Lgbtqia2s+ meaning
LGBTQIA2S+: What Does It All Mean?
As we celebrate Celebration in , we would be remiss to omit the historical context in which we celebrate and provide allyship to LGBTQIA2S+ communities and those who identify as LGBTQIA2S+.
June 28, was a pivotal indicate in history for LGBTQIA2S+ in North America. Preliminary in the morning police raided the Stonewall Inn - a safe haven for members of the LGBTQIA2S+ community (notably homeless gay youth) in Manhattan. This raid escalated with patrons of Stonewall clashing with the police and six days of demonstrations. A similar event in Canada, the Toronto Bathhouse Raids, occurred February 5, in four bath houses in downtown Toronto leading to the arrest of over men (many of those arrested were found to be innocent). Public outcry over the treatment of LGBTQIA2S+ community members versus their counterparts in confidential clubs and heterosexual bath houses was prominent in demonstrations, participants describing police brutality and violation of civil liberties as unchanging and discriminatory. In July the Civil Marriage Act was given royal assent and legalized same sex marriage federally in Canada - just about 16 years ago.
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Chances are you’ve probably seen LGBTQ+, LGBTQIA+ or LGBTQIA2S before, but do you know what each of these letters mean? While it’s important to write down that this is not an exhaustive list of all the identities and orientations in the group, here’s a quick breakdown of the ones included in this acronym and their respective flags!
L for Lesbian: A woman or female-identified person who experiences sexual, romantic, or sentimental attraction to people of the same or similar gender. However, it’s key to note that not all lesbians are female-identified; some define their self as more nonmale or femme than female or feminine.
G for Gay: A term that describes people who experience sexual, sentimental, or emotional attraction to people of the matching or similar gender.
B for Bisexual: A sexual orientation that describes people who experience sexual, romantic, or emotional attractions to people of more than one gender.
T for Transgender: Transsexual is a gender individuality that does not correspond with the gender assigned at birth.
Q for Queer: Queer is an umbrella term that describes people who aren’t exclusively heterosexual. It acknowledges that sexuality is a spectr
LGBTQIA Resource Center Glossary
GLOSSARY
The terms and definitions below are always evolving, switching and often mean diverse things to different people. They are provided below as a starting indicate for discussion and sympathetic. This Glossary has been collectively built and created by the staff members of the LGBTQIA Resource Center since the preliminary s.
These are not universal definitions. This glossary is provided to help present others a more thorough but not entirely comprehensive understanding of the significance of these terms. You may even consider asking someone what they express when they use a term, especially when they use it to illustrate their identity. Ultimately it is most important that each individual define themselves for themselves and therefore also define a legal title for themselves.
“If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies for me and eaten alive.” -Audre Lorde
This glossary contains terms, such as ableism and disability, that may not be considered directly related to identities of sexuality or gender. These terms are significant to acknowledge as part of our mission to challenge all forms of oppression
Agender Pride Flag
The Agender Movement Flag was designed in by Salem X. The black and white stripes represent an absence of gender, the gray stripes represent semi-genderless, and the grassy stripe represents nonbinary genders.
Aromantic Pride Flag
The Aromantic Event flag was created by a Tumblr user established as "cameronwhimsy" in The green stripes represent the spectrum of aromantic individuals because the color green is on the opposite side of the color wheel from red (which is typically associated with romance). white represents platonic relationships and gray and dark represents those of other sexualities.
Asexual Pride Flag
The asexual pride flag was created by a member of the Asexual Visibility and Teaching Network in August of as a part of a community effort to create and choose a flag. Each stripe has a different meaning: jet represents asexuality, gray means gray-sexuality and demisexuality, pale stands for non asexual partners and allies, and purple represents community.
Bisexual Self-acceptance Flag
Michael Page introduced the Bisexual Pride Flag in December of to illustrate and increase visibility of bisexual people in the LGBT com
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