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I've realized now as I've gone back through some of my old posts that there are a few places where I have messed up or said some things that are not politically correct. Yes, it's true - I don't know everything (regardless of what my mother thinks).
One of my favorite things about the ever growing knowledge of gender identity and sexuality is that people are always finding better ways to include everyone and better ways to define things. I actually really like finding out new or more appropriate ways to talk about these things. I think that with knowledge comes power, and the better we get at talking about these topics appropriately the better the community gets. So, with that being said - here's some corrections, and some revisions to terms that I will be sticking with from now on:
One of my favorite things about the ever growing knowledge of gender identity and sexuality is that people are always finding better ways to include everyone and better ways to define things. I actually really like finding out new or more appropriate ways to talk about these things. I think that with knowledge comes power, and the better we get at talking about these topics appropriately the better the community gets. So, with that being said - here's some corrections, and some revisions to terms that I will be sticking with from now on:
LGBTQA+ is now being written as LGBTQIA+, with the added I to include intersex. Also, there were a few posts in the beginning where I failed to note that the Q stands for both questioning and queer. I have since corrected it, but I thought I should bring attention to it anyways.
I have always been on the side that the term 'biological sex' is not offensive, but an article I recently found online (which I am now having trouble tracking down, but I will edit/add in here when I find it) proved me otherwise. From now on, I will be using the term 'sex assigned at birth' instead, or AMAB and AFAB.
^ Which also tweaks the definition of transgender that I have been using on here. From now on, I will be defining the word transgender as "someone whose gender identity does not align with the sex they were assigned at birth".
The definition I've been using for sexuality is also changing. This article I stumbled across made a very good point about why the term 'sexual preference' is politically incorrect. So, out with that phrase - and now the definition for these words will simply be "A person's sexual orientation or capacity for sexual feelings.
I'm also changing my definition for genderfluid, as I feel like the original one I came up with just didn't seem right. And of course I want to do my own label justice. From now on, my definition for genderfluid will be "someone whose gender identity fluctuates between two or more points on the gender identity spectrum".
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Gender Identity: A person's personal perception of their own gender
LGBTQIA+: Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, asexual, plus
Intersex: Someone who is born with sexual anatomy that does not fit within one label of male or female.
Questioning: Someone who is unsure of their sexuality or gender identity
Queer: An in-group term sometimes used to refer to the entire LGBTQIA+ community, or certain people within the community who define themselves that way
AMAB: Assigned Male at Birth; someone who is born with male sexual anatomy and was originally assigned that label at birth
AFAB: Assigned Female at Birth; someone who is born with female sexual anatomy and was originally assigned that label at birth
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