Experiential TerminologyĪlly - a person who supports and honors LGBTQIA+ diversity, acts accordingly to challenge homophobic/transphobic and heterosexist/cisgender centric remarks and behaviors, and is willing to explore and understand these forms of bias within themselves.Ĭloset - being "in the closet" means keeping your gender identity and/or sexual orientation a secret. Even positive stereotypes can have a negative impact, however, simply because they involve broad generalizations that ignore individual realities. Though often negative, can also be complimentary. Stereotype - A preconceived or oversimplified generalization about an entire group of people without regard for their individual differences. Prejudice - A conscious or unconscious negative belief about a whole group of people and its individual members. It involves institutional control, ideological domination, and the promulgation of the dominant group's culture on the oppressed. Oppression - the systematic exploitation of social groups by another for its own benefit. Internalized Oppression - The process by which a member of an oppressed group comes to accept and live out the inaccurate stereotypes applied to the oppressed group. Institutional Oppression - Societial processes and expectations that benefit one group at the expense of another through the use of language, media, education, religion, economics, etc. Experience-Related Terminology - terms that help explain some aspects of having an identity in that category.ĭiscrimination - differential treatment that favors one individual or group over another based on prejudice.Identities - descriptions of identities that fall under that section.General - terms needed to talk about and explain identities.Sexual Orientation: Here you will find terms that apply to our understanding of sexual orientations (e.g., "Gay").Įach section has subheadings to help you navigate:.Sex and Gender: Here you will find terms that apply to our understanding of sex and gender.We have also included basic social justice terminology. Terms for All Identities: Here you will find terms that can apply to any identity.
"I like all people, I just use bisexual because it's more commonly known and I have to explain it less.") bisexual), but define it differently (i.e.
Source: Red (Life), Orange (Healing), Yellow (Sunlight), Green (Nature), Blue (Serenity), Violet (Spirit). And, each of the colours represented something. Source: Later, the rainbow flag comprised of 6 vibrant colours- red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet. This flag had two colours, Pink and Violet, which were later dropped out in 1998 by Baker himself for the purpose of functionality. He dyed and sewed the bands together himself. In case you didn't know, the first LGBT flag was a 8-strip flag, designed by Gilbert Baker in 1978.