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There is a unique predicament that Indian Queer folks experience. Indian Queer folks need to look at queerness at the intersections of caste. This intersection of identities creates a complex

The words we use every day have tremendous power, whether it is referring to people, places, things, ideas or concepts. We use words every day to communicate important beliefs, thoughts

Two-spirit (also two spirit, 2S or, occasionally, two spirited) is a modern, pan-Indian, umbrella term used by some Indigenous North Americans to describe Native people in their communities who fulfill

Usually represents queer or questioning. Queer is considered an umbrella term for anyone who is non-cisgender or heterosexual. Queer may be used by people who feel that another term such

Pangender is a gender identity that involves experiencing many different gender identities simultaneously or one at a time with differing degrees. A pangender person can only resonate with genders within

Someone who occasionally experiences sexual attraction but usually does not; it covers a kind of gray space between asexuality and Allosexuality (Sexual Identities). Their level of sexual attraction could fall

People whose gender identity does not fit within the male/female binary.

One who expresses gender outside traditional norms associated with masculinity or femininity. Not all gender-nonconforming people are transgender, and some transgender people express gender in conventionally masculine or feminine ways.

A term used by people whose identity shifts or fluctuates. Sometimes these individuals may identify or express themselves as more masculine on some days, and more feminine on others. or

Clinically significant distress caused when a person’s assigned birth gender is not the same as the one with which they identify. This is Gender Dysphoria