A (Not-so) Exhaustive List of MOGAI Terms

Everybody knows what LGBTQQIAP+ means. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, queer, intersex, asexual, pansexual, and others.Recently, however, someone came up with the terms MOGAI or MOGII, which both stand for 'Marginalized orientations, gender identities, and intersex'. I do actually prefer this, because it is an umbrella term covering things like agender and other identities that aren't usually talked about. However, there are problems with this term, as it does not specifically mention said terms, and someone needs to document all of these terms. That's what I'm here for. Please know that this list is non-exhaustive, and may not include all terms that apply.

• Gay: Someone who is sexually and/or romantically attracted to a person of their own gender. This term is mostly used to describe men.
• Lesbian: A woman who is sexually and/or romantically attracted to women.Bisexual: A person who is sexually attracted to more than one gender. Some are only attracted to two, while others are attracted to many.
• Pansexual: A person who is sexually attracted to people, regardless of gender.
• Asexual: A person who is not sexually attracted to anyone. These people can still have a sex drive.
• Homosexual: A person who is sexually attracted to people of their gender
• Heterosexual: A person who is sexually attracted to people of the opposite gender.
• Homoromantic: Someone who is romantically attracted to people of their gender.
• Heteroromantic: Someone who is romantically attracted to people of the opposite gender. 
• Biromantic: Someone who is romantically attracted to more than one gender
• Panromantic: Someone who is romantically attracted to people, regardless of gender.
• Aromantic: Someone who does not feel romantically attracted to anyone.
• Demi-sexual: Someone who is only sexually attracted to someone after getting to know them.
• Demi-romantic: Someone who is only romantically attracted to someone after getting to know them.
• Cisgender: Someone who identifies with the gender they were assigned at birth.
• Transgender: Someone who does not identify with the gender they were assigned at birth.
• Agender: Someone who does not identify with a gender.
• Bigender: Someone who identifies with two genders
• Trigender: Someone who identifies with three genders
• Genderfluid: Someone who's gender can change depending on the situation
• Demigirl: Someone who identifies as mostly agender, but also partially as a girl
• Demiguy: Someone who identifies as mostly agender, but also partially as a boy.
• DFAB: Designated female at birth
• DMAB: Designated male at birth
• Queer: Originally meaning weird or odd. Now used to describe people who are not straight and cisgendered
• Coming out: Explaining your gender or orientation to someone
• Gender Identity: The gender which someone believes they are
• Heteronormative: Implying that being heterosexual is the "norm" in society.
• Metrosexual: A heterosexual male who takes care of his appearance
• Binding: The act of using a binder to make someone's chest less noticeable. Never use ace bandages to bind.
• Top Surgery: Getting surgery to remove or add breasts. The former can also be referred to as a mastectomy
• Trans-boy/man: A person DFAB who identifies as male
• Trans-girl/woman: A person DMAB who identifies as female
• Homophobia: A fear/hatred of any queer people, usually focusing on those who are attracted to people of the same gender
• Biphobia: A fear/hatred of bisexuals. This can also manifest in the queer community
• Transphobia: A fear/hatred of transgender people. This can also manifest in the queer community.
• Otherkin: People who believe that they are actually something not human. These people are well-known for making the non-binary community look bad.
• Gender: the state of being male or female (typically used with reference to social and cultural differences rather than biological ones).
• Sex: either of the two main categories (male and female) into which humans and many other living things are divided on the basis of their reproductive functions.
• Intersex: A person who is not designated male or female.Gender roles: The designated roles given to men and women.
• Preferred Pronouns: What a person prefers to be called, other than their name. 
• Non-binary Gender: A gender that is not male or female.
• Binary Genders: Male or female
• Closet: Someone "in the closet" has not come out as queer to many/any people

It should be noted that this is not meant to be used as the be-all end-all of MOGAI terms, and that there are other important terms that are helpful to know when discussing gender and sexuality. Just googling these terms can usually serve to explain what they are.

Why Gender Signifiers are Actually Okay!

In a video called "Ms. Male Character", Anita Sarkeesian shortly discusses gender signifiers and why they are bad. Gender signifiers are simply a way of showing the gender of a character - there is nothing wrong with this. However, she complains, saying that a bow is not inherently feminine. I do agree with her on that, partially because I find the gender binary dumb. However, there is honestly no problem with gender signifiers!
There is no problem with viewing an item as traditionally feminine. For example, short hair is usually seen as traditionally masculine, and long hair is traditionally feminine. No one sees any problems with a girl with short hair and a boy with long hair, though. It's the same with bows: society might view them as traditionally feminine, but there's no reason a boy can't wear one! Dresses, make-up, and dolls are in the same boat. Women can like footballs and cars, too! Honestly, these things stereotypically belong to one gender, but either gender can use them.
Using gender siginifiers is just like using certain traits to explain flat characters. For example, in The Smurfs, each smurf has one or two traits that describe them: Papa Smurf is the patriarch, Smurfette is the girly one, Sassette is the tomboy, Vanity Smurf is vain, Hefty Smurf is strong, and Grouchy Smurf is, well, grouchy. These smurfs can all be described in one or two words, and that's what's happening with gender signifiers: the author is explaining that this character is girly with just what she wears.
Despite the sexism Sarkeesian attempts to call out within the video, gender sigifiers aren't actually that big of a deal. It should be noted, however, that I am not trying to call Anita out. I am trying to point out her shortcomings and provide better arguments.

Everyday the Same Dream - Video Game Analysis

"Everyday the Same Dream" is a free online game to play. It discusses the idea of being a cog in the machine, and how boring life can be, but also how changing it can hurt. There are spoilers, so I recommend playing the game, and this game takes on dark topics, like suicide, so don't play if that bothers you.

You begin the game by waking up. You do what any normal person would do - put on a suit, talk to your wife, and go to work. While in the elevator, however, you meet a woman who tells you "5 more steps, and you will be a new person". You ignore this and go about your day as normal, going to work, where the stocks for your company are going up, and returning home.

You can keep repeating this cycle, or you can mix it up. You can go to work without clothes, spend the day with a homeless man rather than go to work, pet a cow, catch a leaf, or kill yourself. Each day, the stocks at your job continue to fall, and the old woman in the elevator tells you that you have less and less steps to take until you become a new person.

Once you have completed every step, every person disappears: your wife, your boss, the old woman, your coworkers, everyone. You have no options except to change, go to work, and keep walking until you get to the roof again. Then you see another person - yourself, on the railing, jumping. Then, the game just starts over.

I really don't have much to say on this but what is obvious: people are no longer individuals in our society. Everyone but those special to us are just other people, and we don't care about them.

Our society needs to learn to pay more attention to each other, so that they don't damage themselves in the process.

Finally, some important questions to go along with the game: who is the old woman, and how did she know how and when the man would become a new person? Why does the homeless man disappear? Is everything really just a dream? Tell me what you think in the comments.