with sexual people. Use with caution; still orientation than with gender; not extremely offensive when used as an synonymous with agender or gender epithet and still offensive to many nonconforming. LGBTQ people regardless of intent. Its use may require explanation. bisexual Sometimes it is meant as an No hyphen. As a noun, a person umbrella term synonymous with the attracted to more than one gender. abbreviation LGBT and its variations. As an adjective, of or relating to However, some people who call attraction to more than one gender. themselves queer may do so because Does not presume nonmonogamy. they find other labels inaccurate Biphobia is the fear, hatred or dislike or restrictive, so the abbreviation of bisexuality or bisexuals and may LGBTQ includes them. And some be harbored by LGBTQ people, as straight people who identify with well as heterosexuals. LGBTQ culture, such as children of queer parents, call themselves gay culturally queer. Refers to men who are attracted to other men. Do not use as a singular transgender noun: Juan is gay, not Juan is a gay. See entries under separate Acceptable in tight headlines and transgender heading. in quotations to refer to gays and lesbians. See homosexual, lesbian. lifestyle intersex An inaccurate term sometimes used People born with sex chromosomes, to describe the lives of gay, lesbian, genitalia and/or a reproductive bisexual and transgender people. system not considered standard for Sexual orientation may be part of a either males or females. Parents and broader lifestyle but is not one in and physicians usually determine the sex of itself, just as there is no “straight” of the child and may elect surgery lifestyle. or hormone treatment, a practice many intersex adults seek to end. MSM Avoid the obsolete, offensive term Abbreviation for men who have hermaphrodite. sex with men. It is a behavioral and public health category, used in a lesbian medical or scientific context. Does Preferred term, both as a noun not reference sexual identity and and adjective, for women who are is not synonymous with gay and attracted to other women. Some bisexual men. women prefer to be called gay See DL. instead of lesbian; when possible, ask the subject which term she prefers.

NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists | 7 Defense of Marriage Act The 1996 U.S. law that limited marriage and relationships federal marriage recognition to those LGBTQ people use various terms to between one man and one woman; describe their romantic and/or legal overturned in part by the 2013 commitments to another person, and Supreme Court case U.S. v. Windsor they may vary by sexual orientation, and in full by the 2015 Supreme gender identity or just personal Court case Obergefell v. Hodges. preference. Write out on first reference; DOMA is acceptable in subsequent references. If possible, ask subjects which terms they prefer. Some detailed guidance domestic partner on terms relating to marriage and Unmarried partners who live other relationships for same-sex together. Domestic partners may couples follows: be of different sexes or the same sex. They may register in some bridal jurisdictions and receive some of Industry term that often the benefits accorded to married overemphasizes women engaged to couples. Domestic partner and be married, as in bridal expo or bridal domestic partnership are typically registry. Gender-neutral terms such used in connection with legal as wedding expo are preferred. and insurance matters, while just partner is more common in personal bride, brides communication. Acceptable for female members of any couple recently or about to be engaged couple married. If possible, ask the subject Acceptable term for a same-sex or subjects which term they prefer. couple before marriage, and also for different-sex couples. Fiancé and civil union: Legal status in some fiancée are acceptable if the couples U.S. states that provides same-sex prefer those terms. couples some rights available to married couples. Many states that groom offered civil unions stopped doing so Acceptable term for male members when the federal government began of a same-sex or different-sex couple recognizing marriage for same-sex who is recently or about to be couples, but a few still offer them. married. If possible, ask the subject or subjects which term they prefer. commitment ceremony A weddinglike event in which two husband or sometimes more people declare Acceptable term for a male, married their commitment to one another; partner of a man. Ask which term the participants can be of the same or couple prefers, if possible. different sexes. Ceremonies may be religiously recognized but are not lover legally binding. Some people prefer this gender- neutral term for a sexual or romantic partner. Girlfriend, boyfriend and partner, which is also gender-neutral but may connote cohabitation, are alternatives.

8 | Stylebook on LGBTQ Terminology marriage NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Avoid modifying the word marriage Journalists when possible, since there is no legal An organization of journalists, media distinction in the U.S. between same- professionals, educators and students sex and different-sex marriages. who work within the news industry When it is relevant to mention the to foster fair and accurate coverage distinction, marriage for same-sex of LGBTQ issues. It was formed couples is preferred over same-sex in 1990 as the National Lesbian marriage or gay marriage. and Gay Journalists Association and now goes by NLGJA: The obituaries Association of LGBTQ Journalists. When reporting survivors, list NLGJA is acceptable on subsequent partners of gay, lesbian, bisexual or references. For more information, transgender deceased in an order visit www.nlgja.org/about. equivalent to spouses of heterosexual deceased. nonbinary See transgender. partner A commonly accepted term for a obituaries person of any sexual orientation in a See marriage and relationships. romantic relationship, though it may connote a long-term commitment or openly gay/lesbian cohabitation. As a modifier, openly is often relevant only when referencing historical spouse figures and to allow for the possibility Gender-neutral term that is of previous closeted figures:Harvey acceptable in all references to Milk was the first openly gay San individuals in a marriage. Francisco supervisor. Tammy Baldwin was the first openly lesbian member wedding of the U.S. House of Representatives. Preferred term for a marriage Mention a subject’s sexual orientation ceremony for same-sex people and only when relevant. Avoid words like to modify activities related to a acknowledged, avowed, admitted, marriage ceremony, as in wedding confessed or practicing because registry. of their inaccuracy or negative connotations. wife Acceptable term for a female, opposite sex married partner of a woman. Ask Avoid this term that buys into a which term the subject prefers, if scientifically obsolete view of sex as possible. binary. Instead use terms like another sex or different sex. misleading associations out, outing Terms including adultery, bestiality, Revealing the sexual orientation or pedophilia and polygamy are gender identity of someone against frequently false or defamatory when their will. Derived from out of the used in stories about LGBTQ issues. closet. Example: The magazine outed See the NLGJA: The Association the senator in a story. of LGBTQ Journalists Journalists See coming out, closeted. Toolbox at www.nlgja.org/resources/ journalists-toolbox.

NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists | 9 pansexual rainbow flag Describes someone who experiences A flag of horizontal stripes of the attraction without regard to sex, colors of the rainbow that symbolizes gender identity or gender expression. the diversity of LGBTQ people. Also called the pride flag. Other variations parent have taken hold, including one with a See families, parents. black and a brown stripe to be more pass, passing inclusive of communities of color. Describes someone whose sexual orientation or gender identity is religious freedom, religious liberty seen as deceptive, ingenuine or Politically charged terms sometimes implausible: She passes for straight. used to describe efforts to allow Best avoided because it can be religious beliefs to be the basis unfounded, inaccurate and even for discrimination. Avoid them in defamatory. favor of more specific phrasing: The legislator introduced a bill that pink triangle would allow business owners who The insignia gay men were required cite religious beliefs to turn away to wear in Nazi concentration camps. LGBTQ customers, not The legislator It has been reclaimed as a gay pride introduced a religious freedom bill symbol. to protect business owners who disagree with homosexuality. pride, gay pride Lowercase in the context of safe sex, safer sex generally having pride in one’s Practices can include not just sexual orientation or gender identity. barriers such as condoms, but also Capitalized in reference to holidays medication regimens such as PrEP, and events that commemorate the which can help prevent HIV infection. Stonewall uprising of 1969. The pink Some organizations condone the triangle is now a symbol of gay pride. term safer sex to underscore that no She couldn’t wait for Pride month to sexual contact is completely without arrive. risk. See HIV/AIDS. queen same-gender loving A pejorative term for an effeminate Culturally affirming term used by gay man that has more recently some African Americans to describe become acceptable as slang among same-sex relationships. LGBTQ people. It sometimes describes a shared interest or sex disposition, for example: soccer Biological and physiological queens, opera queens. Queen can characteristics used to classify still be offensive when used as an someone as male or female. Not epithet. synonymous with gender. See drag queen, female See transgender. impersonator. sexual orientation queer Innate sexual attraction. Avoid sexual See LGBT, LGBTQ. preference, which implies a conscious choice, or sexuality, which refers to sexual activity generally, not to whom one is attracted. See lifestyle.

10 | Stylebook on LGBTQ Terminology slurs tranny Acceptable only very rarely, such as See slurs. in quotations if there is a compelling reason to include them, or if writers or story subjects are referring to themselves. Consider using hyphens transgender in place of all but the first letter, Generally, transgender describes or follow your organization’s style people whose gender identity and/ guidelines on slurs and profanities. or expression may not match their See dyke; fag, faggot; queer; physical, sexual characteristics or sex tranny. assigned at birth. sodomy But the word can mean different Collective term for sexual acts some things to different people. Journalists jurisdictions have deemed illegal, and covering transgender people must not synonymous with homosexuality ensure they correctly understand and or sex between gay men. The U.S. communicate the parameters of the Supreme Court decided in 2003 that community or communities about state sodomy laws targeting private, which they are reporting. consensual sex between adult partners violated the Constitution. In a strict sense, the term transgender The ruling is often seen as key in includes people who were assigned further legalization of relationships as male or female at birth and between same-sex couples. later identified as the other. But it sometimes is understood as an special rights umbrella term covering other people Avoid this politically charged term with nontraditional gender identities, used by opponents of civil rights for possibly including but not limited to LGBTQ people in favor of alternatives genderqueer and agender people. such as LGBTQ rights, equal rights, or gay and lesbian rights. Some cross-dressers, drag queens and kings, female or male Stonewall impersonators, and intersex people The Stonewall Inn tavern in New York may also identify as transgender. City’s Greenwich Village was the site of several nights of raucous protests In news coverage, identify people after a police raid June 28, 1969. as transgender only when relevant Although not the nation’s first LGBTQ to the subject matter and only if rights event, it is now regarded as the they are widely known or describe catalyst for the modern LGBTQ civil themselves as such. Otherwise, rights movement. The event is often describe trans men as men and trans referred to as just Stonewall: The women as women. march was the most important event since Stonewall. Using it as a noun — as in a transgender or a conference of straight transgenders — is inaccurate and Acceptable in all references as an offensive. Do not use transgendered, adjective meaning heterosexual. As which is offensive and implies a noun, use heterosexual or straight person or people.

