Sex - the biological distinction between men and women
Gender identity - a person’s deeply held sense of their gender
Transgender - refers to having a gender identity that differs from a person's biological sex at birth
Cisgender - a gender identity that reflects the sex assignment a person has at birth
LGBTQ+ Community - refers to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning population
Sexual Orientation - refers to a person's romantic and emotional attraction to another person
Heterosexuality - sexual attraction to someone of the other sex
Most commonly accepted orientation
Hetero - meaning other
Homosexuality - sexual attraction to someone of the same sex
Homo - same
Bisexuality - sexual attraction to people of both sexes
Pansexuality - a fluid pattern of sexual attraction that may include females and males but also people of any sexual identity
Asexual - the absence of sexual attraction to people, regardless of sex or sexual identity
Homophobia - an aversion to or hostility towards people thought to be gay, lesbian, or bisexual
Pornography - words or images intended to cause sexual arousal
Prostitution - the selling of sexual services
Sex trafficking - commercial sex that is induced by force, fraud, or coercion, or in which the person induced to perform the sexual act has not yet reached the age of 18 years, which includes recruiting, harboring, or transporting people for the purpose of involuntary sex
Abortion - a termination of a pregnancy
Sexually transmitted infections - infections spread by sexual contact