Intersectionality Sexual Orientation Homophobia

HOMOPHOBIA GAY

The overlapping, in the context of an individual or group, of two or more prohibited grounds of A person’s sense of sexual attraction to people of discrimination under the Ontario Human rights the same sex, the opposite sex or both sexes. Code, or other factors, which may result in additional biases or barriers to equity for that individual group.

A disparaging or hostile attitude or a negative bias, An individual who is emotionally/romantically/ which may be overt or unspoken and which may sexually/physically attracted to and/or involved exist at an individual and/or a systemic level, with other individuals of the same sex. towards people who are, or who are perceived to be, lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT).

BISEXUAL SEXISM

HETEROSEXUAL TRANSSEXUAL

Prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination A person who is directed against people on the basis of their sex or emotionally/romantically/sexually/physically gender. This term may be evident in organizational attracted to and/or involved with both men and and institutional structures, policies, procedures, women. and programs, as well as in the attitudes and behaviours of individuals.

A person whose gender identity differs from their A person who is physically and emotionally attracted sex assigned at birth. They may or may not undergo to people of the opposite sex. The term straight is medically supportive treatments to align their sometimes used. bodies with their gender identity, such as hormone therapy, sex reassignment surgery or other procedures. They may also undertake other changes to align their external attributes and appearance with their gender identity.

LESBIAN GENDER NON-CONFORMING

QUEER IDENTITY

Individuals who do not follow gender stereotypes

based on the sex they were assigned at birth. They A woman who is may identify and express themselves as “feminine emotionally/romantically/sexually/physically men” or “masculine women” or as androgynous, attracted to and/or involved with another woman. outside of the categories “boy/man” and “girl/woman.” People who are ______may or may not identify as trans.

A term for homosexuality that was once a pejorative What, how and who one perceives oneself to be; a multi-faceted self-concept that evolves but that has more recently been reclaimed by some throughout life. or many of the LGBT movement to be used for self- identification in a positive way.

SAFE SPACE HETERONORMATIVITY

GENDER BINARY OUT

Refers to the commonplace assumption that all people are heterosexual and that everyone accepts A place where anyone can relax and be fully self- this as the norm. The term is used to describe expressed, without fear of being made to feel prejudice against LGBT people that is less overt or uncomfortable, unwelcome, or unsafe on account of direct and more widespread or systemic in society, biological sex, race/ ethnicity, sexual orientation, organizations and institutions. This form of gender identity or expression, cultural background, systemic prejudice may even be unintentional and age, or physical or mental ability. unrecognized by the people or organizations responsible.

A social system whereby people are thought to have either one of two genders: man or woman. These Openly acknowledging one's sexual orientation or genders are expected to correspond to birth sex: gender identity; may be partial (that is, ___ to some people and in the closet to others). male or female. In the ______system, there is no room for interpretations, for living between genders, or for crossing the binary. The ______system is rigid and restrictive for many people who feel that their natal sex does not match up with their gender or that their gender is fluid and not fixed.

TWO-SPIRIT IN THE CLOSET

GENDER IDENTITY LGBT

A term used by Aboriginal people to describe from a cultural perspective people who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans or intersex. It is used to capture a concept that exists in many The intentional concealment of an individual's own different Indigenous cultures and languages. For some, the gender identity or sexual orientation, usually due term describes a societal and spiritual role that people played to fear of discrimination and/or violence; can cause within traditional societies, such as: mediators, keepers of isolation and psychological pain. certain ceremonies, transcending accepted roles of men and women, and filling a role as an established middle gender.

Each person’s internal and individual experience of The initiailism used to refer to lesbian, gay, gender. It is a person’s sense of being a woman, a bisexual, and transgender people. A broader range man, both, neither, or anywhere along the gender of identities is also sometimes implied, or may be spectrum. A person’s______may be the same as represented more explicitly by the initialism or different from their birth-assigned sex. LGBTT2SIQ, which stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, or two-spirited, intersex,

and questioning. The initialism LGBTQ is also often

used.

GAY BASHING

A physical or verbal attack directed at LGBT people, motivated by hatred for their sexual orientation, gender identity, and/or sexual behavior.