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We’d love to show you how your support is helping LGBTQ+ people everywhere to thrive. We need your consent to share news, campaigns, events and ways in which you can further support this important work. Stacey's emotional post discussed what a support Jemma had been for her – and how proud she was of the book launch. I find that by tidying through a cupboard, I physically have to move, label, empty, clean and refill objects. By the time I’ve done all that, my brain has forgotten about whatever was worrying me in the first place.” The fear or dislike of someone, based on prejudice or negative attitudes, beliefs or views about lesbian, gay or bi people. Homophobic bullying may be targeted at people who are, or who are perceived to be, lesbian, gay or bi. ​I Intersex

Butch is a term used in LBT culture to describe someone who expresses themselves in a typically masculine way. Femme is a term used in LGBT culture to describe someone who expresses themselves in a typically feminine way. A term used to describe a person who may have the biological attributes of both sexes or whose biological attributes do not fit with societal assumptions about what constitutes male or female. Another way of describing a person’s transition. To undergo gender reassignment usually means to undergo some sort of medical intervention, but it can also mean changing names, pronouns, dressing differently and living in their self-identified gender.

This enables trans people to be legally recognised in their affirmed gender and to be issued with a new birth certificate. Not all trans people will apply for a GRC and you currently have to be over 18 to apply.

Also known as grey-A, this is an umbrella term which describes people who experience attraction occasionally, rarely, or only under certain conditions. People may also use terms such as gay, bi, lesbian, straight and queer in conjunction with grey to explain the direction of romantic or sexual attraction as they experience it. ​H Heterosexual/straight An umbrella term to describe people whose gender is not the same as, or does not sit comfortably with, the sex they were assigned at birth. Trans people may describe themselves using one or more of a wide variety of terms, including (but not limited to) transgender, transsexual, gender-queer (GQ), gender-fluid, non-binary, gender-variant, crossdresser, genderless, agender, nongender, third gender, bi-gender, trans man, trans woman, trans masculine, trans feminine and neutrois. Calling someone by their birth name after they have changed their name. This term is often associated with trans people who have changed their name as part of their transition. Demi (sexual and romantic) A person who does not experience romantic attraction. Some aromantic people experience sexual attraction, while others do not. Aromantic people who experience sexual attraction or occasional romantic attraction might also use terms such as gay, bi, lesbian, straight and queer in conjunction with asexual to describe the direction of their attraction. Asexual

There are other identities within the scope of butch, such as ‘soft butch’ and ‘stone butch’. You shouldn’t use these terms about someone unless you know they identify with them. ​C Cisgender or Cis

Bi is an umbrella term used to describe a romantic and/or sexual orientation towards more than one gender. Used to describe when a person experiences discomfort or distress because there is a mismatch between their sex assigned at birth and their gender identity. Stonewall uses the term ‘orientation’ as an umbrella term covering sexual and romantic orientations. S SexSomeone whose gender identity is the same as the sex they were assigned at birth. Non-trans is also used by some people. ​Coming out The fear or dislike of someone based on the fact they are trans, including denying their gender identity or refusing to accept it. Transphobia may be targeted at people who are, or who are perceived to be, trans. ​Transsexual