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[quote=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.[/quote]

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