11 | Stylebook Supplement on LGBTQ Terminology NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists | 11 something must have happened to gender make a person transgender. A social construct that refers to People can be transgender a person’s self-identity, unlike regardless of age, but journalists sex, which refers to biological should take the usual legal and characteristics. Gender is usually ethical precautions when reporting assigned to a person at birth by an on children. attendant or parent who bases the decision on visible genitalia of the Terminology is constantly evolving infant. That assignment may not and new terms emerging. Details match the person’s actual gender, on some terms commonly used, knowledge of which may emerge or misused, in news coverage of later. transgender people follow: gender-bender agender An individual who intentionally does Refers to someone who does not conform to predominant binary not identify as any gender. Not gender roles or expression. Use only synonymous with asexual or if self-referential or in a quotation genderqueer. where there is a compelling reason. As an adjective, gender-bending. assignment Proper term for how doctors, parents gender confirmation, gender or others classify a baby as male, confirmation surgery female or intersex, judging by The medical treatments by which visible genitalia at birth that may transgender people change their not align with a person’s true sex or physical characteristics to align future gender identity. Designating with their gender identity through a baby’s sex on a birth certificate the use of hormones, surgeries or is an example of gender or sex a combination of both. It can be a assignment, as are cries of “It’s a part of gender transition but is not girl!” or “It’s a boy!” necessary. Not all transgender people choose to undergo or can afford bathroom bill the treatments. It is also known by Avoid this politically charged term such terms as sex reassignment, sex for measures that seek to grant or realignment or gender affirmation. deny public accommodations for Avoid overemphasizing the role of transgender people; opponents often surgery in the transition process, and focus on access to public restrooms. avoid the obsolete term sex change. Acceptable in direct quotes. gender dysphoria cisgender Medical diagnosis that identifies the Refers to a person whose gender conflict people experience when their identity aligns with the gender and outward appearance of gender does sex assigned at birth, that is, not not align with their internalized state. a transgender man or woman. It is This diagnosis is often a prerequisite useful in distinguishing people by for transgender people to undergo gender identity when relevant and gender confirmation. Avoid the without assuming that cisgender is obsolete term gender identity the neutral or normal state. disorder.

12 | Stylebook on LGBTQ Terminology gender expression gender variant The appearance, traits and Do not use this term related to mannerisms someone presents gender nonconforming unless in to communicate gender identity. academic writing. Any traits (masculine, feminine, androgynous) can be present in genderqueer people of any gender or gender Refers to a person who identifies expression. Gender expression may as neither male nor female. Some or may not match biological sex. genderqueer people, but not all, also identify as transgender. Not gender fluid synonymous with agender. Use only Refers to a person whose gender when relevant and only when people identity or expression is not fixed describe themselves as such or in a but can vary between, and extend quotation when there is a compelling beyond, male and female. reason to do so. gender identity nonbinary A person’s emotional and Refers to a person whose gender psychological sense of having a identity and/or expression gender; feeling like a man, woman, is neither male nor female. both or neither. Does not necessarily Nonbinary individuals may identify align with an individual’s sex assigned as somewhere between male at birth. and female or reject a binary categorization of gender altogether. gender nonconforming (adj.), Use only if people refer to themselves gender nonconformity (n.) as nonbinary, or in quotations or When a gender identity or expression names of organizations. does not necessarily adhere to the traditional view of two genders. pronouns Avoid the related academic term If sources share a transgender or gender variant. gender-nonconforming identity on the record, ask which pronouns they gender transition, transition: The use and incorporate them into your process by which transgender people report as needed. They/them/their change their physical characteristics are acceptable as nonbinary, singular from those associated with the sex pronouns if the subject uses them. assigned to them at birth. It occurs Alternative nonbinary pronouns, over time and may include the such as zie/zim/zis, are acceptable following: adopting the aesthetic if requested but may require extra markers of the new gender, such as explanation in a story or broadcast. makeup or hair; telling one’s family, friends and/or coworkers; Clarity for the audience is paramount. changing one’s name and/or sex If a subject’s gender identity is not on legal documents; hormone relevant to a story but the person therapy; and surgery or other body uses a nonbinary pronoun, confusion modification procedures. Avoid may result if it is used without the obsolete term sex change. explanation. Therefore, it may Not synonymous with gender sometimes be helpful to explain that confirmation/affirmation or sexual a subject uses a nonbinary pronoun. reassignment. Journalists should use their judgment

NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists | 13 on whether a passage can be transgender woman/girl recast for clarity, whether use of the A person who was assigned male pronoun creates more confusion than at birth but identifies and/or lives it solves, and whether it makes sense as female. Usually shortened to to explain the pronoun in the story. trans woman or trans girl, with the space, not transwoman or transgirl. For example, the meaning of the Use only when the subject prefers sentence Robert Sanchez, a member it and when transgender status is of the group of environmentalists, relevant; otherwise, identify a news said they disagree with points of subject as a woman. In statistics, the the organization’s mission hinges abbreviation MTF, or male-to-female, on whether they refers to Sanchez may be used. or environmentalists. The options for recasting would depend on the transgendered context available to the journalist and Do not use this offensive term on the story’s audience. that carries negative connotations, including the implication that Avoid references to preferred something must have happened to pronouns because doing so implies make a person transgender, or that that calling people other than what being transgender is a choice. they want to be called is a viable alternative. Avoid references to transphobia chosen pronouns because they are Fear, hatred or dislike of transgender not always chosen. Instead, when people, and/or prejudice and relevant: Sanchez, who uses the discrimination against them. May be pronoun they or Sanchez, whose harbored by people of any sexual pronouns are they/them/their. orientation or gender identity, including trans people themselves. sex change Avoid this obsolete term in favor transsexual of gender transition or gender Avoid this obsolete term for confirmation. transgender unless the subject prefers it. Consider paraphrasing trans quotes containing the term, which Colloquial shorthand for transgender. may inaccurately imply a person has Useful in subsequent references, undergone gender confirmation in headlines, and when paired with surgery. man, woman, boy or girl. two spirit (n.): A Native American transgender man/boy believed to possess a mixture of A person who was assigned female masculine and feminine spirits. Some, at birth but identifies and/or lives but not all, identify as gay, lesbian, as male. Usually shortened to trans bisexual or transgender. Should not man or trans boy, with the space, be used as a blanket term for LGBTQ not transman or transboy. Use only Native Americans. Use only when the when the subject prefers it and subject prefers it. when transgender status is relevant; otherwise, identify a news subject as a man. In statistics, the abbreviation FTM, or female-to-male, may be used.

