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Education
This section is broken into four areas; Definitions, Coming Out, Safe Sex and Sexually Transmitted Infections. To ensure that we do not duplicate efforts of others and that the information is up to date, we’ve provide links to other sites which are continually updated.
Definitions
‘Gay’ means someone who identifies as being same sex attracted. This includes both men and women, but does not include persons who may engage in same-sex practise but do not identify themselves as gay.
‘Lesbian’ is a term used by some women who are same-sex attracted who may prefer to identify themselves as lesbian. This allows same-sex attracted women to express their won identity, separate to that of gay men.
‘Bi-sexual’ means someone who identifies as being both same and opposite sex-attracted. Someone who identifies as such may also identify as gay or lesbian, or heterosexual, at different times in their lives.
A ‘transgender person’ is a person who:
- identifies as a member of a different sex by living, or seeking to live, as a member of that sex; or
- has identified as a member of a different sex by living as a member of that sex;
whether or not the person is a recognised transgender person.
A transgender person includes a person who is thought of as a transgender person, whether or not the person is a recognised transgender person.
An ‘intersex person’ is a person who, because of a genetic condition, was born with reproductive organs or sex chromosomes that are not exclusively male or female.
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Sexually Transmitted Infections
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Last Updated 20 May 2008
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