ACTIVITY 2

Name: ORELLANA, LANCE WARREN B. (BSOA1)

Define the following.

1. Heterosexual
 people who are sexually or romantically attracted to people of the opposite sex.
Heterosexual men are sexually or romantically attracted to women, and
heterosexual women are sexually or romantically attracted to men.
2. Homosexual
 refers to attraction between people who are the same sex. It comes from the
Greek word homos, meaning “the same.”
3. Bisexual
 an attraction to more than one gender. Those who identify as bisexual feel a
sexual and/or romantic attraction to people of a different gender as well as their
own.
4. Gay
 a man who is physically and romantically attracted to other men. Gayism is a
form of homosexuality.
5. Lesbian
 a woman who is physically and romantically attracted to other women.
Lesbianism is a form of homosexuality.
6. Transgender
 a term used to describe people whose gender identity differs from the sex they
were assigned at birth.
7. Queer
 a broad term that refers to someone who is not heterosexual (attracted to the
opposite sex) or cisgender (having a gender identity that corresponds with their
assigned birth gender).
8. Masculinity
 social expectations of being a man: The term ‘masculinity’ refers to the roles,
behaviors and attributes that are considered appropriate for boys and men in a
given society. Masculinity is constructed and defined socially, historically and
politically, rather than being biologically driven.
9. Femininity
 social expectations of being a woman: By the same token, the term ‘femininity’
refers to a society’s ideas about the roles, behaviors and attributes considered
appropriate for girls and women.
10. Homophobia
 the fear, hatred, discomfort with, or mistrust of people who are lesbian, gay, or
bisexual. Homophobia is a culturally conditioned response to homosexuality, and
attitudes toward homosexuals vary widely across cultures and over time.
11. Transphobia
 the phrase used to describe the intense dislike of or prejudice against
transgender people. It also covers the dislike of transsexual, intersex or
androgynies people.
12. Persons of Diverse Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity
 Diverse-gender used to refer to persons whose gender identity, including their
gender expression, is at odds with what is perceived as being the gender norm in
a particular context at a particular point in time. Sexual orientation is about who
you’re attracted to and want to have relationships with. Sexual orientations
include gay, lesbian, straight, bisexual, and asexual. While gender identity is
one's innermost concept of self as male, female, a blend of both or neither – how
individuals perceive themselves and what they call themselves.