Search Results for: glossary

HRT See Gender-affirming hormone therapy

Intersectionality Intersectionality noun This concept was developed by legal scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw to describe the unique experiences of Black women who face the compounding factors of both racial and gender discrimination. Intersectionality is the idea that a person’s various identities, particularly marginalized identities, interconnect and cannot be understood in isolation. It is important for health […]

Intersex Intersex adjective Describes a range of variations in primary and secondary sex characteristics that do not fit into binary notions of female or male bodies. Variations may involve sex chromosomes, external genitalia, gonads, hormone production, hormone responsiveness, and/or internal reproductive organs, and may be identified prenatally, at birth, during puberty, or later in life. […]

Lesbian Lesbian adjective, noun A sexual orientation describing a woman or non-binary person who is primarily emotionally and physically attracted to women.

LGBTQIA+ LGBTQIA+ adjective An acronym for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, and all sexually and gender diverse people. Examples of terms represented by the "+" include: pansexual, omnisexual, gender fluid, non-binary, Two-Spirit, and many more terms.

Men who have sex with men Men who have sex with men noun A category used in public health research to describe cisgender men who engage in sexual behavior with other cisgender men, regardless of how they identify their sexual orientation. Abbreviated as MSM. See also: Women who have sex with women

Minority stress Minority stress noun Chronic stress faced by members of stigmatized minority groups, such as sexual and gender minority people. Minority stress is caused by external, objective events and conditions, expectations of such events, the internalization of societal attitudes, and/or concealment of one’s sexual orientation or gender identity. Minority stress is compounded when a […]

Misgender Misgender verb To refer to someone in a way that does not affirm that person’s gender identity; for example, by using incorrect pronouns or by deadnaming.

MSM See Men who have sex with men

Name used Name used noun The name a person goes by and wants others to use in personal communication, including when that person’s insurance or identification documents lists a different name. The terms "name used," "affirmed name," or "chosen name" are recommended over "preferred name."