LGBT GSA (OPEN!!)
 

1.) Obey those who are the thread owners.
2.) All are welcome, please do not discriminate against someone because their gender, gender choice, or sexual preference differs from your own. Respect their choice.
3.) Follow all Terms of Service/Rules of Trisphee.
4.) Some cussing is accepted, but we don't want to see excessive amounts.
5.) Do not use discriminatory words. If you are using them in a non-discriminatory manner, than that is ok.

(If there are any terms not on here or that are on here and are incorrect, feel free to contact me.)

General Terms

LGBT - Stands for Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender. This is the most common acronym used to represent those of different sexualities and lifestyles, even they aren’t always included in the acronym itself. If we tried to fit everything, it would wind up something like: LGBTTTIQQA even then people are still left out.
GSA - Stands for Gay Straight Alliance. This term is used to describe to signify a place where straight and cisgendered people and those of different sexualities and genders gather together as allies and supporters of each other.
Queer - An individual that supports gay/lesbian/trans/etc rights
Cross-dresser - dresses as the opposite gender and may or may not identify as transgender; done possibly for personal satisfaction: be it sexual, emotional, or financial
Transsensual - A person who falls in love with someone who is transgender and/or gender variant, MtF or FtM; some transgender people view people who identify as such as having a fetish and/or objectifying them; tranny chaser, admirer, or chaser can be used (though these are almost always used for those who objectify and/or fetishize trans*people)
Homophobia - Fear and hatred of LGBT people.
Homophobe - Used to describe someone who has homophobia, doesn’t support LGBT rights, or dislikes LGBT people for whatever reason. Sometimes used as an insult.
In The Closet - This expression is used to describe someone who is hiding or has not announced their sexual orientation or gender identity.
Out Of The Closet/Open - Used to describe someone who has announced and come to terms with their sexual orientation or gender identity and is no longer hiding in the metaphorical closet.
Questioning - Someone who is exploring their sexual or gender identity. Also used for someone who is unsure of their gender or sexuality.
Heterosexual - Sexually attracted to the opposite gender and/or sex. Also defined as “Straight”.
Homosexual - Sexually attracted to the same gender and/or sex. Also known as “Gay/Lesbian”.
Bisexual - Sexually attracted to both males and females Also known as “Bi”.
Pansexual/Omnisexual - Sexually attracted to all genders and sexes [eg: male, female, gender queer etc]; personality is more important to attraction than sex or gender identity.
Trisexual - Attraction in men, women and a third party (oneself, animals, or vegetables)
Autosexual - Attraction to oneself
Sequential Bisexual - someone who occasionally has an attraction to one gender, the other gender, or sometimes both
Pomosexual - A person who avoids or rejects sexual orientation labels
Demisexual - Someone who only experiences sexual attraction towards someone they are extremely close to.
Asexual - Having no sexual desire or activity
Demiromantic - Someone who only experiences romantic feelings with someone they are extremely close to.
Gray-A - Part of the asexual spectrum in that they only experience sexual attraction, but have a low or non-existent sex-drive.
Aromantic - One who does not experience romantic attraction.
Biromantic - Experiences romantic attraction to both male and female gender/sex.
Homoromantic - Experiences romantic attraction to those of the same gender/sex.
Heteroromantic - Experiences romantic attraction to those of the opposite gender/sex
Panromantic - Experiences romantic attraction to all genders and sexes.
Polysexual - Attraction to more than two sexes or genders but not all sexes or genders.
Antisexual - One who believes that sex is immoral, wrong, and should be avoided at all costs. Antisexuals can be sexual or asexual.