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Rapid Response Task Force Members and staff of NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists work daily with our colleagues in the news industry to fulfill the organization’s mission of fair and accurate coverage. Sometimes, though, a more targeted response is required to promote greater understanding about how to fairly and accurately cover the LGBTQ community.

The Association’s answer to this is the Rapid Response Task Force. This panel of working journalists from mainstream and LGBTQ media answers complaints about reporting seen as unfair and/or inaccurate by readers, viewers, listeners and our peer journalists.

Since its inception, the Rapid Response Task Force has not only informed countless newsrooms about appropriate terminology and the appearance of bias, but has also used these contacts to spread awareness about issues facing the LGBTQ community.

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Items to which the Rapid Response Task Force usually does not respond include editorials (unless predicated on inaccurate information), op-ed pieces and letters to the editor.

NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists | 15 NOTES

NOTAS unión civil: Una unión civil concede algunos de los derechos disponibles a los matrimonios en áreas como impuestos estatales, decisiones médicas y disposición de herencias. No es lo mismo que el matrimonio. Las uniones no reciben todos los derechos y protecciones que reciben los matrimonios. Es una alternativa, pero los activistas de derechos civiles sostienen que marginar a las parejas del mismo sexo del matrimonio fomenta discriminación basada en la orientación sexual. Existen países que solo ofreces unión civiles a las parejas del mismo sexo. Vea ceremonia de compromiso; pareja doméstica; matrimonio; matrimonio igualitario; relaciones gay/lésbicas. VIH: Virus de inmunodeficiencia humana. El virus que causa SIDA. “Virus del VIH” es redundante. “VIH positivo” significa estar infectado con VIH pero no necesariamente tener SIDA. Tanto los médicos como los investigadores utilizan cada vez más la frase “enfermedad del VIH” debido a que hay otros tipos de deficiencias inmunes adquiridas que no tienen que ver con lo que llamamos SIDA y que son causadas por toxinas o por enfermedades mortales poco común. Vea SIDA.

El Manual de Estilo Sobre La Comunidad 10 Lesbiana, Gay, Bisexual y Transgénero “Ttansgender” (adjetivo): En transexual: Término que usualmente inglés, término abarcador que se se utiliza para designar a las refiere a personas cuyo género personas que han concluido su biológico no coincide con su transición hacia el género deseado. identidad o expresión de género. En otros términos, esto quiere decir Incluye las personas transgénero los que han tenido una cirugía de preoperadas, postoperados y sin reasignación genital o quienes operarse, al igual que a “cross- consideran dicha cirugía como dressers” femeninos y masculinos, fundamental para su identidad de “drag queens” y “drag kings” e género. Si la persona que está imitadores de caracteres masculinos entrevistando se identifica con el o femeninos. Cuando se escribe término, es recomendable usar el sobre una persona “transgender”, término “transgénero” en relación se usa el nombre y los pronombres a su identidad de género. Vea personales que correspondan con transgénero. la manera de vivir en público de la persona. Nota: en español, algunas transición: El proceso de cambiar el personas se auto-identifican como sexo de una persona, lo cual puede “transgénero”. Vea transgénero; incluir cirugía, terapia hormonal y reasignación de género; cirugía cambios en la de identidad legal. de reasignación de género; Vea reasignación de género; intersexual. cirugía de reasignación de género. transgénero: Una persona que travesti: El término enfatiza el siente una disonancia entre el vestido y se centra en el acto de sexo que se le asignó al nacer y ponerse la ropa al género opuesto su identidad de género. Toman al que la persona pertenece. Los las medidas apropiadas para travestis no vivirían, ni si quisieran iniciar un proceso de transición vivir en el género del que “se visten.” para que su cuerpo esté más Preferible evitar el termino. Vea alineado con su identidad. Las “cross-dresser”. personas transgénero pueden tomar hormonas, tener cirugía, o no seguir triángulo rosa: Símbolo que los ningún proceso médica. También es hombres gay debían portar en los importante saber que la orientación campos de concentración nazis sexual puede ser heterosexual durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial; u homosexual. Use el nombre y ahora simboliza orgullo gay. Las los pronombres personales que lesbianas a veces también utilizan un conformen con los que la persona triángulo negro. emplea al momento del reportaje. Vea reasignación de género; cirugía de reasignación de género; “transgender”.

