{"id":3871,"date":"2021-12-01T15:08:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T09:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wishesandblessings.net\/blog\/?p=3871"},"modified":"2021-12-03T10:16:29","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T04:46:29","slug":"gender-and-sexuality-a-quick-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wishesandblessings.net\/blog\/gender-and-sexuality-a-quick-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Gender and Sexuality: A Quick Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“Sexuality is who you want to be with. Gender identity is who you want to be in the world.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Hari Nef<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What is the difference between gender and sexuality?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Gender is a term that refers to social or cultural distinctions associated with being male, female, or intersex. There is more to gender than just males and females. Some people identify with aspects of male and female while others might not really feel like either. This is called being gender diverse or non-binary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sexuality, on the other hand, makes up our identity and is used to describe the sexual feelings we experience towards other people. Common labels like lesbian, gay, bisexual, asexual, and pansexual all describe a person\u2019s sexuality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Therefore, there is a clear difference between gender and sexuality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Brief overview of terms \u2013 Gender<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Some of us have a Gender <\/strong>that is different from our sex. We may be male physically, but identify or feel more comfortable thinking of ourselves as female. We may be female physically, but identify or feel more comfortable thinking of ourselves as male.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We may identify as neither male nor female, the term used for it is Gender non-binary<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Transgender<\/strong>\u00a0is the term used for people whose gender identity is different from the gender they were thought to be at birth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cisgender <\/strong>is an adjective to refer to anyone whose gender identity matches their sex assigned at birth. So, you can be cisgender and gay, cisgender and bisexual, or cisgender and asexual to name a few. Similarly, you can be transgender and straight\/heterosexual. Some trans people find themselves exclusively attracted to people of the opposite gender.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Brief overview of terms \u2013 Sexuality<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Sexuality is a spectrum, there are different types of it. People label themselves accordingly or some don’t prefer labels at all. The LGBTQIA+ acronym as we all know stands for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, queer\/ questioning, Intersex, and asexual\/ally. Here are some other, relatively unheard of sexualities:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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