What is a sister girl?

Sistergirl is a term used by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to describe gender diverse people that have a female spirit and take on female roles within the community. Including looking after children and family. Many Sistergirls live a traditional lifestyle and have strong cultural backgrounds.
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What are Sistergirls and Brotherboys?

Sistergirls are Indigenous women who were classified male at birth but live their lives as women, including taking on traditional cultural female practices. Brotherboys are Indigenous men who were classified female at birth but “choose to live their lives as male, regardless of which stage/path medically they choose”.
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What is Brothaboy?

Brothaboy / Brotherboy: A transmasculine identity specific to Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders. Sistagirl / Sistergirl: A transfeminine identity specific to Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders.
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What is 3rd gender called?

Often called transgender by outsiders, Indian society and most hijras consider themselves to be third gender—neither male nor female, not transitioning.
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What is the 2 Spirits program?

The 2 Spirits program was originally established to provide health education and community development to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and to establish networks for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander gay men and sistergirls across Queensland.
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Who are the Brotherboys?

Kyran is an Aboriginal Australian and Bill has Down syndrome. For the past decade, Bill lives with Kyran three days out of the week, but during the lockdown, the in-laws quarantined together and their foray into social media stardom as “The Brother Boys” began.
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What is meant by gender diversity?

Gender diversity is an umbrella term that is used to describe gender identities that demonstrate a diversity of expression beyond the binary framework. For many gender diverse people, the concept of binary gender – having to choose to express yourself as male or female – is constraining.
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How many types of sexes are there?

Based on the sole criterion of production of reproductive cells, there are two and only two sexes: the female sex, capable of producing large gametes (ovules), and the male sex, which produces small gametes (spermatozoa).
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What are the 64 genders?

The following are some gender identities and their definitions.
  • Agender. A person who is agender does not identify with any particular gender, or they may have no gender at all. ...
  • Androgyne. ...
  • Bigender. ...
  • Butch. ...
  • Cisgender. ...
  • Gender expansive. ...
  • Genderfluid. ...
  • Gender outlaw.
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How many genders are there?

There are many different gender identities, including male, female, transgender, gender neutral, non-binary, agender, pangender, genderqueer, two-spirit, third gender, and all, none or a combination of these.
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What is a brother girl?

Your niece is the daughter of your sister or brother.
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Where are the Brotherboys from?

A couple of young brothers in law from Mildura have stolen Australia's hearts on TikTok. They share with Men's Health their lessons on life, love – and why you should never be afraid to hug your brother. Bill Cooper is a 28 year old who hails from Mildura, Victoria.
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What do I call my brother's wife?

sister-in-law

the wife of your brother. The husband of your sister is your brother-in-law.
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What is my sister's baby to me?

nephew. a son of your brother or sister, or a son of your husband's or wife's brother or sister. Their daughter is called your niece.
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What do you call your niece's child?

The daughter of your niece is also your niece, but in a second degree. If you have any children, then your niece is their cousin in the first degree, or sister cousin. The daughter of your niece is to your children a second cousin, according to a regular consanguinity chart.
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What does the Q stand for in Lgbtq?

Queer or Questioning

Queer is often used as an umbrella term for people who are not straight or who don't identify with their assigned sex at birth. People may also identify as queer if they don't feel that the terms lesbian, gay, bisexual or trans fully represent them. The “Q” can also stand for questioning.
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What do the letters in Lgbtqia+ stand for?

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual.
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What are the 11 types of sexualities?

Types of sexuality
  • Alloromantic. A person who identifies as alloromantic experiences romantic attraction to others.
  • Allosexual. This is an umbrella term. ...
  • Androsexual. ...
  • Aromantic. ...
  • Asexual. ...
  • Autoromantic. ...
  • Autosexual. ...
  • Bicurious.
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What does the yellow white purple and black flag mean?

Nonbinary Pride Flag — Kye Rowan created the nonbinary pride flag, which has yellow, white, purple, and black horizontal stripes, in 2014. It is intended to represent nonbinary people who did not feel that the genderqueer flag represents them and be used alongside Roxie's design.
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How do you pronounce Xe pronouns?

Explain It:
  1. xe/xem/xyr - pronounced “zee/zem/zeer” Used in a sentence: “Xe doesn't want ketchup with xyr fries.”
  2. ze/hir/hirs - pronounced “zee/heer/heers” Used in a sentence: “Ze doesn't want ketchup with hir fries.”
  3. fae/faer/faers - pronounced “fay/fair/fairs” ...
  4. ey/em/eir - pronounced “ay/em/heir”
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What are my pronouns if I'm a boy?

She, her, hers and he, him, his are the most commonly used pronouns. Some people call these "female/feminine" and "male/masculine" pronouns, but many avoid these labels because, for example, not everyone who uses he feels like a "male" or "masculine." There are also lots of gender-neutral pronouns in use.
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How do you put pronouns in TikTok?

TikTok: How to Add Your Pronouns to Your Profile
  1. Step 1: On your TikTok profile, tap the “Edit profile” button.
  2. Step 2: Tap “Add pronouns.”
  3. Step 4: Tap your desired pronoun(s) in the search results that appear. ...
  4. Step 5: When you're done selecting pronouns, tap “Save” in the top-right corner of the screen.
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Is SpongeBob pansexual?

Some argued that SpongeBob's orientation has already been firmly established — in 2005, series creator Stephen Hillenburg told reporters from The Associated Press that SpongeBob is asexual.
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What is two spirit 2S?

Two-spirit (also two spirit, 2S or, occasionally, twospirited) is a modern, pan-Indian, umbrella term used by some Indigenous North Americans to describe Native people in their communities who fulfill a traditional third-gender (or other gender-variant) ceremonial and social role in their cultures.
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