Glossary of Key TermsBisexual: a person who is attracted to both sexes. Gay: a synonym for homosexual. Gender identity: a persons internal, deeply felt sense of being male or female, or something other than or in between male and female. Heterosexual: a person attracted primarily to people of the opposite sex. Homosexual: a person attracted primarily to people of the same sex. Lesbian: a female attracted primarily to other females. LGBT: lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender; an inclusive term for groups and identities sometimes also associated together as "sexual minorities." Men who have sex with men: men who engage in sexual behavior with other men, but do not necessarily identify as "gay," homosexual or "bisexual." Sexual orientation: the way in which a person's sexual and emotional desires are directed. The term categorizes according to the sex of the object of desirethat is, it describes whether a person is attracted primarily toward people of the same or opposite sex, or to both. Transgender: One whose inner gender identity differs from the physical characteristics of his/her body at birth. Female-to-male transgender people were born with female bodies but have a predominantly male gender identity; male-to-female transgender people were born with male bodies but have a predominantly female gender identity. Women who have sex with women: women who engage in sexual behavior with other women, but do not necessarily identify as gay, homosexual, lesbian or bisexual.
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