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gender
Gender is the range of social, psychological, cultural, and behavioral aspects of being a man (or boy), woman (or girl), or portraying a third gender. Although gender often corresponds to sex, a transgender person may identify with a gender other than their sex assigned at birth. Most cultures have a strict gender binary, in which gender is divided into two categories, and people are considered part of one or the other; those who are outside these groups may fall under the umbrella term non-binary. Some societies have third genders (and fourth genders, etc.) such as the hijras of South Asia an
sexual orientation
enduring pattern of sexual attraction
gender identity
person's private sense of, and subjective experience of, their own gender
queer
Queer is an umbrella term for sexual and gender minorities. It is alternately used to refer to people who reject sexual and gender norms and share radical politics characterized by solidarity across lines of identity. Queer is also a self-identity term for many people (similar to but distinct from gay, lesbian, and bisexual), characterized by rejection or disruption of binary categories of sexual orientation and gender.
gender studies
interdisciplinary academic field devoted to analysing gender identity and gendered representation
personal pronoun
pronoun that is associated with a particular grammatical personality
Portal:LGBTQ
Wikimedia portal
LGBTQ term
umbrella term for the LGBTQ community
romantic orientation
an individual's pattern of romantic attraction, as distinguished from sexual orientation
sexual minority
minority group differentiated by its sexual orientation, and often also including non-cisgender identities
sexual diversity
set of sexes, sexual orientations and gender identities
sexual fluidity
changes in sexuality or sexual identity

agender
Agender (also known as genderless, gender-free, non-gendered, or ungendered) is a gender identity where an individual has no gender at all and does not necessarily follow gender roles.
LGBTQ people
group of persons who identify as LGBTQ
Outline of LGBT topics
Wikimedia outline article

family of choice
non-biologically related group of people established to provide ongoing social support

split attraction model
discordance between sexual and romantic attraction