| 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 |
