Terms pt. 1

This chapter and any future term chapters, just like the others, are for educational purposes. There will be some controversal terms added, but i will avoid most common slurs that are not usual.y used by the community to descrive their attraction, gender expression, and etc.

Meaning that i would not include for example the F slur, but i would include queer as it is a word many people who might not know what to call their attraction use, and that people who might not want to specifically label themselves use.

If you think i should remove the word from this list, then do tell me.

Also, thank you to DemigodOfAnime  for help with this.

AFAB (ASSIGNED FEMALE AT BIRTH)

The blue and red stripes represent cis AFAB people and trans AFAB people.

The green and purple stripes represents AFAB people who identify as gender modalities other than cis or trans.

Assigned Female At Birth (AFAB) (also seen as Designated Female At Birth (DFAB) or Female Assigned At Birth (FAAB)) is an assigned gender for people who have external sex traits that are identified as female. It is used as a way to refer to the sex on one's birth certificate or to discuss medical issues that primarily face AFAB people without making assumptions about one's current sex, body, or gender identity.

AFAB people are typically raised with the assumption that they will identify as a woman, however AFAB people can be any gender and can have any gender presentation. AFAB women are considered cisgender women. Transgender AFAB people are most commonly assumed to be trans men, however non-binary AFAB people can also be considered trans. AFAB people who identify primarily with masculinity can be called transmasculine.

ALLY

There is no official meaning, but one can guess.

An Ally or straight ally is a cisgender, heterosexual/romantic, allosexual/romantic (cishet) individual who is not a part of the LGBTA+ community but supports the community. An ally acknowledges that LGBT people face discrimination and thus are socially disadvantaged, supports LGBT+ rights, and challenges homophobia, transphobia, etc. Not everyone who meets this definition identifies specifically as an "ally". Not all cishet people are allies.

The A in LGBTA+ does not stand for ally, rather it stands for asexual, aromantic, agender, abrosexual, abroromantic, and many other LGBTA+ identities that start with "a".

AMAB (ASSIGNED MALE AT BIRTH)

The blue and red stripes represent cis AMAB people and trans AMAB people.

The yellow and grey stripes represents AMAB people who identify as gender modalities other than cis or trans.

Assigned Male At Birth (AMAB) (also seen as Designated Male At Birth (DMAB) or Male Assigned At Birth (MAAB)) is an assigned gender for people who have external sex traits that were identified as male. It is used as a way to refer to the sex on one's birth certificate or to discuss medical issues that primarily face AMAB people without making assumptions about one's current sex, body, or gender.

AMAB people are typically raised with the assumption that they will identify as a man, however AMAB people can be any gender and can have any gender presentation. AMAB men are considered cisgender men. Transgender AMAB people are most commonly assumed to be trans women, however non-binary AMAB people can also be considered trans. AMAB people who identify primarily with femininity can be called transfeminine.

ANDROGYNOUS

The flag only has one colour: purple, which is also the combination of the two colours that are stereotypically associated with masculinity and femininity.

Androgynous refers to the act of simultaneously having or showing qualities that are associated with both femininity and masculinity. It can involve behaviors, presentations, and roles which were/are typically culturally associated with being a man and being a woman. Androgynous can be used as a description of one's gender, one's gender presentation, or both.

Androgynous should not be confused with androgyne. Androgyne is a specific gender that is a mix of male and female. Androgynous is a quality that a gender can have, but is not a gender identity on its own.

BEAR

The bear flag consists of seven stripes in various shades of brown and gold, with a bear's pawprint in black in the upper left quadrant. The colors are designed to reflect different real-world species of bears and thus celebrate the diversity of men encompassed in the bear community, emphasizing its origins as the other side of the exclusive urban gay culture.

Bear is a subcultural term used primarily by gay men, referring to a subset of men who embrace and subvert traditional masculinity and defy the stereotypes typically applied to gay men, who are usually seen as feminine due to their attraction to men. Bears may be defined by physical appearance, tastes, expression of traditionally gendered traits, or personal affiliation.

The generic image of a bear is a larger man with a hairy body, usually having facial hair and dressing in a typically masculine way.

The bear subculture celebrates such masculine traits while queering masculinity through the reputation of bears being affectionate, similar to how femme lesbians defy the heterocentric stereotype of lesbians being masculine by necessity and instead queer femininity.

The bear subculture is not a furry subculture.

BICURIOUS

Pink represents bicurious lesbians and gays.

Blue is for bicurious straights.

White is for being unsure/questioning.

Bicurious is a term for someone who is primarily monosexual (usually, heterosexual, but not exclusively) who is curious or open to having relationships with genders other than that of their usual partners for any reason. It is common considered a state of exploring one's sexuality or questioning if one is bisexual.

The terms heteroflexible and homoflexible are sometimes applied to bicurious people, though some some people distinguish between the concepts in that bicurious is a state of experimentation while hetero/homoflexibility are not.

BOI (CONTROVERSAL)

The definition seems to differ depending on what site you go on, and these are mostly just some of the stuff the definitions have in common but not all. That includes the flag, which was only included on the site(s) and places who meant it was black exclusive. Since the flag is only on those sites, i mean the flag is only meant for that definition.

The flag uses greenish blue, showing that it is similar to boy but it is still its own separate thing.

The three stripes in the middle are intentionally different from the middle stripes of the qirl flag, showing that the two are not meant to be "opposites" of each other.

Boi is a slang within the LGBTQ+ community meaning a youthful gay man. This term is considered controversial because many argue that only people of colour have the right to call themselves bois. Beyond this, the word has a variety of meanings, which vary depending on the context. In the lesbian community, bois are masculine-of-center, but the word means the opposite in the gay male community. Some people who identify as bois use it as a transgender nonbinary gender identity, but other bois aren't necessarily transgender.

The term boi may be used to denote a number of other sexual orientations and possibilities that are not mutually exclusive:

•A boyish lesbian.

•A submissive butch in the BDSM community.

•A young trans man, or a trans man who is in the earlier stages of transitioning.

•A younger bisexual or gay person who may have effeminate characteristics. The term can also be used by anyone who wishes to distinguish from heterosexual or heteronormative identities.

BUTCH

There is no known meaning for the colours.

Butch is a term used in LGBTQ+ subculture to describe someone, typically a lesbian or otherwise sapphic woman, who has a masculine gender presentation. The term "butch" tends to denote a degree of masculinity beyond what would be considered typical of a tomboy.

Butch women often dress in masculine clothing, and typically present themselves in a more stereotypically masculine way, such as having short hair, not wearing makeup, and not shaving. Butches are also commonly thought of as having more "masculine" interests, such as sports, mechanics, and other hands-on jobs. Some butches will take on masculine names or nicknames, and some may use masculine pronouns. Some butches bind their chest or take masculinizing hormones to appear more masculine. Similarly, transfeminine butches may not take certain steps associated with transfeminine transitioning, such as going on estrogen/anti-androgens. Despite this, butch women are still women. They can be cisgender, transgender or any other gender modality. This label can also be used by non-binary people. It is not uncommon for butch women to face harassment or violence because of their appearance.

CLOSETED

There is no known meaning for the colours.

Closeted or in the closet is a term when someone has told very few or no people about their sexual orientation or gender identity.

Someone may be closeted around some people and not others. For example, if someone has told their friends about their sexuality or gender but not their parents, they would be "out of the closet" around their friends but "closeted" to their parents.

COMING OUT

Coming out refers to the process that people who are LGBTQ go through as they work to accept their sexual orientation or gender identity and share that identity openly with other people.