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| person whose predominant physical or sexual attraction is to the opposite sex; also known as "straight" |
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| person whose predominant physical or sexual attraction is to the same sex; also known as gay (homosexual men or women. mostly men) or lesbian (homosexual women) |
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| someone who has a physical or sexual attraction to both sexes |
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| person who wears clothing typically worn by the opposite sex; also known as "transvestite" |
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| person in the process of physically altering his or her sex to be more like the opposite sex; may be by use of hormones, implants, or surgery, (male-to-female=mtf, female-to-male=ftm) |
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| person born with a body not clearly male or female; may be caused by any of several medical conditions including genetic or chromosomal anomalies which interfere with sexual differentiation during gestation. Intersex is the preferred term over "hermaphrodite" |
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| outside of, beyond, in addition to |
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| beyond, after, occurring later in a series |
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