The understanding of how a person's overlapping identities –including race, class, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation and disability status – impact the way they experience oppression and discrimination.
noun
in·ter·sec·tion·al·i·ty
ally
A person who is not LGBTQ but uses their privilege to support LGBTQ people and promote equality. Allies "stand up and speak out even when the people they're allying for aren't there."
noun
al·ly
transgender
A person whose gender identity differs from the sex they were assigned at birth.
adjective
trans·gen·der
nonbinary
Someone who doesn't identify exclusively as female or male.
adjective
non·bi·na·ry
genderqueer
People who reject static, conventional categories of gender and embrace fluid ideas of gender (and often sexual orientation).
adjective, noun
gen·der·queer
pansexual
A person who can be attracted to all different kinds of people, regardless of their gender identity.
adjective
pan·sex·u·al
heteronormative
A cultural bias that considers heterosexuality (being straight) the norm. When you first meet someone, do you automatically assume they're straight? That's heteronormativity.
adjective
het·ero·nor·ma·tive
TERF
The acronym for "trans exclusionary radical feminists," referring to feminists who are transphobic.
adjective
het·ero·nor·ma·tive
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