What is LGBTQUIA

The acronym stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning,
intersex, asexual

Lesbian- denoting or relating to women who are sexually or romantically attracted

exclusively to other women, or to sexual attraction or activity between women.

Gay- sexually or romantically attracted to people of one's own sex (used especially
of a man).
"the city's gay and lesbian people"

bisexual - sexually or romantically attracted to both men and women, or to more

than one sex or gender.

Transgender- "transsexuals, transgenderists, cross dressers",

Transgender is a general term that describes people whose gender identity, or their
internal sense of being male, female, or something else, does not match
the sex they were assigned at birth. By contrast, the term cisgender describes
people whose gender identity aligns with the sex they were assigned at birth.
A transgender woman was labeled as male at birth but has the gender identity of a
female. A transgender man was assigned female sex at birth but identifies as male.
Some transgender people don’t identify with one gender exclusively. Their gender
identity may combine both female and male elements, for instance, or they may not
feel like either gender. These transgender people are often described as being “non-
binary.” Another term that is sometimes used to describe people in this category is
“genderqueer.”

Queer or Questioning

Queer is often used as an umbrella term for people who are not straight or who
don't identify with their assigned sex at birth. People may also identify as queer if
they don't feel that the terms lesbian, gay, bisexual or trans fully represent them.
The “Q” can also stand for questioning.

intersex
Nearly one in every 2,000 people is born with variations in reproductive or sexual
anatomy, or has a chromosome pattern that doesn't fit with what is typically
considered male or female. Such individuals are “intersex” — the “I” in LGBTI —
and can identify as male, female or neither

Intersex is a group of conditions in which there is a discrepancy between the

external genitals and the internal genitals (the testes and ovaries). The older term
for this condition is hermaphroditism.

Asexual- experiencing no sexual feelings or desires; not feeling sexual attraction to

anyone.