Transsexual - when gender identity doesn’t match assigned gender; generally medically-transition tracked; generally their gender fits in the gender binary (ie: either man or woman)
Transgender - someone whose gender identity does not match one's assigned sex; often used as an umbrella term for transsexual and gender variant people (cross-dressers' inclusion is a point of much contenton btw)
Gender expression - how masculine/feminine someone acts
Gender/sex role - the role, assinged by one's society, forced upon a person based on their gender and/or sex. Including, in the US, boys wear pants, girls play with dolls, men are tough, women are emotional, etc.
Cisgender - Someone whose gender identity, assigned sex, and gender expression/role matches.
Cissexed - Someone whose gender identity and assigned sex matches.
FTM, Female-to-Male, F2M - A female-assigned person who identifies on the masculine and/or male spectrum
MTF, Male-to-Female, M2F - A male-assigned person who identifies on the feminine and/or female spectrum
Assigned sex - the sex assigned to a person at birth, may or may not identify with this sex
Gender identity - what gender someone identifies as; may or may not fit within the gender binary
Gender binary - the binary system of gender/sex that s seen as a truth in many societies (including the US)
Transvestite - old term used for all gender variant, transsexual, and cross-dressing people. Rarely used now, but generally has a sexual connotation when used
New Half - born as one sex, but has gone through surgery and are now both
Gender Queer/Androgyne - identifies as either both genders, another gender, or no gender
Intersex - A person whose sex is hard to assign based on chromosomes, genitalia, primary sex organs, etc. Doctors often give such infants cosmetic surgeries (with or without the parents' permission or knowledge) to make the infant appear as a typical male or female
Hermaphrodites - Having both working sexual organs; generally seen as offensive and intersex is often preferred
She Male - An MtF who gets top surgery and then stops with the transition, meaning they have breast implants and that is it. The term has also been known to be used for an MtF sex worker and/or porn actress. Generally seen as offensive and derogatory.
Third gender/third sex - individuals who are considered to be neither women nor men, as well as the social category present in those societies who recognize three or more genders
Neutrois - Someone who identifies with neither physical sex or any sort of gender.
Genderfluid - Someone with a dynamic gender. They feel male one day, and female another day. Sometimes it's a mix of two or more genders.
Bigender - Someone who feels they are two different genders. This can either occur at once, or the person may fluctuate between the two.
Two Spirit - Native American term for someone who has the spirit of a man and the spirit of a woman at once. Those who were Two Spirit traditionally held roles of both males and females in tribes. Many spiritual leaders were Two Spirit.

Nonfiction Books
The Bisexuals Guide to the Universe by Nicole Kristal and Mike Szymanski
In Your Face, Stories from the Lives of Queer Youth by Mary L. Gray
The Bisexual Option by Fritz Klein, MD
Lesbian and Bisexual Identities by Kristen G Esterberg
Bi Any Other Name, Bisexual People speak Out by Loraine Hutchins and Lani Kaahumanu
Whipping Girl by Julia Serano
Just Add Hormones; An Insiders Guide to the Transsexual Experience by Matt Kailey
Becoming a Visible Man by Jamison Green
What Becomes You by Aaron Raz Link & Hilda Raz
One Teacher in 10; LGTB Educators Share Their Stories by Edited by Kevin Jennings
My Gender Workbook: How to Become a Real Man, a Real Woman, the Real You, or Something Else Entirely by Kate Bornstein
Gender Outlaw: On Men, Women and the Rest of Us by Kate Bornstein
GenderQueer: Voices From Beyond the Sexual Binary Edited by Joan Nestle, Riki Wilchins, Clare Howell
She's Not the Man I Married: My Life with a Transgender Husband by Helen Boyd
My Husband Betty: Love, Sex, and Life with a Cross dresser by Helen Boyd
True Selves: Understanding Transsexualism--For Families, Friends, Coworkers, and Helping Professionals by Mildred L Brown and Chloe Ann Rounsley
She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders by Jennifer Finney Boylan




TV Shows
Queer as Folk
The L Word
Rick and Steve
Noah's Arc
Will and Grace

Reserved just in case.

Reserved just in case I need it.

It says open so I'm joining in by saying hello to fellow people of the LGBT/GSA community~! Hi~! -steals this post-

Oh, and I'm a biromantic homosexual if it matters. I'm both asexual and lesbian. Yay for mixtures~! 8D

Well I'm a Two Spirit (not on the list. I need to add it.) person who likes people no matter the sex or gender of said person.

I've never heard of a two spirit! That's a new vocabulary word for me, yay~

Did you know there are multiple types of asexuality? There are so many sexualities in general in the world, it's quite interesting.

I prefer the term Two Spirit (which I just added) because it comes from a society that accepted and even cherished those who were both man and woman internally.

How do you mean different types? Do you mean how people can be not sexually attracted to others but emotionally attracted?

There's so many genders as well. There are no limits to the human mind. It's fascinating and exciting. People try and limit themselves so much and put themselves in boxes. It's sad sometimes.

Exactly. For example, I'm biromantic and lesbian. While I'm sexually attracted only to girls, I can feel affection emotionally towards a guy or a girl equally. Some people have no sexual interest but can be hetero-romantic, bi-romantic or homo-romantic. It just means you have an emotional connection rather than sexual~ I find that part rather interesting. My friend is asexual and transgender, so he helped teach me about it.

