Two-Spirit: an Indigenous term which means a person has both masculine and feminine spirit within them. This includes Indigenous understandings of gender roles, spirituality, and sexual and gender diversity.

Lesbian: a woman who is attached to women emotionally and physically and identifies as a lesbian.

Gay: a man who is attracted to men emotionally and physically and identifies as gay. This can also be a term for anyone who is attracted to the same gender.

Bisexual: a person who is attracted to someone who is of the same gender as them or another gender and identifies as bisexual. Some people identify as bi+ to encompass attraction to more than one gender.

Transgender/Trans: a person whose gender identity is different than the sex they were assigned at birth. People who identify as nonbinary may call themselves trans. People who identify as nonbinary might also align with androgynous, non-binary, gender non-conforming, or gender fluid.

Queer and Questioning:

• Queer: It is a general term for all sexual orientations/gender identities on the 2SLGBTQIA+ spectrum.
• Questioning: a person who is not sure about their sexual orientation/gender identity.

Intersex: a person who is born with male and female sexual organs or other sexual characteristics. They are assigned a gender at birth which they might not identify with.

Asexual: a person who rarely or does not experience physical attraction to other people. They may be emotionally attracted to others.

+ is added to include all other sexual orientations/gender identities.