Transgender: Someone whose gender identity differs from their gender at birth. Gay: A man who is attracted only to other men, but also used to broadly describe people who are attracted to the same sex.īisexual: Anyone who is attracted to more than one sex/gender. Lesbian: A woman who is attracted only to other women.
Since the term LGBT was coined in the late 1980s, public understanding of sexual and gender identity has progressed significantly.
