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OURS Vocabulary Developmen Letters Riers/Programs/Ads ___ Education Gender Identity Queer Theory Training Research Finance/assessment __ Populations GAA Gay Activist Alliance Ally Alumni Alumni Organizations Bisexual Disability Drag Faculty Faculty/Staff organizationt Gay GAA Gay Activist Alliance Heterosexual Homosexual Lesbian People of Color Queer Staff Student Organizations Students Transgender _ Decade 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s _ Policy Domestic P'!l9. Spousal Equivalency Benefits Safe Space PlOposal Spousal Equiw Domestic Partnership Benefits Service Outreach ___ Civic Relations Stonewall Union Columbus AIDS Taskforce HRC Human Rights Campaign BRAVO Kaleidoscope Government Politics Civil Rights Gay Liberation Movement Gay Rights Health Medicine Health Care AIDS ~ ~~Education ~J,lr, l"YzvnS"YI1W ~(:J;V2-I Discrimination J Homophobia University Specific The Ohio State University Ohio State Scarlet and Gay The GLBT Alumni Society () ~TL AGLBFS I<..N Pride Network Multicultural Center BGALA Counseling and Consultation Service GLBTSS GLBSS I.:::.O",-th:.:::e,-r__--,I Coming Out Culture Gay Families Religion Fundraising Hate Crimes -aiseriffiiRa8en PFLAG Violence to/.: t\1U4 (6A i<1 I G.f\L-AJ .. n -1_ ~1 .t:::J-..A ..' I TJ fif S/'l'./o!Y\t1i Ie:, VtWl'~ 0Y. Srfl'&'J.. C1lJ.. 1\f7- -"..MeA( lY/l'l{: I yUI ~4-\:';t:::'t, ACiLBfS bL/)T;) 6 tY.>'\ ~\ http://www.c1ubs.pslI.edli/aa/gsa/terllls.htllll http://www.aglbical.org/2GLOSSARY.htlll 1\ It"5 {\1J\\ http://www.geocities.colll/WestHollywood/Stonewali/4219/ II ) ~)~O http://www.glaad.org/Illedia/gllide/glossary.php Hl V All : In the 'LGBT context, a person who supports and honors sexual and gender ~ ~~\ \ ,~) diversity, acts accordingly to challenge homophobic, heterosexist, and (\~. transphobic remarks and behaviors, and is willing to explore and understand \/I' ~. these forms of bias within him/her/hirself. )/\ Asexual: Designation or self-designation for people who lack feelings of "sexual attraction" and/or "sexual desire." There is debate as to whether this is a "sexual dysfunction" or an actual "sexual orientation." The term is also sometimes used as a "gender identity" by those who believe their lack of sexual attraction places them outside the standard definitions of "gender." Ally {Someone who advocates for and supports members of a community other than their own, reaching across differences to achieve mutual goalsJ --........... A~extl~r-l!iJfl~ eviden!;>e~ or sex 0!9ans. In usa ,may refer to erson Who is not sexually abtULEY,Or not'sexuaHfattr cte other peopl Anarquist - A queer anarchist. Also another name for the annual Queeruption festival. See Queeruption. ACT-UP .. ~ --AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power, a radical activist AIDS group which tends tj -h ~ f use rather novel tactics, like putting giant condoms on national monuments and throwing the ashes of lovers and friends who have died of AIDS onto the White ~ House lawn. Michaelangelo Signorile is a founder and major player in ACT-UP. I ~---a""c·tive-passive split , \~,\- --a mode of thought found in some cultures in which, in male-male sexual \ '- activity, the only one who is perverted is t e bottom. In this mode of thought, a man who would allow himself to get fl:leite ·s thought we nd womanish, ~ w,="hereas the top retains his manhood becaus IS doing the fuekiRg. rv>d'1J A-gay or A-List Gay --the homosexual elite that has power, money, and priveledge -andro dyke or androgynous dyke a I i is neit ery mascu' e nor ve feminine. Ttl push for ISla I ok dr no ame un 9 the s as a 0 lesbian feminism, a wa a k as g in t ch/Fem e ocia ctu f the working class bar scene. See also flannel-shirt dyke and PC dyke. ~ndrogyny* r --the state of being neither particularly masculine nor feminine, or of being I V ambiguous. From the Greek meaning literally man-woman. ,IV ' .. /K' ~ntie ~ Em ,"",. \ yf'~ rJV U HIV (AID) ~tJJk S-t%"u> frvr wf) 9v-~ A({'\I /-..r --queer (!LS ~f-I vh".. dache - AIS~~ "Two-Spirit", 0 even one the "third gender." In many ~ Nativ merican ultureS{iome individu Is are respe tltd and 100 ed upon as D] eople5 QO are b th male al:ld female, aking them mo)l complet ,more ." . b lanced th~n tho who identify as me or women. Befor hose f m Europe ~l" /Uvff . ca e from ac~ t e waters anCl took 0 r native land, these eopl were part 1':. '" li.