Basic LGBTQIA+ Terms You Need to Learn

Every June, people around the world come together to celebrate the LGBTQIA+ community and honor the 1969 Stonewall Uprising.
The Stonewall Uprising, which occurred in Manhattan, was a tipping point for the United States’ Gay Liberation Movement.
In honor of this year's Pride Month, here are some basic LGBTQIA+ terms to learn.

(L)GBTQIA
Lesbian, Women who are predominantly attracted to other women.

L(G)BTQIA,
Gay, People who are attracted to other people of the same gender.

LG(B)TQIA,
Bisexual, People who aren't exclusively attracted to people of one particular gender.

LGB(T)QIA,
Transgender, People who identify differently from the sex assigned to them at birth.

LGBT(Q)IA,
Queer, An umbrella term for the whole community.

LGBTQ(I)A,
Intersex, People born with sexual anatomy outside of the strict gender binary.

LGBTQI(A),
Asexual, People that experience little to no sexual attraction toward other people.

Ally, Someone who is actively supportive of LGBTQIA+ people.

Coming Out, The process through which a person acknowledges, accepts and shares their sexual orientation or gender identity with others.

Pansexual, A person who experiences emotional, romantic or sexual attraction to people of any gender.

Non-binary, A person who doesn't exclusively identify with the male or female gender.

Gender Identity, How a person perceives and identifies themself. This can be the same or different from the sex they were assigned at birth.

Gender Binary, Considered an outdated system by many, gender is assigned to two strict categories: male or female.

Gender Dysphoria, Significant distress that is caused when a person's gender identity doesn't align with their assigned birth gender.

Gender Expression, The external appearance of one's gender identity which may or may not conform to socially-defined norms.

Gender-fluid, A person who has a fluid or unfixed gender identity.