It should be noted that these acronyms represent both sexual identities and gender identities. There are many different acronyms that may be used in different contexts to represent these individuals. LGBTQ2 In Canada, LGBTQ2 is often used to refer to individuals who are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Two Spirit. Intersex people may or may not identify with their sex assigned at birth. Some people are born with external genitals that fall into the typical male/female categories, such as people with Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome (CAIS), but their internal organs or hormones do not. Other intersex people have combinations of chromosomes that are different than XY (usually associated with male) and XX (usually associated with female), like XXY. Some intersex people have genitals or internal sex organs that fall outside the male/female categories - such as a person with both ovarian and testicular tissues. Intersex Intersex is a general term used for a variety of situations in which a person is born with external sex characteristics that do not fit the binary medical categories typically used to classify “female” or “male.” There are lots of ways someone can be intersex. There is considerable diversity in how individuals and groups understand, experience and express gender through the roles they take on, the expectations placed on them, relations with others and the complex ways that gender is institutionalized in society.Ĭisgender A person whose gender identity corresponds to their sex assigned at birth. Gender identity is not confined to a binary (girl/woman, boy/man) nor is it static it exists along a continuum and can change over time. Gender identity Gender identity is how people perceive themselves with respect to their gender. It is therefore not a reliable indicator of a person’s gender identity. A person’s gender expression may not align with societal expectations of their gender. For example: clothes, voice, hair, or mannerisms. Gender expression Gender expression refers to the various ways in which people choose to express their gender identity. Sexual Orientation: A term used to describe a person’s emotional, romantic, or sexual attraction. It influences how people perceive themselves and each other, how they act and interact, the distribution of power and resources in society, and people’s social, health and economic outcomes. Gender Socially-constructed roles, behaviours, expressions and identities of girls, women, boys, men and gender-diverse people. The assignment of a biological sex upon an newborn infant, based on visible/external sex characteristics, may or may not align with internal, hormonal and/or chromosomal sex characteristics, as well as how they feel or eventually identify with age. Most people are assigned male or female, as per socially constructed and medicalized standards, which is what is put on birth certificates. Sex (assigned) at birth: refers to the label one is given at birth based on physiological factors, including hormones, chromosomes, and genitals. Sex is usually categorized as female or male but there is variation in the biological attributes that comprise sex and how those attributes are expressed. It is primarily associated with physical and physiological features including chromosomes, gene expression, hormone levels and function, and reproductive/sexual anatomy. Sex refers to a set of biological attributes in humans and animals. Definitions have also been provided by Government of Canada’s LGBTQ2 Secretariat. The following definitions are adapted from The Gender Integration Framework from the Canadian Human Rights Commission, the Ontario Human Rights Commission, and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
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