*,( \ . f t e "norrry;;, fie teEl-with..tb rtbeat-Gt-tt-te-life-foree- e re-allP-art t:JV.m "Il Ad ~ en tOelaY, b ~rd ches are acce ted n many American Indian societies and f)aJ.. f"1"" in h r settings. Se I tersex, Transg er. t,.ll&- ~V'I Biological Sex - This can be considered)dtir "packaging" and is determined by {~D~ .:our chromosomes (XX for females; XY for males);..e& hormones (estrogen/progesterone for females, testosterone for males); an9.Jl.urinternal and 0"'1 rf'v,(-'/I~ external genitalia (vulva, clitoris, vagina, etc for females; penis, testicles, etc for I ' males). About 1.7% of the population can be defined as intersexual-born with biological aspects of both sexes to varying degrees. So, in actuality, there are more than two sexes. Bi - Bisexual. BIf:J110bia - TI ,e-imltiemtHea, aiid iiitolerance of people Who are o,sexttal., Birth Sex - The sex an individual is assigned at birth, determined by normalized categori~ of genetic and physical characteristics. < e~ eJYllJt"Y\.AII'I ~. se.l<W-11y ~i;XUi,2 Also bi. A person who isAattracted to two sexes or two genders, but nat sce rily siR"lblltaneOUSly..OI'43~IIY[ThiS used to be defined as a person who is attracted to both genders or both sexes, but since there are not only two sexes (see intersex and transsexual) and there are not only two genders (see ~ d~fiaitiQn iml~te:::, ~ transgender), is Yi ohloe;' tp ,''lPc;l1 +\1.9. 0'1\11/\ ) \-\1111 +61'1"'\ li(\ffi.ll~ -J Bisexual - pe[SoP-Witft-effietienaPctI't='S~ ri2';:mtto:trott-r-men and women, not neCesSarily at the same time or toe jr . Biphobia: The fear of, discrimination against, or hatred of bisexuals by people of any sexual orientation.. Biphobic stereotypes include, but are not limited to: promiscuity, polygamy, living the swinging lifestyle, and being confused. In some cases, bisexuals are accused of bringing sexually transmitted disease into the heterosexual community or into the lesbian community. Gays and lesbians who express biphobia might accuse bisexuals of maintaining heterosexual privilege and collaborating with homophobes. The belief.tJ:Ycft that bisexuality does not truly exist is another example of biphobia. ~~ (bi): A person who is emotionally, romantically, sexually, affectionately, ~~lationaIlY attracted to people of more than one gender, but not necessarily simultaneously or equally. Some people who are attracted to more than one gender may still identify as "lesbian," "gay," or "straight," because of their own personal definitions of those terms or feelings relating to their sexuality. On the other hand, some bisexuals consider themselves distinct from gays and lesbians but part of the larger LGBT or queer community. It is also important to understand that a bisexual person is not necessarily attracted iJ.w ~ equally to both genders, and many tend to prefer one or the other. St,~ p~ '/) l-'.I O!l'»l;5~ C) phi sexv""J B~dJre: A lesbian or bisexual woman, who chooses the "dyke" label to identify WI at group's politics and community, and also identifies as boyish or as a boy. It can be a transgender identity in which a person stands with one foot in the "boy" world and one in the "dyke" world, or simply an adjective for someone who performs "butchness" in a certain way. Butch: Used as an adjective - "I'm butch" or "I'm a butch woman) as opposed to a iiOU'n "I am a Butch". The term is used t6 describe lesbians, gay men and bisexuals. It can be used to describe straight men and women also, though this is less common. It is most commonly used to describe women who take on or ,,'M embody culturally defined masculine traits. As with anyone who displays (\D'r\V\'" , _ {masculine traits, a self-identified butch woman mayor may not be sexually aggressive: Go\IO'\lA.I~) ~ "!I).de"'" I~ ",~.t c;..~ "- I'\"''''''\.) I~ '\ 1'1r~"'-\~ 1\~.j\-t·J) b~ 0..V\ (l~-I:\~ i~,,*,,~~ V) (j..oljl(';h~ (S<!-~ ;'Be-bi l'.>lAh~': J baby butch --=J) a young butch 2) a lesbian of any age who acts or looks like a young butch baby dyke --a lesbian under the age of 25 "liarebacking or bareback sex ~unsafe sex. A term used mostly by gay men. Barbie --a ditzy drag queen -BOSM --stands for, in turn, Bondage and Discipline, Domination and Submission, and Sadism and Masochism. BDSM is used to describe the activities of the leather communitv. -bean queen nan Hispanic drag queen. Used by some gay men, generally derogatorily. ---'bear --big furry guys who like to scratch their backs against trees. This word has also been spotted referring to dykes, presumably ones who are big, butch, and burly, though perhaps not so furry. -"black triangle --in the Nazi concentration camps, the black triangle (equilateral, worn point down) was used to mark "undesirables," such as prostitutes, the mentally ill, and the retarded. Lesbians in the camp probably would have also worn the black triangle, although there is some debate about it. It is sometimes worn as a pride symbol by lesbians. blue --a reference to the notion that all homophobia would end if everyone who was gay or bisexual would turn blue (or wear a blue dot on their forehead) for just one day.
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