Asexual A person who does not experience sexual attraction. 2SLGBTQ+ Language Card Unlike celibacy, which is a choice to abstain from sexual activity, Non-binary Someone who identifies outside the this term refers to an intrinsic part of identity. gender binary of male/masculine and female/feminine, refers to people who are both, Bisexual A person who is emotionally, physically, spiritually Language is dynamic, shifting and changing over neither, in-between, and/or without reference to and/or sexually attracted to people of more than one gender, time. These definitions are not meant to be male/female, masculine/feminine. understood as exhaustive, absolute, exact, or static. though not necessarily at the same time. Transgender Someone who does not identify with Think of these definitions as approximations that Demisexual A person who does not experience sexual attraction the sex they were assigned at birth and who may or may be used differently by various people and unless they form an emotional and/or romantic bond with the may not transition socially (name, pronouns, legal communities. This exercise is a starting place; there person first. This can bond can be formed with any or all gender markers), physically (hair, clothes, binding, are many more terms in existence than we have genders. tucking etc.), or access medical means of transition space for. There are terms specific to diasporic Gay A man who is emotionally, physically, spiritually and/or (hormones, surgery). cultures, and Indigenous communities within sexually attracted to men. Can also refer to women, though Canada as well as terms commonly used outside of some women prefer other terms such as ‘lesbian’ or ‘queer.’ Transsexual A term that was used more frequently Canada that we have not included here. Sometimes used as an umbrella term for the 2SLBGTQ in the past to describe those who do not identify It is important to respect how someone self- community. with the sex they were assigned at birth and who identifies and use the language they use to Lesbian A woman who is emotionally, physically, spiritually may or may not access medical means of transition. describe themselves. and/or sexually attracted to women. Trans feminine An umbrella term to describe trans Pansexual An individual who is attracted to and may form people who identify on a feminine spectrum. relationships with any or all genders. Queer A term that has been used as an insult, which Trans masculine An umbrella term to describe trans has been reclaimed and used proudly. For many it people who identify on a masculine spectrum. also signifies resistance to the idea that there are Gender Identity A person’s Gender Expression How a binary genders and sexualities. Is sometimes used as internal experience of their person expresses or Gender fluid Someone whose gender identity(ies) an umbrella term for the 2SLBGTQ community. gender. That is, their sense of presents their gender. Can may shift over time, and/or according to context being a man, woman, both, include things like dress, and situation Two-Spirit A Western term used by many Indigenous neither, and/or somewhere voice, make-up, hair, Gender non-conforming Societal expectations communities on Turtle Island (Canada & US) to along a spectrum. jewelry, etc. regarding gender. This term may apply to some (but describe Indigenous people with diverse gender Cisgender Someone who identifies as the sex they were not all) cisgender people and some (but not all) identities, expressions and roles, and diverse sexual assigned at birth. It is recommended to use this term instead trans people, including non-binary and genderqueer orientations. Two Spirit people were healers, of saying ‘bio’, ‘real’, or ‘genetic,’ as these suggest that trans people. mediators, and warriors, considered sacred and people’s gender identities are less authentic or natural. highly-revered by their communities. One of the Intersex An umbrella term used to describe those devastating impacts of colonization was the theft and Trans Often used as an umbrella terms to capture various who are born with reproductive and/or sex attempted erasure of this way of being in Indigenous identities such as transgender, transsexual, genderqueer, characteristics that do not seem to fit within typical societies. gender non-conforming, non-binary, and more. medical definitions of ‘male’ and ‘female.’ More 2SLGBTQ+ Language Gender Inclusive Pronouns Subject Object Pronoun Pronunciation Heterosexism A system of attitudes, biases, Homophobia Negative attitudes, discrimination, and discrimination in favor of heterosexual erasure, and violence towards lesbian, bisexual, sexuality and relationships. The assumption gay, and queer people at individual and she her her as it looks

that everyone is, or should be, heterosexual systemic levels. Can also be a form of gender- binary and that heterosexuality is inherently based discrimination (e.g., feminine men are Gender he him his as it looks superior to queerness. It also refers to often presumed gay and discriminated against organizational discrimination against people for not aligning with expectations of what it they them theirs as it looks who are not heterosexual, or against means to be a heterosexual man). behaviours not stereotypically heterosexual. Biphobia Prejudice and discrimination against ze hir hirs zhee, here, heres Cissexism The assumption that all people are bisexual people. Can include erasure of bisexual cisgender, and that cisgender people are identity, or the belief that bisexuality is not real,

conforming ze zir zirs zhee, zhere, zheres Gender Gender ‘normal’ and trans people are ‘abnormal,” as or temporary. - well as normative assumptions about bodies

Transphobia Negative attitudes, feelings and an non xe xem xyr zhee, zhem, zhere (all women have vaginas, someone with a aversion towards trans people. This can take the penis is male). form of disparaging jokes, rejection, exclusion, Cisnormative A system of attitudes, bias and How to use they/them/theirs denial of services, employment discrimination, discrimination in favour of cisgender people They went downstairs in the morning. name-calling and violence. Gender Inclusive that marginalizes and renders invisible trans pronouns I made them breakfast. They poured themself coffee. people and treats their needs and identities Transmisogyny Combinations of transphobia They enjoyed their meal. and misogyny directed towards trans women as less important than those of cisgender ze/zir/zirs people, who are considered to exist within and other transfeminine people at individual social normalcy. and systemic levels. Ze went downstairs in the morning. Misogynoir Combinations of misogyny and I made hir breakfast. Ze poured hirself coffee. Misgender To refer to someone (especially a Ze enjoyed hir meal. trans person) by using a word, like a racism directed at women and transfeminine pronoun or form of address (i.e. sir, ma’am), people of colour at individual and systemic that does not correctly reflect the gender levels. with which they identify. The act of Transmisogynoir Combinations of anti-Black misgendering can be done intentionally and racism, transphobia, and misogyny directed This work was adapted from the glossaries developed for the Building with malice, or with ignorance; both are specifically at Black trans women and Black Competence, Building Capacity: 2SLGBTQ+ Competent Trauma-Informed Care considered harmful and can be a source of transfeminine people at individual and systemic research project, supported though the Public Health Agency of Canada’s trauma. levels. Preventing Gender-Based Violence: the Health Perspective Investment. Card design: Maggie Bain, University of Guelph, Twitter @maggsbain