| A person who was assigned the female gender at birth based only on sex | AFAB (assigned female at birth) |
| A person who is an American and also of African descent | African American OR Black (it is best to use black as an adjective and not a noun) |
| A person who is in the majority group who supports the interests of a minority group | Ally |
| A person who was assigned the male gender at birth based only on sex | AMAB (assigned male at birth) |
| A person who is an American and also of Asian descent | Asian American |
| A collective term for black, indigenous, and people of color | BIPOC |
| A person who is attracted to men and women | Bisexual |
| A person whose gender identity matches their sex assigned at birth | Cisgender |
| Men who primarily are attracted to men | Gay OR Homosexual |
| How someone perceives themselves, their individual concept of themselves | Gender |
| A person who doesn’t fall into the standard scheme of man/woman gender identity | Gender non-binary |
| A collective term for people who derive lineage from Spanish-speaking countries | Hispanic |
| A person who has no housing or is housing insecure | Homeless people OR People without housing (it is best to use homeless as an adjective and not a noun) |
| A disability characterized by significant limitations in intellectual functioning | Intellectual disability |
| A person of Latin American descent | Latino/Latina/Latinx |
| Women who primarily are attracted to women | Lesbian OR Homosexual |
| People that have a non-heterosexual or cisgender-normative gender or sexuality | LGBTQ+ OR Queer |
| A person who is a member of any of the indigenous peoples of the Americas | Native American |
| A person who is a member of any of the indigenous peoples of the Pacific Islands | Pacific Islander |
| A collective term for a nonwhite person | Person of Color (POC) |
| A person with a physical or mental condition that limits their life in some way | Person with disabilities |
| The biological categorization based on physical characteristics | Sex |
| Who someone loves/who they are attracted to | Sexuality |
| Women who primarily are attracted to men/Men who are primarily attracted to women | Straight OR Heterosexual |
| A person who has transitioned or is transitioning from one gender to another | Transgender OR Trans |
| A person who is residing in the US without citizenship, residency status, or a visa | Undocumented individual/person |