WordList (Glossary)

When something can be easily reached, used, understood, or entered.

An Ally is someone who is not LGBTIQA+, but shows they support LGBTIQA+ people. Telling friends that you think it is OK to be LGBTIQA+ shows you are a good friend to talk to about it.

Someone who does not feel sexual attraction to anyone.

Someone who is romantically and/or sexually attracted to people of multiple genders. The term bisexual+ means all multi-gender attracted people, including pansexual people.

Catfishing is when someone lies about who they are to try to take your money or other things.

Feeling relaxed or at ease.

People who share or have similar things in common, or who live in the same place.

Often, gay means men who have romantic and sexual attraction to other men. Some women who are attracted to women also use ‘gay’ to describe themselves.

A term that includes many people who do not have traditional gender identities or expression.

This includes transgender people, non-binary people, and people who are genderqueer, gender fluid, gender questioning, bigender, agender, masculine (masc), feminine (femme), or use terms that reflect both gender and cultural identity like the Aboriginal terms Brother Boy and Sister Girl, as well as many more terms.

A setting in your internet browser that lets you visit websites without other people finding out. It can also be called private browsing or private window.

Someone who is born with private body parts or whose bodies grow in ways that are different from what is expected of men or women.

Sometimes people who are intersex are also transgender, non-binary, or gender diverse, but most of the time they are not. Many people who are intersex are straight, but they can also be gay, lesbian, bisexual, queer, asexual, or none of these.

A term meaning all people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer or asexual. The ‘+’ means other words that people use to describe diverse bodies, genders, or sexualities.

A woman who has romantic and sexual attraction to other women.

Someone whose gender is not male or female. Non-binary is both an identity and a term. It describes a range of people who exist outside traditional ideas about ‘male’ and ‘female’.

You will see the plus sign (+) next to some terms and words. This includes bisexual+, asexual+, and L G B T I Q A +. The plus sign is a way of including other people who may be similar to that word.

A setting in your internet browser that lets you visit websites without other people finding out. It can also be called incognito window or private browsing.

Your sexual feelings and thoughts. This can include feelings and thoughts about people you are attracted to.

Technology that allow us to share and communicate information and ideas to others. The most common are Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

Some people are called male or female when they are born, but when they grow up they feel like they are the other. This is called being transgender or sometimes just trans.

When we feel we can rely on something or someone.