![]() Sexual Orientation: refers to the gender(s) that a person is emotionally, physically, romantically and erotically attracted to.Although the two terms are related, they should be defined separately to differentiate the biological (“sex”) from the sociocultural (“gender”). Sex is often used synonymously with gender in this culture. Sexual dimorphism is often thought to be a concrete reality, whereas in reality the existence of Intersex individuals points to a multiplicity of sexes in the human population. Sex: separate from gender, this term refers to the cluster of biological, chromosomal and anatomical features associated with maleness and femaleness in the human body.Religion: a system of beliefs, usually spiritual in nature, and often in terms of a formal, organized denomination.Most sociologists believe that race is not “real” in the sense that there are no distinctive genetic or physical characteristics that truly distinguish one group of people from another instead, different groups share overlapping characteristics. Sociologists use the concept of race to describe how people think of and treat groups of people, as people very commonly classify each other according to race (e.g., as African-American or as Asian). Race: refers to the concept of dividing people into populations or groups on the basis of various sets of physical characteristics that result from genetic ancestry.Questioning: refers to an individual who is uncertain of her/his sexual orientation, gender or identity.Queer: an umbrella term that can refer to anyone who transgresses society’s view of gender, sexual orientation or sexuality.People of Color: used primarily in the United States to describe any person who is not white the term is meant to be inclusive among non-white groups, emphasizing common experiences of racism.Pansexual (also referred to as omnisexual or polysexual): referring to the potential for sexual attractions or romantic love toward people of all gender identities and biological sexes the concept of pansexuality deliberately rejects the gender binary.Multiethnic: a person who identifies as coming from two or more ethnicities a person whose biological parents are of two or more ethnicities.Multiracial: a person who identifies as coming from two or more races a person whose biological parents are of two or more different races.LGBTQIA: an inclusive term for those who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and asexual.Intersex: a general term used for a variety of conditions in which a person is born with reproductive organs, sexual anatomy or chromosomes that are not considered “standard” for either male or female.Homosexual: a person who is attracted to members of what they identify as their own sex or gender (the terms Gay and Lesbian are preferred).Heterosexual: a person attracted to members of another sex or gender.Gender Identity: refers to a person’s internal, deeply felt sense of being a man or woman, or something other or in between, which may or may not correspond with the sex assigned at birth because gender identity is internal and personally defined, it is not visible to others.Gender: social, cultural and psychological traits linked to males and females that define them as masculine or feminine.First Nations People: individuals who identify as those who were the first people to live on the Western Hemisphere continent people also identified as Native Americans.Ethnicity: the culture of people in a given geographic region, including their language, heritage, religion and customs.Cisgender: a description for a person whose gender identity, gender expression and sex assigned at birth align (e.g., man, masculine and male). ![]() ![]()
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