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| - type: basic | |
| source: https://www.glaad.org/reference/offensive | |
| note: This term has a clinical history and is used to imply LGBTQ+ people are diseased or psychologically/emotionally disordered | |
| considerate: | |
| - gay | |
| - gay man | |
| - lesbian | |
| - gay person/people | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - homosexual | |
| - type: basic | |
| source: https://www.glaad.org/reference/offensive | |
| note: Avoid labeling something as LGBTQ+ unless you would call the same thing “straight” | |
| considerate: | |
| - relationship | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - homosexual relations | |
| - homosexual relationship | |
| - type: basic | |
| source: https://www.glaad.org/reference/offensive | |
| note: Avoid labeling something as LGBTQ+ unless you would call the same thing “straight” | |
| considerate: | |
| - couple | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - homosexual couple | |
| - type: basic | |
| source: https://www.glaad.org/reference/offensive | |
| note: Implies that being LGBTQ+ is a choice | |
| considerate: | |
| - sexual orientation | |
| - orientation | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - sexual preference | |
| - type: basic | |
| source: https://www.glaad.org/reference/offensive | |
| note: Implies that being LGBTQ+ is a choice | |
| considerate: | |
| - gay lives | |
| - gay/lesbian lives | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - gay lifestyle | |
| - homosexual lifestyle | |
| - type: basic | |
| source: https://www.glaad.org/reference/offensive | |
| note: Used by anti-LGBTQ+ extremists to create a climate of fear around LGBTQ+ issues | |
| considerate: | |
| - gay issues | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - gay agenda | |
| - homosexual agenda | |
| - type: basic | |
| source: https://www.glaad.org/reference/style | |
| note: LGBTQ+ rights are human rights | |
| considerate: | |
| - equal rights | |
| - civil rights for gay people | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - special rights | |
| - gay rights | |
| - type: basic | |
| source: https://www.glaad.org/reference/offensive | |
| note: Derogatory terms for LGBTQ+ people are offensive | |
| considerate: | |
| - gay | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - fag | |
| - faggot | |
| - dyke | |
| - homo | |
| - sodomite | |
| - type: basic | |
| source: https://www.glaad.org/reference/style | |
| note: Avoid using slang shorthand | |
| considerate: | |
| - bisexual | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - bi | |
| - type: basic | |
| source: https://www.glaad.org/reference/style | |
| note: Homosexual has a clinical history and is used to imply LGBTQ+ people are diseased or psychologically/emotionally disordered | |
| considerate: | |
| - gay marriage | |
| - same-sex marriage | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - homosexual marriage | |
| - type: basic | |
| source: https://www.glaad.org/reference/style | |
| note: Derogatory terms for LGBTQ+ people are offensive | |
| considerate: | |
| - transgender | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - tranny | |
| - type: basic | |
| source: https://www.glaad.org/reference/transgender | |
| note: Avoid using outdated / offensive terms | |
| considerate: | |
| - cross-dresser | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - transvestite | |
| - type: basic | |
| source: https://www.glaad.org/reference/transgender | |
| note: Avoid overemphasizing surgery when discussing transgender people or the process of transition - it’s not a necessary component | |
| considerate: | |
| - transition | |
| - gender confirmation surgery | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - sexchange | |
| - sex change | |
| - type: basic | |
| source: https://www.glaad.org/reference/transgender | |
| note: Shift focus away from the assigned sex and towards the identified gender | |
| considerate: | |
| - sex reassignment surgery | |
| - gender confirmation surgery | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - sex change operation | |
| - type: basic | |
| source: https://www.glaad.org/reference/transgender | |
| note: Transgender should be used as an adjective, not as a noun | |
| considerate: | |
| - transgender people | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - transgenders | |
| - type: basic | |
| source: https://www.glaad.org/reference/transgender | |
| note: Transgender is already an adjective | |
| considerate: | |
| - transgender | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - transgendered | |
| - type: basic | |
| source: https://www.glaad.org/reference/transgender | |
| note: This is a term used by anti-transgender activists to dehumanize transgender people and reduce who they are to a condition | |
| considerate: | |
| - being transgender | |
| - the movement for transgender equality | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - transgenderism | |
| - type: basic | |
| note: Assigned birth gender is complicated; gender identity is more than what your parents decided you were at birth | |
| considerate: | |
| - assigned male at birth | |
| - designated male at birth | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - biologically male | |
| - born a man | |
| - genetically male | |
| - type: basic | |
| note: Assigned birth gender is complicated; gender identity is more than what your parents decided you were at birth | |
| considerate: | |
| - assigned female at birth | |
| - designated female at birth | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - biologically female | |
| - born a woman | |
| - genetically female | |
| - type: basic | |
| source: https://www.glaad.org/reference/transgender | |
| note: A term created and used by far-right extremists to oppose nondiscrimination laws that protect transgender people | |
| considerate: | |
| - non-discrimination law | |
| - non-discrimination ordinance | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - bathroom bill | |
| - type: basic | |
| source: http://www.isna.org/node/979 | |
| note: These terms are stigmatizing to patients and their families because intersex status is more complicated than the mere presence or absence of certain gonadal tissues | |
| considerate: | |
| - intersex | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - hermaphroditic | |
| - pseudohermaphroditic | |
| - pseudo hermaphroditic | |
| - type: basic | |
| source: http://www.isna.org/node/979 | |
| note: These terms are stigmatizing to patients and their families because intersex status is more complicated than the mere presence or absence of certain gonadal tissues | |
| considerate: | |
| - person who is intersex | |
| - person | |
| - intersex person | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - hermaphrodite | |
| - pseudohermaphrodite | |
| - pseudo hermaphrodite | |
| - type: basic | |
| source: https://www.reddit.com/r/asktransgender/comments/23wbq1/is_the_term_shemale_seen_as_offensive/ | |
| note: This word dehumanizes transgender people | |
| considerate: | |
| - transgender person | |
| - person | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - shemale | |
| - she male | |
| - heshe | |
| - shehe | |
| - type: basic | |
| source: https://www.selfdefined.app/definitions/pronouns/ | |
| note: Preferred pronoun sounds like it is optional to use someone's correct pronoun | |
| considerate: | |
| - pronoun | |
| - pronouns | |
| inconsiderate: | |
| - preferred pronoun | |
| - preferred pronouns | |
| - gender pronoun | |
| - gender pronouns | |