Youth Hub Team
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Questioning
Questioning is a term used to describe individuals who are exploring, learning, or experimenting with their sexual or romantic orientation, or gender identity. The letter “Q” in the LGBTQIA+ acronym can sometimes stand for both “Queer” and “Questioning”. For example, someone may be exploring whether or not they are bisexual (attracted to people of the
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Transfem
Transfeminine, also known as transfem or transfemme, refers to someone who is transgender, non-binary, or gender non-conforming and whose gender is mostly feminine, whether in identity, expression, or both. Transfem may be used by people who were assigned male at birth (AMAB) who identify as transfeminine. Transfem can be a standalone identity term or an
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Transmasc
A Transmasc person, also known as Transmasculine, is someone who was assigned female at birth (AFAB) but identifies as more masculine. Transmasculine people feel a connection with masculinity, but do not always identify as a man. A transmasc person may not necessarily prefer to be referred to as “he/him” or as a man; some transmasculine
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Transneutral
Transneutral is a term that can be used to describe a transgender individual who identifies fully or partially as a neutral, abinary, or other specific non-binary gender. It can be considered an umbrella term for anyone who transitions to a neutral identity. Transneutral individuals can identify as other non-neutral genders as well (e.g., someone who
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LGBTQIA+
LGBTQIA+ is an acronym for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning, Intersex, Asexual/Aromantic/Agender, plus additional subsets. It is an inclusive term used to unite a population of people who have a wide array of gender identities and sexual orientations that differ from heterosexual and cisgender. The social development and inclusivity of what can be referred to
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Heterosexual
Heterosexual refers to the sexual orientation of someone who is attracted to people of a different gender or sex than their own, commonly meaning a woman attracted to men or a man attracted to women. Heterosexual people often refer to themselves as ‘straight’. A person who is both cisgender and heterosexual is sometimes referred to
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Lesbian
Lesbian is a sexual orientation or romantic orientation most often defined as a woman who is attracted to women. Some non-binary people may also identify with this term (with many variations in definitions). Although lesbians are frequently defined as women who are attracted to women exclusively/solely, they are also defined as women attracted to women
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Gay
Gay is an adjective referring to those with an enduring physical, romantic, and/or emotional attraction to people of the same gender. This is most commonly associated with gay men, as a gay woman may prefer to use the term “lesbian” instead. Queer and bisexual are also among the terms used for those who are attracted
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Gender
Gender refers to the socially constructed characteristics of women and men. This includes norms, behaviours, and roles associated with being a woman, man, girl or boy – as well as within the relationships with each other. As a social construct, gender varies in societies and can change over time. Gender is hierarchical and produces inequalities
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Intersex
Intersex people are individuals who have a combination of what is culturally thought of as male and female anatomy or physiology. In short, an intersex person will have an anatomy or physiology that does not fit into the rigid definitions of male or female. Some intersex people have genitalia that does not fit exclusively into