| LGBT |
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender people |
| MSM |
Men who have sex with men |
| WSW |
Women who have sex with women |
| Sexual orientation |
One’s emotional, romantic and sexual attraction to men, women, both genders, neither gender or another gender. |
| Homosexual |
One’s emotional, romantic and sexual attraction to people of the same sex. |
| Heterosexual |
One’s emotional, romantic and sexual attraction to people of the opposite sex. |
| Bisexual |
One’s emotional, romantic and sexual attraction to people of both the same sex and opposite sex. |
| Gender Identity |
One’s internal and individual perception of those roles, behavior and actions which society attributes to men and women. Gender identity can differentiate from the sex which is determined at birth. |
| Transgender |
One whose identity or external appearance differentiates from society’s stereotypical expectations of roles, behavior and actions associated with his/her biological sex |
| Homophobia |
Negative attitude and sentiments toward homosexual people or those individuals who are identified or perceived as being homosexual |
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