Learn more about the source and scope of the legal obligations of States in respect of the rights of LGBTI people Advances towards LGBTI equality Mindline Trans+ - 0300 330 5468, Emotional support/information signposting, Monday-Friday, 8PM-midnight. Hadland SE, Yehia BR, Makadon HJ. Caring for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth in inclusive and affirmative environments. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2016;63(6):955-969. doi:10.1016/j.pcl.2016.07.001

Maybe it’s the bare minimum but that was the best OP could do at the time. The level of hostility people put out was not needed or deserved. G (Gay): Gay is usually a term used to refer to men/men-aligned individuals who are only attracted to people of the same/similar gender. However, lesbians can also be referred to as gay. The use of the term gay became more popular during the 1970s. Today, bisexual and pansexual people sometimes use gay to casually refer to themselves when they talk about their similar gender attraction. OECD. The LGBT challenge: How to better include sexual and gender minorities?. Society at a Glance 2019: OECD Social Indicators, OECD Publishing, Paris. 2019. doi:10.1787/c64c3d3f-enL (Lesbian): A lesbian is a woman/woman-aligned person who is attracted to only people of the same/similar gender.

Clayton JA, Tannenbaum C. Reporting sex, gender, or both in clinical research?. JAMA. 2016;316(18):1863–1864. doi:10.1001/jama.2016.16405 Type 4: Women who are occasionally women. They call themselves women when they put on a dress, and call themselves men when they wear something else.A recent post about transsexual vs. transgender has sparked some heated discussions. Unfortunately, certain connotations of those words created too much distraction from the core issue, which is an inherent tension between different types of trans women, whose goals, experiences, and perceptions vastly differ. So long as people face criminalization, bias and violence based on their sexual orientation, gender identity and sex characteristics, we must redouble our efforts to end this violations,” Antonio Guterres, UN Secretary General, on 25 September 2018.