El Manual de Estilo Sobre La Comunidad 9 Lesbiana, Gay, Bisexual y Transgénero seronegativo: Sinónimo de VIH Stonewall: La taberna Stonewall negativo. Vea VIH. Inn en el vecindario de Greenwich Village de la ciudad de Nueva York, seropositivo: Sinónimo de VIH donde hubo protestas durante varias positivo. Vea VIH. noches seguidas a raíz de una redada de policía que tuvo lugar sexo con protección, sexo el 28 de junio de 1969. Aunque seguro: La práctica de minimizar no fue la primera demostración en la transmisión del VIH y otras defensa de los derechos civiles de infecciones. Algunas publicaciones gente gay, hoy en día Stonewall es prefieren “sexo seguro,” la considerada la cuna del movimiento denominación de una serie de contemporáneo por los derechos recomendaciones y prácticas para civiles de gente LGBT. distinguir que el contacto sexual no es completamente seguro. “straight”: En inglés, una persona heterosexual, cuyo orientación SIDA: Síndrome de sexual y afectivo se dirige hacia una inmunodeficiencia adquirida, una persona del sexo opuesto. condición médica que compromete el sistema inmune humano, dejando tortillera/Torta: TTérmino al cuerpo indefenso frente a despectivo usado en varios países infecciones oportunistas. Algunos de Latinoamérica para referirse a una tratamientos médicos pueden reducir lesbiana. Evite usarlo. Vea “dyke”. la rapidez con que el sistema inmune se debilita. Individuos pueden ser “tranny”: Término despectivo VIH positivos y no tener SIDA. Evite para una persona transgénero, usar “víctima del SIDA”, “sidoso” o pero últimamente algunos de “sidosa”. Use “gente/persona con ellos lo usan con connotaciones SIDA” y si el contexto es médico use positivas. Precaución: sigue siendo “paciente con SIDA”. Vea VIH. extremadamente ofensivo cuando se usa como epíteto. Solamente sodomía: Término usado para usarlo en citas o cuando alguien se describir varios actos sexuales identifique como tal. que algunos países consideran ilegales. No es sinónimo de sexo transfobia: El miedo, la aversión o entre personas del mismo sexo. La rechazo de personas transgénero definición legal de la sodomía difiere o transexual. Puede ser ocultado de estado a estado; en algunos por personas gay, lesbiana, y estados, las leyes sobre sodomía bisexual además de las personas también aplican a actos sexuales heterosexuales. Vea “transgender”; practicados por gente heterosexual. transgénero; transexual. El Tribunal Supremo de los Estados Unidos dictó en junio del 2003 que transformista: Un artista que se las leyes estatales sobre sodomía viste y actúa de manera comúnmente dirigidas a la actividad sexual asociada con personas del género en privado y con consentimiento de sexo opuesto. (En inglés se dice mutuo de parejas del mismo sexo “drag queen” con respecto a un o heterosexuales, violan la cláusula hombre, y “drag king” con respecto constitucional que otorga el respeto a una mujer). No es sinónimo de a todos los derechos de la persona transexual o “cross-dresser”. Vea (llamada en inglés “Due process “drag”/draga; “drag king”; “drag clause”). queen”.

