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What is the difference between sexual orientation and gender identity?
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Gender identity is the way someone identifies with their physical gender. Gender Identity Disorder is when a person does not identify with their physical gender. A boy, for example, may have boy parts but identifies himself with the opposite sex. Everything in this person's being says "I'm a female" but the body parts don't match that identity. This is called transgendered which just means cross-gendered. They are not usually considered "gay" though. In many, many cases the person will go through GSR, Gender Reassignment Surgery. Then the body parts more closely resemble the emotional gender identification. A male who goes through GSR and becomes female and then has a male partner would not be considered gay. They are a female and male in partnership.
Sexual orientation is the way someone identifies sexually with the same/opposite sex. A woman who identifies as a lesbian can have female body parts AND be sexually attracted to other women, and still identify with their female body parts.
In the abbreviation GLBT community, GLBT stands for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Trans-gender. Trans-gender is the ONLY one that is NOT a sexual orientation. Bisexual is someone who is sexually attracted to both genders.
Transgendered and transsexual are very different. A transsexual wears clothing of the opposite sex for sexual gratification and usually identifies as "straight." Someone who is transgendered doesn't wear clothing of the opposite sex for sexual gratification, but because it matches their gender identity.
A Drag Queen wears clothing of the opposite sex and identifies with their physical gender, though they often refer to themselves as "she." They are usually sexually attracted to the same sex, so then would identify as gay, not transgendered.
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Simply put
I'm a girl with boy parts that likes girls-Straight
I'm a girl with boy parts that likes boys-Gay
I'm a guy with girl parts that likes boys-Straight
I'm a guy with girl parts that likes girls-Gay
Wiki User
∙ 14y ago
Wiki User
∙ 11y agoYour sexual orientation means whether you are attracted to men, women, or both sexes (or neither). Your gender identity is your identification as either a man or a woman, regardless of your anatomy.
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