Congress Manifesto 2024 Pledges LGBTQ+ Civil Union Recognition | Lok Sabha Elections 2024 | Oneindia
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Basic LGBTQIA+ Terms , to Learn in Honor of, Pride Month.
Every June, people around the world come together to celebrate
the LGBTQIA+ community and honor the 1969 Stonewall Uprising.
The Stonewall Uprising, which occurred in Manhattan, was a
tipping point for the United Statesβ Gay Liberation Movement. .
In honor of this year's Pride Month, here are
some basic LGBTQIA+ terms to learn. .
(L)GBTQIA,
Lesbian, Women who are predominantly attracted to other women.
L(G)BTQIA,
Gay, People who are attracted to other people of the same gender. .
LG(B)TQIA,
Bisexual, People who aren't exclusively attracted to people of one particular gender.
LGB(T)QIA,
Transgender, People who identify differently from the sex assigned to them at birth.
LGBT(Q)IA,
Queer, An umbrella term for the whole community.
LGBTQ(I)A,
Intersex, People born with sexual anatomy outside of the strict gender binary.
LGBTQI(A),
Asexual, People that experience little to no sexual attraction toward other people.
.
Ally, Someone who is actively
supportive of LGBTQIA+ people.
Coming Out, The process through which a person acknowledges, accepts and
shares their sexual orientation or gender identity with others. .
Pansexual, A person who experiences emotional, romantic or
sexual attraction to people of any gender. .
Non-binary, A person who doesn't exclusively identify
with the male or female gender.
Gender Identity, How a person perceives and identifies themself. This can be
the same or different from the sex they were assigned at birth. .
Gender Binary, Considered an outdated system by many, gender is
assigned to two strict categories: male or female. .
Gender Dysphoria, Significant distress that is caused when a person's gender
identity doesn't align with their assigned birth gender. .
Gender Expression, The external appearance of one's gender identity which may
or may not conform to socially-defined norms. .
Gender-fluid, A person who has a fluid or unfixed gender identity
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This Day in History: , The Stonewall
Riots Begin.
June 28, 1969.
The riots are considered the
first major protest of the
LGBTQ community for equal rights.
They began after midnight
at the Stonewall Inn on
Christopher Street in
Greenwich Village.
Police raided the popular gay club for
operating without a liquor license.
After decades of being
targeted by the NYPD, the patrons began to
fight back by throwing bottles at police.
Several days of protests
followed, mobilizing into the
Gay Liberation Front and other
gay civil rights organizations.
The NYPD made a formal
apology for its role in the
riots β and for the laws
that led to them β in 2019
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This Day in History: , Terrorist Gunman Attacks Pulse Nightclub.
June 12, 2016.
49 people were killed in
the attack when 29-year-old
Omar Mateen entered the
club with an AR-15-type assault rifle.
Most of the casualties
of the attack were
members of the Orlando, FL,
LGBTQ community.
During the siege
on the club, Mateen
made a 911 call in which he
pledged his allegiance to ISIS.
At about 5am,
police stormed the club
and shot and killed Mateen.
Evidence shows that his
original target may have
been a Disney complex.
In 2018, Mateen's wife was found
not guilty of obstructing justice for
making contradictory
statements to the FBI
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