lgbtq.yml

- type: basic
  source: https://www.glaad.org/reference/offensive
  note: This term has a clinical history and is used to imply LGBTQ+ people are diseased or psychologically/emotionally disordered
  considerate:
    - gay
    - gay man
    - lesbian
    - gay person/people
  inconsiderate:
    - homosexual
- type: basic
  source: https://www.glaad.org/reference/offensive
  note: Avoid labeling something as LGBTQ+ unless you would call the same thing “straight”
  considerate:
    - relationship
  inconsiderate:
    - homosexual relations
    - homosexual relationship
- type: basic
  source: https://www.glaad.org/reference/offensive
  note: Avoid labeling something as LGBTQ+ unless you would call the same thing “straight”
  considerate:
    - couple
  inconsiderate:
    - homosexual couple
- type: basic
  source: https://www.glaad.org/reference/offensive
  note: Implies that being LGBTQ+ is a choice
  considerate:
    - sexual orientation
    - orientation
  inconsiderate:
    - sexual preference
- type: basic
  source: https://www.glaad.org/reference/offensive
  note: Implies that being LGBTQ+ is a choice
  considerate:
    - gay lives
    - gay/lesbian lives
  inconsiderate:
    - gay lifestyle
    - homosexual lifestyle
- type: basic
  source: https://www.glaad.org/reference/offensive
  note: Used by anti-LGBTQ+ extremists to create a climate of fear around LGBTQ+ issues
  considerate:
    - gay issues
  inconsiderate:
    - gay agenda
    - homosexual agenda
- type: basic
  source: https://www.glaad.org/reference/style
  note: LGBTQ+ rights are human rights
  considerate:
    - equal rights
    - civil rights for gay people
  inconsiderate:
    - special rights
    - gay rights
- type: basic
  source: https://www.glaad.org/reference/offensive
  note: Derogatory terms for LGBTQ+ people are offensive
  considerate:
    - gay
  inconsiderate:
    - fag
    - faggot
    - dyke
    - homo
    - sodomite
- type: basic
  source: https://www.glaad.org/reference/style
  note: Avoid using slang shorthand
  considerate:
    - bisexual
  inconsiderate:
    - bi
- type: basic
  source: https://www.glaad.org/reference/style
  note: Homosexual has a clinical history and is used to imply LGBTQ+ people are diseased or psychologically/emotionally disordered
  considerate:
    - gay marriage
    - same-sex marriage
  inconsiderate:
    - homosexual marriage
- type: basic
  source: https://www.glaad.org/reference/style
  note: Derogatory terms for LGBTQ+ people are offensive
  considerate:
    - transgender
  inconsiderate:
    - tranny
- type: basic
  source: https://www.glaad.org/reference/transgender
  note: Avoid using outdated / offensive terms
  considerate:
    - cross-dresser
  inconsiderate:
    - transvestite
- type: basic
  source: https://www.glaad.org/reference/transgender
  note: Avoid overemphasizing surgery when discussing transgender people or the process of transition - it’s not a necessary component
  considerate:
    - transition
    - gender confirmation surgery
  inconsiderate:
    - sexchange
    - sex change
- type: basic
  source: https://www.glaad.org/reference/transgender
  note: Shift focus away from the assigned sex and towards the identified gender
  considerate:
    - sex reassignment surgery
    - gender confirmation surgery
  inconsiderate:
    - sex change operation
- type: basic
  source: https://www.glaad.org/reference/transgender
  note: Transgender should be used as an adjective, not as a noun
  considerate:
    - transgender people
  inconsiderate:
    - transgenders
- type: basic
  source: https://www.glaad.org/reference/transgender
  note: Transgender is already an adjective
  considerate:
    - transgender
  inconsiderate:
    - transgendered
- type: basic
  source: https://www.glaad.org/reference/transgender
  note: This is a term used by anti-transgender activists to dehumanize transgender people and reduce who they are to a condition
  considerate:
    - being transgender
    - the movement for transgender equality
  inconsiderate:
    - transgenderism
- type: basic
  note: Assigned birth gender is complicated; gender identity is more than what your parents decided you were at birth
  considerate:
    - assigned male at birth
    - designated male at birth
  inconsiderate:
    - biologically male
    - born a man
    - genetically male
- type: basic
  note: Assigned birth gender is complicated; gender identity is more than what your parents decided you were at birth
  considerate:
    - assigned female at birth
    - designated female at birth
  inconsiderate:
    - biologically female
    - born a woman
    - genetically female
- type: basic
  source: https://www.glaad.org/reference/transgender
  note: A term created and used by far-right extremists to oppose nondiscrimination laws that protect transgender people
  considerate:
    - non-discrimination law
    - non-discrimination ordinance
  inconsiderate:
    - bathroom bill
- type: basic
  source: http://www.isna.org/node/979
  note: These terms are stigmatizing to patients and their families because intersex status is more complicated than the mere presence or absence of certain gonadal tissues
  considerate:
    - intersex
  inconsiderate:
    - hermaphroditic
    - pseudohermaphroditic
    - pseudo hermaphroditic
- type: basic
  source: http://www.isna.org/node/979
  note: These terms are stigmatizing to patients and their families because intersex status is more complicated than the mere presence or absence of certain gonadal tissues
  considerate:
    - person who is intersex
    - person
    - intersex person
  inconsiderate:
    - hermaphrodite
    - pseudohermaphrodite
    - pseudo hermaphrodite
- type: basic
  source: https://www.reddit.com/r/asktransgender/comments/23wbq1/is_the_term_shemale_seen_as_offensive/
  note: This word dehumanizes transgender people
  considerate:
    - transgender person
    - person
  inconsiderate:
    - shemale
    - she male
    - heshe
    - shehe
- type: basic
  source: https://www.selfdefined.app/definitions/pronouns/
  note: Preferred pronoun sounds like it is optional to use someone's correct pronoun
  considerate:
    - pronoun
    - pronouns
  inconsiderate:
    - preferred pronoun
    - preferred pronouns
    - gender pronoun
    - gender pronouns