From 52c968c8f290b56d47b34f0a54cb1a213c506c03 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Simon Brand
+ Bisexual
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+ adj
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+ someone who is sexually attracted to two or more genders.
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+ Note
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+ Bisexuality does not preclude attraction to non-binary or transgender people.
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+ Cisgender
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+ adj
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+ someone whose gender matches the gender they were assigned at birth.
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+ Non-Binary
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+ adj
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+ someone whose gender does not fit into the male-female gender binary.
+ Note
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+ Non-binary people may or may not also identify as transgender.
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+ Pansexual
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+ adj
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+ someone who is sexually attracted to people regardless of their gender, or to people of any gender.
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+ Further Reading
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+ Pansexuality and Being Pansexual: Everything You Need to Know
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+ Transgender
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+ adj
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+ someone whose gender does not match the gender they were assigned at birth.
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From 64393e49d89959b541826742b0dd900cc0a1d398 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Simon Brand
Bisexual
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- someone who is sexually attracted to two or more genders.
+ of, relating to, or characterized by being sexually attracted to more than one gender.
+ Further Reading
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Cisgender
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- someone whose gender matches the gender they were assigned at birth.
- Non-Binary
+ Non-binary
adj
- someone whose gender does not fit into the male-female gender binary.
medical appropriation
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+ The opposite of transgender.
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+ For example, a non-binary person may have some gender between male and female, have multiple genders, no gender, a culturally-specific gender (e.g. two-spirit).
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+ Although non-binary is often used as an umbrella term for multiple gender identities, some people who fall under that umbrella may not themselves use the descriptor "non-binary".
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+ The opposite of cisgender.
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+ of a gender that matches the gender they were assigned at birth.
The opposite of transgender.
+ an umbrella term covering any gender does not fit into the male-female gender binary.
- For example, a non-binary person may have some gender between male and female, have multiple genders, no gender, a culturally-specific gender (e.g. two-spirit).
+ For example, a non-binary person may have some gender between male and female, have multiple genders, no gender, a culturally-specific gender (e.g., two-spirit).
- Although non-binary is often used as an umbrella term for multiple gender identities, some people who fall under that umbrella may not themselves use the descriptor "non-binary".
+ Although non-binary is commonly used as an umbrella term, just because someone identifies as a term under the umbrella, does not necessarily imply that they identify as non-binary as well. For example, someone may be agender, but not identify with the term "non-binary".
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Transgender @@ -731,7 +745,7 @@
- someone whose gender does not match the gender they were assigned at birth.
+ of, relating to, or characterized by a gender that they were assigned at birth.
The opposite of cisgender.
- of a gender that matches the gender they were assigned at birth.
+ of, relating to, or characterized by being a gender that matches the gender they were assigned at birth.
The opposite of transgender.
- an umbrella term covering any gender does not fit into the male-female gender binary.
+ of, relating to, or characterized by being any gender that does not fit into the male-female gender binary; an umbrella term.
For example, a non-binary person may have some gender between male and female, have multiple genders, no gender, a culturally-specific gender (e.g., two-spirit).
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