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- Bisexual - a person who is sexually and emotionally attracted to people of both sexes
- Equity - being fair, reasonable and just in all areas and activities
- Equality - taking positive steps to remove disadvantage. Creating equality involves the recognition that certain groups may be subject to particular disadvantages and therefore require actions which are specifically targeted to assist them
- Gay - refers to a person whose primary sexual and emotional attraction is to people of the same sex. The term is more commonly applied to men who self-identify as same sex attracted, rather than men who have sex with men but do not self-identify as gay. While many women identify as gay, the term lesbian is commonly used to describe same sex attracted women
- Gender identity - a person's subjective sense of being male or female
- Gender reassignment - a medical procedure which enables people to match their bodies with their chosen gender identity
- Harassment - includes comments, actions, suggestions or physical contact which may be considered intimidatory or offensive by an individual. It may be intentional like bullying or less obvious and subtle
- Heterosexism - the belief that heterosexuality is naturally superior to homosexuality or bisexuality. This belief justifies domination and the imposition of values and beliefs
- Homophobia - an irrational fear and dislike of lesbian, gay and bisexual people, which can lead to hatred resulting in verbal and physical attacks and abuse
- Indirect Discrimination - occurs when an apparently neutral response or practice would put people at a disadvantage compared to others. Indirect discrimination can only be justified if it can be demonstrated that it has a legitimate aim
- Lesbian - a woman whose primary sexual and emotional attraction is to other women. This term often refers to women who are same sex attracted rather than women who have sex with other women but do not self-identify as lesbian
- Transgender - transgender is an inclusive umbrella term used to describe the diversity of gender identity and gender expression. The term can be used to describe all people who do not conform to common ideas of gender roles, including transsexual people, transvestite people, intersex people and bi-gendered people
- Transphobia - an irrational fear and dislike of transgender people, which can lead to hatred resulting in verbal and physical attacks and abuse
- Transsexual - transsexual is a term used to describe people who are born into the wrong physical sex - this includes pre-operative, post-operative and non-operative female-to-male ( FTM) and male-to-female ( MTF) transsexuals.
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