NRNP 6552 Part 1
Asexual - ANS-person who experiences little to no sexual attraction or desire for sexual activity
Binary Gender - ANS-person who is attracted to people with both male and female gender
identities
Cisgender - ANS-individuals whose gender identity matches his or her natal sex
Gay - ANS-person with male gender identity attracted to others with male gender identity,
umbrella term for non-heterosexual people
Gender - ANS-social construction assigning roles and attributes to a person based on their natal
sex
Gender Affirmation - ANS-process that strives to better align gender expression, social
perception, or physical appearance with gender identity
gender expression - ANS-outward expression of gender or gender identiy
Gender identity - ANS-Internal understanding of oneself in regard to gender
Gender Nonconforming - ANS-person who identifies as somewhere in between male and
female, both male and female, or having no gender
Intersex - ANS-people whose chromosomes are neither XX or XY, whose genitals are
ambiguous or incongruent with chromosomal makeup
Lesbian - ANS-personal with female gender identity who is primarily attracted to others with
female gender identity
Man - ANS-a person who identifies as male, regardless of natal sex
Natal female - ANS-assigned female at birth based on appearance of genitalia
Natal male - ANS-assigned male at birth based on appearance of genitalia
Natal sex - ANS-sex designation assigned at birth based on the appearance of genitalia
Nonbinary gender - ANS-concept of gender that recognizes gender as existing on a spectrum
rather than as a dichotomy
Asexual - ANS-person who experiences little to no sexual attraction or desire for sexual activity
Binary Gender - ANS-person who is attracted to people with both male and female gender
identities
Cisgender - ANS-individuals whose gender identity matches his or her natal sex
Gay - ANS-person with male gender identity attracted to others with male gender identity,
umbrella term for non-heterosexual people
Gender - ANS-social construction assigning roles and attributes to a person based on their natal
sex
Gender Affirmation - ANS-process that strives to better align gender expression, social
perception, or physical appearance with gender identity
gender expression - ANS-outward expression of gender or gender identiy
Gender identity - ANS-Internal understanding of oneself in regard to gender
Gender Nonconforming - ANS-person who identifies as somewhere in between male and
female, both male and female, or having no gender
Intersex - ANS-people whose chromosomes are neither XX or XY, whose genitals are
ambiguous or incongruent with chromosomal makeup
Lesbian - ANS-personal with female gender identity who is primarily attracted to others with
female gender identity
Man - ANS-a person who identifies as male, regardless of natal sex
Natal female - ANS-assigned female at birth based on appearance of genitalia
Natal male - ANS-assigned male at birth based on appearance of genitalia
Natal sex - ANS-sex designation assigned at birth based on the appearance of genitalia
Nonbinary gender - ANS-concept of gender that recognizes gender as existing on a spectrum
rather than as a dichotomy
