Could you help me with these terms?

[Anonymous]

So many other words were added these past few years regarding people who don't identify with their born gender and I think I'm confused now. I realized that I might need some refresher because the topic came up when my DC asked about something related to it. I tried google but it gives a very long narrative on what each word is. I'm hoping that someone here can give a short description of each word below or add any other words that are not listed? I'm not a troll, I just want to make sure I understand these words correctly.

This is the way I understand these terms:

L- Born woman but identifies as a man
G- A term that be used for both genders that identify as the other
B- A person who has no gender preference when it comes to relationship
T- Someone who identifies as the opposite gender and dresses as the other gender(question: Does one count as Trans if they did not go through the operation yet?)
Q-I'm not quite sure what this is and how it's different from "Gay", I also thought this word could be derogatory?

Some other words that I heard of but I don't know the full meaning or how it's different from above- Cis, Pansexual, Gender fluid.

I'm not a troll, I'm sure I'm not the only one who is confused by these terms, but no one wants to ask in case someone gets offended. Thanks in advance.

[Anonymous]

You’re assuming a lot of trans stuff that just isn’t the case. A lot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You’re assuming a lot of trans stuff that just isn’t the case. A lot.

What do you mean? Yes I figured I did not understand that part.

[Anonymous]

NP-
I could use assistance with this too.
Also Non binary? Does this mean not identifying with either gender? So as a straight woman I would be binary?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NP-
I could use assistance with this too.
Also Non binary? Does this mean not identifying with either gender? So as a straight woman I would be binary?

There are plenty of binary non-straight people. I’m straight and binary. My daughter is a lesbian and binary. Her best friend is trans and binary.

[Anonymous]

Huh? L-lesbian g-gay (male) b (bisexual) t (trans) q (queer).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Huh? L-lesbian g-gay (male) b (bisexual) t (trans) q (queer).

I would add that there’s a lot of disagreement about who fits under the q and who is allowed to use queer. A friend married a woman three years ago. Her wife came to an understanding of herself as a trans man rather than a very butch ciswoman. My friend now finds herself in a relationship with someone who not only presents as male in certain circumstances, but actively identifies as male. She’s started using queer rather than lesbian because her marriage is no longer two women. But it isn’t a cisgender heterosexual marriage either.

[Anonymous]

L - lesbian - identifies as a women, loves women
G - gay - identifies as a man, loves men
B - bisexual - loves people of genders that are both the same and different than their own; you will also come across “pansexual” or attracted to all genders in this context
T - trans - identifies as a different gender from the one they were assigned at birth (surgery is irrelevant, and there’s no need to ask a trans people about their medical history)
Q - queer - a sexuality or gender that does not conform to standard societal representations but may not belong strictly to the above label

Cis - cisgender - the opposite of trans; someone who identifies as the gender they were assigned at birth

NB - nonbinary - a gender where someone does not feel comfortable identifying as either a man or woman; people may dislike the concept of gender at all (sometimes you will hear agender for this) or may engage with the gender binary but not feel comfortable declaring themselves man or woman or may feel like they change between identifying as male or female over time (this is one way gender fluid is used)

Some of these labels can overlap. Almost all are reclaimed slurs. Some people will feel more comfortable with one or another based on their personal experience of having slurs used against them. It is polite to use the label an individual wants you to use rather than the label you might want to apply to them. Some people will use these labels to mean slightly different things — feel free to ask a person what their label means to them.

[Anonymous]

Here is a helpful list.

https://www.hrc.org/resources/glossary-of-terms

[Anonymous]

I thought Q was Questioning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I thought Q was Questioning.

This is the long poster from above — it stands for both queer and questioning; I defined queer because that’s what I think of. Highly recommend the link from PP. I could have skipped all the typing haha.

[Anonymous]

where did the term "cis" com from what does "cis" even mean?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:where did the term "cis" com from what does "cis" even mean?

Dictionaries and Google are your friend. Cis is a prefix that comes from the Latin for "on the same side". In chemistry it's used when two atoms are on the same side of a molecule. When speaking of gender it refers to people whose gender identity aligns with(is "on the same side")with their biological sex at birth. If you were born a biological woman and that's how you identify (whether you are sexually attracted to men, women, everyone or no one) you are cisgender, a cisgender woman.
cis-
prefix
prefix: cis-
1.
on this side of; on the side nearer to the speaker.
"cisatlantic"
HISTORICAL
on the side nearer to Rome.
"cisalpine"
(of time) closer to the present.
"cis-Elizabethan"
2.
referring or relating to people whose sense of personal identity and gender corresponds with their birth sex.
"cisgender"
3.
CHEMISTRY
denoting molecules with cis arrangements of substituents.
"cis -1,2-dichloroethylene"
Origin

from Latin cis ‘on this side of’.

[Anonymous]

So cis is used now i stead of straight?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So cis is used now i stead of straight?

Cis is usually associated with gender, not sex. A cis person identifies as the sex they were assigned at birth.