Do you know the meaning of LGBTTQQIAAP and LGBTQ2S?

 

We all know of people who identify themselves as a part of the LGBTTQQIAAP community or LGBTQ community in shorts. But what does LGBTTQQIAAP stand for? Also, many of us would have heard of the terms 2-spirited or LGBTQ2S especially, on social media. So what do these terms denote and signify? Let's figure them out. 

 

The meaning of LGBTTQQIAAP

LGBTTQQIAAP refers to a group or community of people who call themselves Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transsexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, Intersex, Asexual, Ally and Pansexual. This term is an extension of LGBTQ+, LGBT, LGBTQ, and LGBTQIA terms and is more inclusive than these terms. Let us understand them one by one:

 

L: Lesbian

Lesbian is a term used for women who are sexually and romantically attracted to other women. 

 

G: Gay

Gay men are the men who are attracted to other men both romantically and sexually.

 

B: Bisexual

These are the people who are attracted to the members of both the sexes viz males and females.

 

T: Transgender

These are the people who identify with a different gender as assigned to them at birth. It means a person who was born as a woman may identify as a man and vice-versa.

 

T: Transsexual

These are the people who have changed their gender as assigned to them at birth with the help of surgery, hormones or any other form of medical treatment. 

 

Q: Queer

Queer is an umbrella term to denote the LGBTQ community as a whole. So anyone who identifies themselves as gay, lesbian, transgender, bisexual, bi-curious, or queer can be termed as a queer in general. 

 

Q: Questioning

People who are still not clear about their sexual orientation, and are still exploring if they are gay or lesbian or queer in general can be termed as questioning. These are the people, who are yet to explore their true gender expression, orientation or identity.

 

I: Intersex

These are the people who are born with male and female organs both or are the ones with reproductive anatomy not carved enough to be classified as male or female. These people often have characteristics of both males and females. 

 

A: Asexual

A person who has little or no interest in sexual activity as a whole neither with a man or woman. These people enter into relationships not for sexual acts, but for romantic reasons and companionship. 

 

A: Ally

This term is used to denote anyone who is queer-friendly and works for the upliftment and fights for the cause of the LGBTQ+ community. These people do not belong to the community as such but are the advocates of the LGBTQ+ community. 

 

P: Pansexual

A pansexual person is one who can be attracted to any gender, both physically and romantically. They may get attracted to male, female, transgender, transsexual or cisgender. 

 

So, this is the meaning of  LGBTTQQIAAP. However, it doesn't end here. There are other forms of gender expressions that also fall under the purview of the LGBTQ+ umbrella. 

 

The meaning of LGBTQ2S

 

The term LGBTQ2S stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning and two-spirited. Two-spirit is a term used for people who have both male and female characteristics. It means it is used to refer to a person having both feminine and masculine spirits or in which both these two genders are residing. 

 

However, this term originated from native and indigenous people who belonged to the LGBTQ community. This term was used for people who were part of the LGBTQ+ community and indigenous or native or tribal people. 

 

We hope we are able to decode the meaning of LGBTTQQIAAP and LGBTQ2S for you to make you more sensitive to the LGBTQ+ community. Keeping this in mind, we have created a separate LGBT blog section. Our LGBTQIA blog or gay blog is your one-stop resource for all the gay issues where you can find a lot of meaningful posts about queer wellness. 

 

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