El Manual de Estilo Sobre La Comunidad 8 Lesbiana, Gay, Bisexual y Transgénero padre/madre: Además de “queer”: En inglés, originalmente “papá” o “mamá”, es un término un término derogatorio alusivo a un que caracteriza una persona gay, hombre gay, pero recientemente lesbiana, bisexual, o transgénero ha sido adoptado como término criando un hijo o hijos. Debido a la genérico de autoafirmación por la mezcla de diferente hogares llevados comunidad LGBT. Precaución: Sigue por padres LGBT, es mejor preguntar siendo sumamente ofensivo cuando qué prefieren ellos. Mencione la se emplea como epíteto. relación genética o la técnica de concepción cuando sea relevante. reasignación de género: El Vea familias. proceso en el cual una persona transgénero cambia el físico de sus pato: Término despectivo usado características sexuales al sexo en varios países de Latinoamérica opuesto. Puede incluir la cirugía, para referirse a hombres gay . Evite terapia hormonal y/o cambios de usarlo. Vea “dyke”. identidad legal. No es sinónimo de la cirugía de reasignación de género. practicante: Evite este término Evite el término “cambio de sexo.” para describir la identidad u Vea cirugía de reasignación de orientación sexual de alguien. género; transgénero; transexual. Utilice “activo sexualmente” como modificante en circunstancias relaciones gay/lésbica: Se usa cuando el conocimiento público terminología variada para describir de las acciones de un individuo es estas uniones. Si es posible, relevante. pregunte a la persona el término que prefiere, si no “pareja” es un término preferencia sexual: Preferible aceptable.Vea pareja. evitarla. Implica que la sexualidad es el resultado de una decisión sacar del armario (del closet): personal. Vea orientación sexual. Dar a conocer la orientación sexual o identidad de género de alguien que puto: Término despectivo para los ha elegido mantener en privado esa hombres gay, pero últimamente información. También es usado como algunos de ellos lo usan con verbo: La revista sacó del closet al connotaciones positivas. Sinonimo senador en primera plana. de prostituto. Término usado Vea salir del armario (del closet); negativamente en porras de en el armario (en el closet). diferentes actividades. Precaución: sigue siendo extremadamente salir del armario (del closet): ofensivo cuando se usa como Aceptación personal y decisión epíteto. Equivalentes derogatorios de dejarle saber a otros sobre una en español: joto, afeminado, puñal, orientación sexual o identidad de “homo”. Evite usarlo. género previamente oculta.Vea en el armario (en el closet); sacar del “queen”: En inglés, originalmente armario (del closet). un término derogatorio alusivo a algún hombre gay afeminado. seroconversión: Fenómeno Pero hoy en día, es aceptado y observable científicamente cuando usado entre la comunidad LGBT. la sangre y otros líquidos corporales Se considera ofensivo cuando se pasan de VIH-negativo a VIH- emplea como epíteto. positivo. El verbo es “seroconvertir”. Vea VIH. El Manual de Estilo Sobre La Comunidad 7 Lesbiana, Gay, Bisexual y Transgénero marimacha: Palabra usada en obituarios: Cuando se informa varios países de Latinoamérica para sobre los sobrevivientes de una referirse a una lesbiana. Evite usarlo. persona lesbiana, gay, bisexual Vea “dyke”. o transgénero que ha fallecido, mencione a su pareja en un orden matrimonio: Los que abogan equivalente al del esposo o la a favor del derecho a casarse esposa de difuntos heterosexuales. buscan los derechos legales y las obligaciones del matrimonio y no orgullo (dia y/o desfile del): una variante del mismo. A menudo, El término se refiere al sentido de el modo más neutro de referirse al autoafirmación que sienten muchas tema es evitar cualquier adjetivo que personas LGBT y alude a las modifica la palabra “matrimonio”. En celebraciones que conmemoran las situaciones en que sea necesaria protestas de la taberna Stonewall Inn una distinción, se puede emplear del 28 de junio de 1969 en Nueva “matrimonio de parejas del mismo York. Vea Stonewall. sexo” en artículos. Cuando hay una necesidad de una descripción orientación sexual: Atracción corta (por ejemplo en algún titular), sexual natural. Utilice este término es preferible usar “matrimonio del en vez de “preferencia sexual”. Vea mismo-sexo” porque es más amplio y estilo de vida. más exacto que “matrimonio gay”. Vea unión civil; ceremonia pareja: Término comúnmente conyugal; pareja doméstica; aceptable para una persona que relaciones gay/lésbicas. se encuentra en una relación gay o lésbica de parejas del mismo sexo. matrimonio civil: El reconocimiento Vea relaciones gays/lésbicas. del matrimonio civil como un derecho de las parejas del mismo sexo. Es pareja domestica: Dos un contrato que se perfecciona ante cohabitantes que no están casados. las autoridades civiles y se rige Una pareja doméstica puede por las normas promulgadas por estar integrada por personas de las autoridades públicas. No hay sexos opuestos o del mismo sexo. que confundirlo con el matrimonio Pudiesen recibir algunos de los religioso. Vea matrimonio; mismos beneficios aportados a los matrimonio igualitario; unión civil. matrimonios cuando se registran en ciertos condados, municipios matrimonio igualitario: El o estados. El término se utiliza matrimonio entre personas del típicamente en conexión con asuntos mismo sexo, reconoce legal legales y de pólizas de seguro. o socialmente un matrimonio Vea pareja; relaciones gay/ formado por contrayentes del lésbicas. mismo sexo y permite la protección de los derechos de las parejas homosexuales. Vea matrimonio; matrimonio civil; unión civil.

El Manual de Estilo Sobre La Comunidad 6 Lesbiana, Gay, Bisexual y Transgénero homosexual: Como sustantivo, joteria: Término usado entre una persona que se siente atraída la comunidad Latina LGBT que por personas del mismo sexo. significa amistad y confianza entre Como adjetivo, lo que se refiere o sí. Es usado en connotaciones relaciona con la atracción sexual positivas, y refleja el orgullo de ser y afectiva hacia alguien del mismo LGBT, contradiciendo la sociedad sexo. Se recomienda utilizar en a través del arte, el activismo, la contextos médicos o en referencia política, la literatura, y actividades a actividades sexuales. Vea gay; espirituales. lesbiana. lesbiana: Término preferido, tanto HSH: Siglas que significan “hombres como sustantivo como adjetivo, para que tienen sexo con hombres”. mujeres que se sienten atraídas Término usado generalmente en sexual y afectivamente hacia otras comunidades de color para describir mujeres. Algunas prefieren ser a los hombres que tienen sexo llamadas “gay” en vez de “lesbiana”. secretamente con otros hombres, Siempre que sea posible, pregunte a mientras mantienen relaciones la persona el término que prefiere. íntimas con mujeres. No es sinónimo de “bisexual”. Vea “down low”. LGBT: Sigla que significa “lesbiana, gay, bisexual y transgénero”. Útil identidad de género: El sentido cuando se usa en los titulares. emocional y psicológico de un individuo de ser hombre o mujer. No MAH: Sigla que significa “de mujer a necesariamente igual a la identidad hombre”. Una persona transgénero biológica del individuo. que al nacer o por determinación de sus padres o doctores, tiene intersexual (adjetivo): Persona una identidad biológica de que nace con los cromosomas hembra pero identidad de género sexuales, los órganos genitales masculina. Aquellos que han sido externos o un sistema reproductivo reasignados quirúrgicamente a interno que no se consideran veces son descritos como “MAH estándar para un varón o una postoperatorio”. Vea identidad de hembra. Generalmente los padres género e intersexual. y los médicos determinan el sexo del infante, lo que implica marica/maricón: Término intervención quirúrgica o tratamiento despectivo para los hombres gay, con hormonas. Muchos adultos pero últimamente algunos de intersexuales buscan poner fin a esta ellos lo usan con connotaciones práctica. positivas. Precaución: sigue siendo extremadamente ofensivo cuando joto: Término despectivo para los se usa como epíteto. Equivalentes hombres gay, pero últimamente derogatorios en español: joto, algunos de ellos lo usan con afeminado, puñal, “homo”. Evite connotaciones positivas. Precaución: usarlo. sigue siendo extremadamente ofensivo cuando se usa como epíteto. Vea marica/maricón.

