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Gender Identity: A person’s sense of self in relation to gender
Cisgender: Person is the gender assigned at birth
Transgender: Person is not the gender assigned at birth
Metagender: Person identifies as neither cisgender nor transgender
Non-Binary: Person is neither exclusively a man nor exclusively a woman. Non-binary people may or may not identify as transgender
Agender: Person does not experience a gender
Gender Fluid: Identity that varies over time (man, woman, or any other identity)
Assigned Gender/Sex At Birth: The gender/sex assigned at birth based on a person’s genitals.
Assigned Male At Birth (AMAB)/Assigned Female At Birth (AFAB): Generally this assignment is made based on a visual assessment of the baby’s genitalia
Intersex: A naturally occurring variation of sex characteristics, reproductive organs, and/or chromosomes that do not fit the typical definition of male or female (although many intersex people are assigned male or female at birth).
Note: Assigned gender/sex at birth is different than sex, which is based on many variable factors
Gender Expression: How a person presents themself (such as style, actions, demeanor, and more)
Feminine: Expresses qualities and characteristics typically associated with femininity
Masculine: Expresses qualities and characteristics typically associated with masculinity
Androgynous: Expresses both typically feminine and typically masculine qualities ambiguously, or expresses typically neither
Note: Gender expression may change over time or in different situations
Sexual Orientation: Who a person is sexually attracted to
Heterosexual: Sexual attraction to people of a different gender than your own
Homosexual: Sexual attraction to people of a similar gender to your own
Bisexual: Sexual attraction to people of more than one gender
Pansexual: Sexual attraction regardless of gender
Asexual: Experiences little to no sexual attraction
Demisexual: Experiences little to no sexual attraction until a close bond is formed
Romantic Orientation: Who a person is romantically attracted to
Heteroromantic: Romantic attraction to people of a different gender than your own
Homoromantic: Romantic attraction to people of a similar gender to your own
Biromantic: Romantic attraction to people of more than one gender
Panromantic: Romantic attraction regardless of gender
Aromantic: Experiences little to no romantic attraction
Demiromantic: Experiences little to no romantic attraction until a close bond is formed
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The editor of Green Horizon Magazine, Steve has been a movement activist for many years (he was an original co-editor of DSA’s “Ecosocialist Review”).

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Steven Welzer

The editor of Green Horizon Magazine, Steve has been a movement activist for many years (he was an original co-editor of DSA’s “Ecosocialist Review”).