Self-Descriptor: Identity Labels, Self-Identification, and Language
A self-descriptor is a word or label a person uses to describe their own identity, experiences, sexuality, gender, relationships, or other personally meaningful characteristics.
Coming In: LGBTQ+ Self-Recognition and Identity Acceptance
Coming in is an inward LGBTQ+ process of recognizing, exploring, or accepting one’s own sexual orientation or gender identity, often before any public disclosure.
Internalized Transphobia: Stigma, Shame, and Gender Self-Acceptance
Internalized transphobia occurs when transgender or gender-diverse people absorb negative anti-trans beliefs and apply them to themselves or other trans people.
Adolescent Sexual Development: Puberty, Identity, and Relationships
Adolescent sexual development includes the biological, emotional, social, and identity-related changes connected to sexuality during adolescence.
Gender Literacy: Identity, Expression, Roles, and Understanding
Gender literacy is the ability to understand and communicate about gender identity, expression, roles, stereotypes, diversity, and their relationship to sexuality and society.
Pronoun Disclosure: Meaning, Privacy, and Usage
Pronoun disclosure is the act of telling others which pronouns someone uses, either publicly or privately, while managing consent, context, and safety.
Gender Embodiment: Meaning, Body Experience, and Identity
Gender embodiment describes how a person experiences and expresses gender through the body, including appearance, movement, voice, touch, and physical comfort.
Gender Attribution: Meaning, Perception, and Social Assumptions
Gender attribution is the process of assigning or assuming another person’s gender from appearance, voice, behavior, names, or social cues.
Gendered Embodiment: Meaning, Bodies, and Gender Experience
Gendered embodiment describes how gender is personally experienced, physically expressed, and socially interpreted through the body.
Gender Modality: Meaning, Identity, and Assigned Gender
Gender modality describes how a person’s gender identity relates to the gender or sex they were assigned at birth.