By Naoki Abe
What is LGBT?
LGBT or GLBT is an initialism referring collectively to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people. However, the terms LGBT or GLBT are not agreeable to everyone that they literally encompass. For example, transgender and transsexual are about gender identity or a person's understanding of being male or female and does not depend upon whether they like men or women. LGB issues can be seen as a matter of sexual orientation or attraction.
What are the differences between “trans-gender” & “trans-sexual”?
Transgender is the state of one's "gender identity" (self-identification as woman, man, neither or both) not matching one's "assigned sex" (identification by others as male, female or intersex based on physical/genetic sex). "Transgender" does not imply any specific form of sexual orientation; transgender people may identify as heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, pansexual, polysexual, or asexual; some may consider conventional sexual orientation labels inadequate or inapplicable to them.
Transgender people desire to live and be accepted as a member of the sex opposite to that assigned at birth.
However they don’t want to change their physical features.
Transsexual people, on the other hand, desire to live and be accepted as a member of the sex opposite to that assigned at birth, and they have a wish to alter their bodies.
LGBT VOCABULARY
Vocabulary
Bisexual
in human sexuality, describes a man or woman that is sexually or romantically attracted to persons of both sexes
Pansexual
Sexually attracted or open to all people regardless of gender or sexual orientation.
Polysexual
Polysexuality refers to people who are attracted to more than one gender or sex but do not wish to identify as bisexual because it implies that there are only two binary genders or sexes.
Asexual
Asexuality (also known as nonsexuality) in its broadest sense, describes lack of sexual attraction or interest in or desire for sex. Sometimes, it is considered a lack of a sexual orientation.
Heterosexual
Heterosexuality consists of sexual behavior, practices, and identity predicated on a primary preference or desire for the opposite sex.
Homosexual
Homosexuality is romantic or sexual attraction or behavior among members of the same sex.
Fag hag
a woman who is closely related to, or feels a strong connection to, gay men
Breeder
a derogatory term used to describe straight people in light of their ability to reproduce
Cruise
to move around in order to look for a possible sexual partner
Two-spirit
Aboriginals who have emotional and sexual relationships with the same gender, who only identify as Two Spirit (having the attributes and spirit of both male and female)
Gaydar/Gadar
This word is formed from, "gay and radar" to describe the ability of one gay person to recognize or find another gay person. synonyms radar
Drag queen
a gay man who dresses as a woman for pleasure and/or performance.
Come out
to become an acknowledged homosexual.
Out
to expose or reveal oneself as homosexual; openly avowing homosexuality.
Shemale
Shemale (also she-male) is a pejorative term frequently referring to trans women with male genitalia and augmented female breasts from breast augmentation and/or use of hormones. The term is considered derogatory by most trans women.
Transfag
a person who is both gay and female-to-male (f-t-m) transsexual.
Tryke
a person who is a male-to-female (m-t-f) transsexual and is also a lesbian.
m4m/w4w
man for man / woman for woman; used in the search for a sexual partner online
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