This infection can lead to pelvic inflammatory disease and infertility. Cisgender: A term for someone who identifies as the sex that he or she was assigned at birth. This identity may or may not correspond to the sex assigned at birth. Herpes causes painful, highly infectious sores on or around the vulva and penis. Gonorrhea: A sexually transmitted infection that may lead to pelvic inflammatory disease, infertility, and arthritis. Hormones: Substances made in the body that control the function of cells or organs.
Human Papillomavirus HPV : The name for a group of related viruses, some of which cause genital warts and some of which are linked to cancer of the cervix, vulva, vagina, penis, anus, mouth, and throat. Puberty: The stage of life when the reproductive organs start to function and other sex features develop.
For women, this is the time when menstrual periods start and the breasts develop. Queer: A term sometimes used to describe a fluid gender identity. But now, queer is used by some people to describe themselves, their community, or both in a positive way. Typically used when self-identifying or quoting someone who self-identifies as queer. Questioning: A term used to describe people who are exploring their sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.
Sexual Orientation: Emotional, romantic, or sexual attraction to other people. Examples include heterosexual, homosexual, and bisexual.
Syphilis: A sexually transmitted infection STI that is caused by an organism called Treponema pallidum. This infection may cause major health problems or death in its later stages. Transgender: A person whose gender identity differs from the sex they were assigned at birth. CenterLink www. GLMA www. Local chapters offer trainings, community outreach, and more. Gender Spectrum www. It Gets Better Project www. PFLAG www.
The Trevor Project www. Text and chat options are available on the website. A live chat option is available on the website. Peer support hotline run by and for trans people. Copyright by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. All rights reserved.
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It does not explain all of the proper treatments or methods of care. It is not a substitute for the advice of a physician. FAQs for Teens. Here is what we know about people in the United States: Women: About 6 in identify as bisexual, and about 2 in identify as lesbian.
Men: About 2 in identify as bisexual or gay. You also may get the following tests and immunizations: HPV vaccine—HPV can be passed from person to person during sex. Avoiding getting menstrual blood or semen into cuts or sores. Using a male condom to cover sex toys before use. Clean sex toys before and after use. Talking about safe sex before having sexual contact with a partner. Not mixing sex with the use of drugs or alcohol. Birth Control: Devices or medications used to prevent pregnancy.
Bisexual: Being attracted to people of more than one gender. QUEER: a multi-faceted word that is used in different ways and means different things to different people. S ome within the community, however, may feel the word has been hatefully used against them for too long and are reluctant to embrace it.
INTERSEX: An umbrella term that describes people born with any of 30 different variations in sex characteristics including chromosomes, gonads, sex hormones, or genitals. They may or may not experience emotional, physical, or romantic attraction. Asexuality differs from celibacy in that it is a sexual orientation, not a choice. Bisexuality is a unique identity of its own , not simply an offshoot of being gay or straight.
Plenty of bisexual people are attracted to trans and nonbinary people, and plenty of bisexual people are transgender or nonbinary. Research shows that lots of bisexual people are attracted more to one gender than another. Their bisexuality is perfectly valid. But what does it mean if you experience different types of attraction to different genders?
For example, you could be romantically attracted to people of multiple genders, but sexually attracted only to men. This is sometimes referred to as cross or mixed orientation : romantic attraction to one gender group s or no gender group and sexually attraction to another or none.
If nothing else, this shows that there are many different ways to be bisexual, and many different expressions of sexuality as a whole. And while there have also been people who identified first as bisexual and later as gay, their experience in no way invalidates the existence of bisexuality as a whole.
Did you used to define it one way, and now you think of it as something else? Welcome to the club! Polyamorous people come in all forms of sexual orientation, including gay, straight, bisexual, and more — and so do monogamous people!
Bisexuality has nothing to do with determining how monogamous or how faithful a person is. The bad news is that, though it might seem like it would make things easier, there is no test to tell you what your sexual orientation is. Just consider your attractions, your experiences, and how they may or may not be influenced by gender.
You may prefer to call yourself bisexual, fluid, cross oriented, gay with some bisexual tendencies, multiple identities, or no identity label at all.
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