Definitions Activity

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+ Sexual Orientation

+ Transgender

+ Transitioning

Sexual Orientation

“Sexual orientation” means heterosexuality, homosexuality, bisexuality, or asexuality.

Transgender

“Transgender” is “a general term that refers to a person whose gender identity differs from the person’s sex assigned at birth.

Transitioning

“Transitioning” is defined as “a process some transgender people go through to begin living as the gender with which they identify, rather than the sex assigned to them at birth. This process may include, but is not limited to: changes in name and pronoun usage, facility usage, participation in employer-sponsored activities, or undergoing hormone therapy, surgeries, or other medical procedures.