El Manual de Estilo Sobre La Comunidad 5 Lesbiana, Gay, Bisexual y Transgénero en el armario (en el closet): En gay: Adjetivo que ha reemplazado referencia a una persona que desea en gran medida el término mantener en secreto o en privado “homosexual” para referirse a su orientación sexual o identidad de hombres que se sienten atraídos género. Vea salir del armario (del sexual y afectivamente por otros closet). hombres. Evite el uso como sustantivo. Para las mujeres es esposa: Término aceptable para preferible usar “lesbiana”. Para una mujer legalmente casada con incluir ambos, utilice personas su pareja femenina. Es preferible “gays y lesbianas”. Cuando se preguntar cual termino el sujeto carece de espacio para titulares prefiere. Veapareja . largos es aceptable usar “LGBT” para describir a ambos grupos. Vea esposo: Término aceptable para lesbiana; LGBT. un hombre legalmente casado con su pareja masculino. Es preferible HAM: Siglas que significan “de preguntar cual termino el sujeto hombre a mujer”. Una persona prefiere. Veapareja . transgénero que al nacer o por determinación de sus estilo de vida: Un término inexacto padres o doctores, tiene una usado a veces para describir la vida identidad biológica de varón de lesbianas, gays, bisexuales y pero una identidad de género transexuales. La orientación sexual femenino. Aquellas que han sido pudiese ser parte de un estilo de reasignadas quirúrgicamente a vida más amplio pero no es uno en veces son descritas como “HAM sí mismo, así como no hay un estilo postoperatorio”. Vea identidad de de vida “heterosexual”. Preferible género; intersexual. evitarlo. Vea orientación sexual; preferencias sexuales. herosexismo: Presunción de que la heterosexualidad es universal “ex-gay”: Un movimiento que y/o superior a la homosexualidad. tiene raíces en grupos religiosos También: prejuicio, favoritismo conservadores de los Estados o discriminación basada en tal Unidos, que intenta cambiar la presunción. atracción sexual que una persona sienta por las de su mismo sexo “homo”: Término peyorativo para y dirigirla hacia el otro sexo. No una persona homosexual. Utilizar se reconoce como terapia en la solamente con razón convincente. comunidad médica. homofobia: Miedo, odio o aversión familias: Término correcto para a la homosexualidad, a gays y a identificar familias con padres/ lesbianas. Vea bifobia; transfobia. madres LGBT. Identifique la orientación de los padres/las madres solo cuando sea relevante. No se usa el término “familias homosexuales/ gays.” Mencione la relación genética o la técnica de concepción cuando sea relevante. Vea padre/madre.

El Manual de Estilo Sobre La Comunidad 4 Lesbiana, Gay, Bisexual y Transgénero “cross-dresser”: En inglés, término aceptable en titulares de noticias, usado para referirse a una persona pero el empleo de la frase completa que usa ropa generalmente asociada en el texto facilita un entendimiento con miembros del sexo opuesto. No más balanceado. necesariamente relacionado con la orientación sexual. No es sinónimo “down low”: En inglés, término a transgénero o transformista. utilizado para referirse a hombres Vea travesti; transformista; que tienen sexo con otros hombres transgénero. ocultamente, a menudo mientras mantienen relaciones con mujeres, “cruising”: Visitar lugares donde sin identificarse como gay o bisexual. hay oportunidad de conocer posibles La abreviación “DL” también es parejas sexuales. No es un fenómeno utilizada. Empleé el término con exclusivo de perasonas gay. precaución, puesto que la gente no se identifica generalmente como tal. derechos especiales: Un término politizado que usan las personas “drag”/draga: Traje del género del opuestas a los derechos civiles de sexo opuesto. Vea transformista. las personas LGBT. Es preferible no usarlo. Términos alternativos son: “drag king”: Término que hace “derechos civiles para la comunidad referencia a una representación LGBT”, “igualdad de derechos” o artística de transformación en el cual “derechos para los gay”. la mujer representa y/o interpreta a una personalidad masculina doble espíritu: Persona de con exageración y drama para la comunidad indígena de entretener y expresar su talento. Norteamérica que posee espíritu Vea “drag”/draga; “drag queen;” masculino y espíritu femenino. transformista. Algunos se auto-identifican como lesbiana, gay, bisexual o “drag queen”: Término que hace transgénero. No debe utilizarse referencia a una representación como un término generalizador artística de transformación en el cual de la comunidad indígena de el hombre representa y/o interpreta Norteamérica LGBT. a una personalidad femenina con exageración y drama para entretener “Don’t ask, don’t tell”: Manera y expresar su talento.Vea “drag”/ abreviada de referirse al reglamento draga; “drag king;” transformista. militar “No pregunte, no cuente, no averigüe, no acose” que se “dyke”: En inglés, Fue originalmente estableció en 1993 para las personas un término despectivo para una gay, lesbianas y bisexuales que lesbiana con apariencia masculina. sirven en las fuerzas armadas. De Pero últimamente algunas de acuerdo con este reglamento, los ellas lo usan con connotaciones mandos militares no preguntarían positivas. Precaución: Sigue siendo al personal enlistado acerca de extremadamente ofensivo cuando se su orientación sexual, el personal usa como epíteto. Utilizar solamente enlistado no hablaría con otros sobre con razón convincente. Evite usarlo. su orientación, y las autoridades Vea tortillera/torta; arepera; militares no investigarían rumores marimacha; pata. sobre la orientación sexual de sus miembros. La expresión es