See I say I'm attracted just to people no matter the sex and gender because if I explained exactly what I liked it just gets confusing. I'm sexually attracted to all sexes but I'm much more attracted to the male gender. It takes me more and I'm much more picky when it comes to those of the female gender. It's just easier to say that I'm attracted to people but I still have a type I like more then other types.

I learned a lot by having this thread on Solia. I discovered my own gender thanks to it actually. I love learning about people and how they act and feel.

I agree- it is a fascinating topic. Unfortunately I have to go for the night, but...I hope you can tell me more about what you learned tomorrow~ Kay? Sorry. It's late ;-;

Okay. Bye! *waves*

*waits for more people to post*

WHERE DID YOU LEARN THESE WORDS?

Hello all~! I am a genderqueer, mostly girl-loving but slightly questioning (I can be attracted to some feminine/pretty boys, but don't like male 'parts'), biological female. Before you guys ask, I'm okay with either male or female pronouns (or gender-neutral, if you really want). But I typically go by 'he' when I have a male avatar. But if say 'she' I won't correct you.

Very nice list of definitions. Never heard of some of the terms, but I'm familiar with most.

@Blaine All the terms? Google and off the top of my, Mura and Kaci's heads mostly. The Solia thread took Mura, Kacicakes and I a week to put together. The terms were a big part of the time it took. We also slowly added to the list as we learned more.

@Ultima I find that liking a part depends on said part. XD There are some girl parts I find disgusting to look at while others are pretty. I'm actually biologically female as well. I also have the same view on pronouns that you do. I kinda prefer he when I have a male avatar but I won't get pissy if you call me the female pronouns.

I learned a lot by finding all the terms actually. There were many I didn't know.

Well, I've never actually seen a male's 'parts' except for when I accidentally saw my dad naked (for about 1/2 second) at 5 years old ... So I guess I really wouldn't know. But just the idea of it or friends talking about it really grosses me out. Not in the 'eww, sex' way. More like a 'that's just really disgusting/disturbing' way. I've always been repulsed at pictures/drawings and such of said 'parts.' ... But that's just how I am =P

I've seen a male naked due to strip poker but I've never seen another female naked in real life. I have in porn though. I actually used to be repulsed by pictures of male parts but seeing one in real life actually made that repulsion go away a great deal.

Well, if I ever fall in love with a biological male (I was going out with a transboy, but now we're broken up), I'm sure I will worry about it then. But until then, I'm perfectly fine having never really seen one. ......

-changes topic- So how are you this evening? ^^;

I'm good. I'm actually really liking this site. I joined in Open Beta then completely forgot about it. I think that I had some issues and the site wasn't pretty yet or something. Anyway, I got an email about the event and decided to check it out again and I'm glad I did.

I feel like I'm cheating on Solia though.....

How are you?

Hehe, I gave up on Solia after probably a week or so. (I'm Rhen on there)

I'm alright. Fairly bored and tired, but I always am so it's no big deal =P

Solia is pretty much my home on the internet. I have a lot of friends there, I'm a well known user and I'm even friends with a lot of the staff. I hope to be staff there eventually and people keep saying I'd be a good staff member. xD

Trispee contains people I actually met on Chlorea who I became friends with. That site went down the drain and a lot of people left so I'm glad I found these people again.

That's good to hear =)

Yeah. I've been searching for a way to still talk to them so here is good. XD

So I really shouldn't search for what people are saying about Solia on other avatar sites. It just makes me upset and somewhat angry.

Erm... I know it's been over twelve hours since the last post and I'm pretty sure no one is here, but I'd like to say hi incase someone is in fact online ^^; Um... Hi all~

Hello June, even though I'm pretty sure you're not there anymore ^^;

-pokes head in- I keep meaning to stop say hello. Another place to be and enjoy my self. -smiles-

Hi all. Anyone here?

Yep, I am ^^ Hello there~

-pops back in eating some cake- I am.

O look. Two people! How are you two today? ^.^

I'm all niffly and sneezing from the dust my mom's kicking up from cleaning o.o;

.... And youself? XD

I'm good. Kind of annoyed at the maturity level of some people but other than that fine. ^.^

Meh. Some people just really suck. This is inevitable, inescapable, and will always be true wherever you go. It's just a fact of life =/

That is very true. I'm better now. The person and I resolved our differences and agreed to disagree. ^.^

Er... Please tell me no one vanished before I posted this. ;-; I want to say hi if anyone is here. Anyone here? xD

I vanished to Solia but I came back June. Now you need to come back too!

I'm right here 8D Yay! No more loneliness in this thread xP