KEY TERMS​

Ontological violence: Refers to violence committed against our beings; or not recognizing the validity of other ways of being in the world

Cisheteropatriarchy: Refers to the amalgamation of power between cisnormativity, heteronormativity and the patriarchy

Cisnormative: The assumption that everyone is cisgender, which affords cisgender people particular privileges while harming and erasing transgender and gender nonconforming people

Heteronormativity: The privileging of heterosexuality, caused by the assumption that everyone is straight

Patriarchy: A social system whereby men hold primary power, which harms women and those who do not conform to the gender binary

Gender: Refers to social and cultural roles, expectations, behaviours, expressions, etc.

Sex: refers to biological and/or anatomical differences of the body

Cisgender: Refers to someone who self identifies as the sex/gender they were assigned at birth

Transgender: Refers to someone who does not self identify as the sex/gender they were assigned at birth

Sexuality: Refers to one's capacity to have sexual feelings; or one's sexual orientation

LGBTQI+: An acronym meaning lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex+