What does the "Q" in LGBTQIA+ actually stand for? Especially those who have perhaps not yet become too involved with the community and the many different "nuances" may have asked themselves this question a time or two in the past.

"In the 21st century, do we actually need to talk about a person's sexual orientation at all?" - These (and other) questions are likely to be asked by many in this day and age. Those who are generally in favor of more tolerance (even within the ...

If you take a closer look at the word pansexual and its meaning, you will quickly realize that there are various overlaps with bisexuality. But: "Pansexual" and "Bisexual" do not mean the same thing! Strictly speaking, there is a very special ...

Thinking about gender has changed a lot over time in many countries, including Germany. This is reflected, among other things, in the fact that there are now three different options in birth papers: male, female ...

When we talk about "conform" or "gender conform", we mean that the social expectations placed on a gender are fulfilled. Or, in other words, a person behaves - based on his or her gender - in the way that the ...

A cis woman is a woman whose gender identity matches her biological sex assigned at birth. Here, said sex and physical characteristics match. That is, a cis woman was born with female sex characteristics and identifies ...

A cis man is a man whose gender identity matches his biological sex. Or, in other words, the gender with which the man identifies matches his physical characteristics. They identify with their social gender, which is assigned to them by the ...