Terminology

A

• acting, appearing
• AIDS
• ally
• asexual

B

• bathroom bill
• biphobia
• bisexual
• bridal
• bride

C

• cisgender
• civil union
• closeted, in the closet
• coming out
• commitment ceremony
• “conversion therapy”
• cross-dresser
• cruising

D

• Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)
• domestic partner
• Don’t ask, don’t tell
• down low
• drag
• drag performers
• dressed as
• dyke

E

• engaged couple
• “ex-gay”

F

• fag, faggot
• families

G

• gay
• gay agenda
• gender-bender
• gender confirmation surgery (GCS)
• gender dysphoria
• gender expression
• gender fluid
• gender identity
• gender nonconforming
• gender identity disorder
• genderqueer
• gender transition
• gender variant
• groom

H

• hermaphrodite
• heterosexism
• HIV
• homo
• homophobia
• homosexual
• husband

I

• intersex

L

• lesbian
• LGBT, LGBTQ
• lifestyle
• lover

M

• MSM
• marriage
• misleading associations

N

• nonbinary

O

• obituaries
• openly gay/lesbian
• opposite sex
• orientation
• outing

P

• pansexual
• parent
• partner
• passing
• pink triangle
• practicing
• pride

Q

• queen
• queer

R

• rainbow flag
• relationships
• religious exemption
• religions liberty, religious freedom

S

• safe sex, safer sex
• seroconversion
• seronegative
• seropositive
• sex
• sex assigned at birth
  sex change
• sex reassignment
• sexual orientation
• sexual preference
• sodomy
• special rights
• Stonewall
• straight

T

• tranny
• transgender
• transgender man
• transgender woman
• transition
• transphobia
• transsexual
• transvestite
• two spirit

W

• wedding
• wife