- 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.
(1/2) as a Known Nonbinary Lesbian, i hate this post and it's blatant lies. you clearly have no idea what you're talking about.
ReplyDeleteFirst of all: i know this might be a bit difficult for you to understand, but not everyone splits their attraction between sexual and romantic! For example: i'm JUST a lesbian, not "homosexual homoromantic" not anything-sexual anything-romantic, just lesbian.
also, agender people can "identify with a gender", that gender being agender.(and it's identify AS not with)
“Queer: Originally meaning weird or odd. Now used to describe people who are not straight and cisgendered” queer describing lgbt people isn't new, it's been a slur for decades and you and your friends reclaiming it doesn't mean it's suddenly not a slur. do your research next time, ok?
“Heteronormative: Implying that being heterosexual is the ‘norm’ in society.” heteronormativity (using your definition of heterosexual meaning SEXUALLY attracted to the opposite gender) isn't limited to sexual attraction. it just means: the belief that being straight, only attracted to the opposite gender, is the norm. being heteroromantic asexual doesn't make you less hetero.
“Metrosexual: A heterosexual male who takes care of his appearance” being "metrosexual" DOESN'T MAKE YOU LGBT+!! metrosexual is just a stupid pun on heterosexual and the idea that you can't just identify as a straight man and dress well is based in outdated gender stereotypes!
"Top Surgery: Getting surgery to remove or add breasts. The former can also be referred to as a mastectomy" *to remove or add breast TISSUE. boobs aren't an on/off thing, everyone has a different amount of breast tissue (even cis men, wow!/sarcasm)
“Trans-boy/man: A person DFAB who identifies as male” “Trans-girl/woman: A person DMAB who identifies as female” just put a space between trans and boy/man/girl/woman/person. trans/transgender is an adjective, not a prefix.
100% agree
DeleteExactly! I really hate it when people use the term "metrosexual" and say it's a new orientation. Like no, you're just a straight guy who likes to look good! And yeah it makes no sense to split your orientation if both identities are the same. Saying you're lesbian implies you like a girl sexually and romantically like no need to specify both. I mean I do it, but only because my sexual and romantic identities are different (asexual and heteromantic) that makes sense but not if they're the same. They're just trying to sound more complicated and unique.
Delete(2/2)“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.” HOMOPHOBIA IS EXCLUSIVE TO GAY, LESBIAN, AND BI/PAN PEOPLE!! STRAIGHT TRANS PEOPLE DO NOT EXPERIENCE HOMOPHOBIA!! IT'S CALLED HOMOPHOBIA BECAUSE IT TARGETS PEOPLE ATTRACTED TO THE SAME/SIMILAR GENDER!!!
ReplyDeleteand it's not called the "queer community" because GUESS WHAT! QUEER IS A SLUR!! STOP CALLING EVERY SINGLE LGBT+ PERSON "QUEER"! IN FACT, STOP ASSUMING THAT EVERYONE WHO READS THIS ARTICLE IS COMFORTABLE WITH "QUEER"!!
also homo/trans/biphobia are actually about prejudice against sga/trans/bi people, not fear or even necessarily hatred. someone who doesn't "support the homosexual lifestyle" is homophobic even if they don't HATE gay people.
“Otherkin: People who believe that they are actually something not human. These people are well-known for making the non-binary community look bad.” otherkin is NOT a fucking lgbt+/mogai/whatever identity and as an ACTUAL NONBINARY PERSON fuck off with the whole "These people… (make) the non-binary community look bad." don't blame otherkin (some of which ARE nonbinary) for transphobia, blame THE ACTUAL TRANSPHOBES WHO ARE BEING TRANSPHOBIC AND SPREADING TRANSPHOBIC IDEAS!! In fact if you're not nonbinary you need to shut the fuck up about nonbinary issues and listen to nonbinary people.
“Gender: the state of being male or female (typically used with reference to social and cultural differences rather than biological ones).” (my/your/etc) gender is usually defined in trans circles as feeling (male/female/nonbinary/agender/etc) also, you left out nonbinary people in your definition of gender!! thanks i hate it!
“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.” im not a biologist but i know that definition of sex is wrong (especially since it leaves out interSEX people) so, again, maybe do some research before spreading misinformation??
“Intersex: A person who is not designated male or female.” INTERSEX PEOPLE ARE DESIGNATED MALE OR FEMALE AT BIRTH DIPSHIT!! YOUR DESIGNATED GENDER AT BIRTH IS WHAT'S ON YOUR BIRTH CERTIFICATE AND/OR WHAT THE DOCTOR TELLS YOUR PARENTS YOU ARE (SUCH AS: "CONGRATS ITS A GIRL/BOY")
“Non-binary Gender: A gender that is not male or female.” YOU LISTED NONBINARY GENDERS THAT HAVE MALE AND/OR FEMALE AS PART OF THEM ON THIS SAME PAGE! THIS IS A JOKE, RIGHT?
Basically: your post sucks, Janice. I’m begging you: consult lgbt people (plural! more than one!) before speaking about lgbt topics and terminology. Or at least do research before you spout absolute garbage nonsense.
oh and you’re welcome.
-chara
i just saw this post is two years old but it showed up when i googled mogai so imo my comments are still useful
ReplyDeleteokay first, chill. this post is two years old and i haven't posted in two years. i forgot this blog is still up. people can mature out of beliefs that they once had, and you don't know where i am in life rn. would you believe it if, number one, i wrote this post before the tumblr sjw flood with all of the beautiful doxxing and hatred, before i was educated, and that i was in, oh, maybe ninth grade when i did this? would you believe that i've matured out of these beliefs now? what if i told you that i am pansexual, but actually sometimes prefer people calling me queer? and that now i've realized that not everyone is comfortable with that term. what if i told you that most of these definitions weren't created by me, but were referenced and put into my own words from other sites (and yes, i am aware that i didn't cite any sources. i was young and naive.) i want you to keep in mind that outdated things on the internet are very much a real thing, and that number 1, people's beliefs change, and number 2, this this was written at a time when most of these terms were - at least in the circles i ran in - accurate and technically part of mogai - which is a term that i don't like anymore, as i feel it focuses more on the marginalization of lgbt+ people than the actual people themselves. a few more points: like i said, this was written when some of these terms and thoughts were still politically correct. it's like calling out someone from 100 years ago for using a term like yellow or red to describe a person. we know now that it's wrong, but back then, it was just normal. This post was also written at a time when otherkin were still INCREDIBLY controversial, and claiming to be a part of the LGBT community, like a trans trender. "i identify as a blade of grass, so i'm lgbt" was a common thought then. No, your comments are not useful, and i will not thank you. All that you have done today is call out a 14 year old girl from two and a half years ago for making her first real excursion into the lgbt community. Thankfully, i have matured out of being hurt by comments like this, and have realized that while what i said two years ago may have hurt someone, it is two years ago, and i have matured. i am sorry for having a limited scope of the world two years ago, but you should also be sorry, for being so cruel to someone you've never met. someone made a mistake, but that doesn't mean that you get to call them out on the EXTREMELY public internet. May i suggest that next time, you maybe private message them, or comment, "hey i have some comments on this post, would you mind discussing them with me?" i was ignorant, and i'm legitimately sorry if this sounds like a non-apology, but i've matured. i've made mistakes in my past, but i've grown up past them.
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