El Manual de Estilo Sobre La Comunidad 3 Lesbiana, Gay, Bisexual y Transgénero abiertamente gay/lesbiana/ bixsexual: Como sustantivo, un bisexual: Como calificativo, individuo que puede sentirse atraído “abiertamente” por lo general no es hacia personas de ambos sexos. relevante; su uso se debe restringir Como adjetivo, lo que se refiere a a los casos en que el conocimiento la atracción sexual o afectiva hacia público de la orientación sexual de personas de ambos sexos. No un individuo es relevante. Ejemplos: implica ausencia de monogamia. Vea Harvey Milk fue el primer supervisor bifobia. de San Francisco abiertamente gay. “Ellen” fue la primera comedia cambio de sexo: Vea reasignación de televisión en protagonizar un de género; cirugía de reasignación personaje abiertamente lesbiana. de género. “Abiertamente” es preferible a “declarado”, “admitido”, “confesado” ceremonia conyugal: Una reunión o “practicante”. formal, similar a un matrimonio, que reconoce el compromiso que une ACT UP: Llas siglas (en inglés) de la a dos personas del mismo sexo. Coalición del SIDA para desarrollar Término usado cuando matrimonios poder (AIDS Coalition to Unleash entre personas del mismo sexo Power), una organización activista no eran reconocidos legalmente con sucursales independientes en por el gobierno federal de los varias ciudades. El nombre ACT UP Estados Unidos. Vea matrimonio; es aceptable en primera referencia. matrimonio igualitario; matrimonio civil; unión civil; pareja doméstica; arepera: Palabra usada en varios relaciones gay/lésbicas. países de Latinoamérica para referirse a una lesbiana. Evite usarlo. cirugía de reasignación de Vea “dyke”. género: Una reunión formal, similar a un matrimonio, que reconoce el Bandera del arcoíris: Una bandera compromiso que une a dos personas de seis franjas horizontales del del mismo sexo. Término usado mismo ancho (rojo, naranja, amarillo, cuando matrimonios entre personas verde, azul y violeta) que significa del mismo sexo no eran reconocidos el orgullo y la diversidad de la legalmente por el gobierno comunidad lesbiana, gay, bisexual y federal de los Estados Unidos. transgénero. Vea reasignación de género; transgénero; transexual. bifobia: Miedo, odio o aversión a la bisexualidad o personas bisexuales. cirugía de reasignación de sexo: Puede ser encubierto por personas Vea cirugía de reasignación de lesbianas, gays y transgénero al género. igual que personas heterosexuales. Vea bisexual. cisgénero: Término para identificar la concordancia entre el sexo que se nos asignó al nacer y nuestra identidad de género.

El Manual de Estilo Sobre La Comunidad 2 Lesbiana, Gay, Bisexual y Transgénero

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El Manual de Estilo Sobre La Comunidad Lesbiana, Gay, Bisexual y Transgénero Augosto 2019 el manual de estilo de manual el La Asociación Nacional de Periodistas Lesbianas y Gays (NLGJA por sus siglas en inglés), incluye periodistas, profesionales, educadores y estudiantes que trabajan en los medios de comunicación y promueven la inclusión de la comunidad lesbiana, gay, bisexual y transgénero (LGBT).

NLGJA, La Asociación Nacional de Periodistas Hispanos (NAHJ por sus siglas en inglés), y el National LGBTQ Task Force se oponen a los prejuicios y la descriminación en el lugar de trabajo y promueven el desarrollo profesional de sus miembros.

Actualmente NLGJA tiene 700 miembros y 23 sucursales en los Estados Unidos y desde su comienzo en 1990, continúa creciendo con los años.

El manual de estilo del NLGJA sobre la comunidad LGBT tiene por objetivo complementar la prosa del manual de publicaciones individuales, así como el manual del “Associated Press”, cual es el estilo principal en las salas de redacción en los Estados Unidos.

El manual refleja la misión de la asociación en incluir asuntos de la comunidad LGBT e incluye palabras y frases comunes en esta comunidad. También tiene una lista de organizaciones LGBT, información de sitio de web, correo electrónico, dirección de envió, números telefónicos, y cuando posible, contactos de los medios.

El manual se actualizará continuamente, siendo disponible en www.nlgja.org.

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