Core Concepts
Everything the dictionary files under Core Concepts.
G3 terms
- Gender A social construct assigning cultural and social expectations based on assigned sex. Core Concepts
- Gender expression How a person manifests gender to others (e.g., dress, speech, mannerisms). May or may not align with identity or assigned sex at birth. Core Concepts
- Gender identity Each person’s deeply felt internal experience of gender, which may or may not correspond to sex assigned at birth and may involve personal body-relat… Core Concepts
S3 terms
- Sex Classification typically assigned at birth (male/female) based on external anatomy; in reality a combination of chromosomes, hormones, reproductive o… Core Concepts
- Sex characteristics A person’s chromosomes, anatomy, hormonal structure, and reproductive organs. Advocates recommend protecting “sex characteristics” explicitly in anti… Core Concepts
- Sexual orientation Each person’s capacity for profound affection, emotional/sexual attraction to, and intimate relations with individuals of the same, different, or mor… Core Concepts