At the SM4U staff event in October 2024 we asked attendees to test their knowledge of LGBTQ+ facts and figures. Thanks to everyone who participated.
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Match the term to the definition.
Sexual orientation:
- Heterosexual
- Homosexual
- Bisexual
- Asexual
- Pansexual
Definition:
- Experiencing no sexual feelings or desires; not feeling sexual attraction to anyone.
- Sexually or romantically attracted to people regardless of their sex or gender.
- Sexually or romantically attracted to people of one's own sex.
- Sexually or romantically attracted to both men and women, or to more than one sex or gender.
- Sexually or romantically attracted to people of the opposite sex or gender.
- Heterosexual = sexually or romantically attracted to people of the opposite sex or gender.
- Homosexual = sexually or romantically attracted to people of one's own sex.
- Bisexual = sexually or romantically attracted to both men and women, or to more than one sex or gender.
- Pansexual = sexually or romantically attracted to people regardless of their sex or gender.
- Asexual = experiencing no sexual feelings or desires; not feeling sexual attraction to anyone.
Match the term to the definition.
Gender identity:
- Cis / Cisgender
- Trans / Transgender
- Non binary
- Intersex
- Gender fluid
Definition:
- A person born with any of several sex characteristics (including chromosome patterns, gonads, or genitals) that do not fit typical binary notions of male or female bodies.
- A non-fixed gender identity that shifts over time or depending on the situation.
- A person whose gender identity differs from their sex assigned at birth.
- Gender identities that are outside the male/female gender binary.
- A person whose gender identity corresponds to their sex assigned at birth.
- Cis / Cisgender = person whose gender identity corresponds to their sex assigned at birth.
- Trans / Transgender = a person whose gender identity differs from their sex assigned at birth.
- Non binary = gender identities that are outside the male/female gender binary.
- Intersex = a person born with any of several sex characteristics (including chromosome patterns, gonads, or genitals) that do not fit typical binary notions of male or female bodies.
- Gender fluid = a non-fixed gender identity that shifts over time or depending on the situation.
Match the percentage to the sexual orientation.
Sexual orientation:
- Heterosexual / straight
- Gay woman / Lesbian
- Other sexual orientation
- Bisexual
- Gay man
- Prefer not to say / Not specified
Percentage:
- 79.5%
- 13.9%
- 3.9%
- 1.0%
- 1.0%
- 0.7%
- Heterosexual / straight = 79.5%
- Prefer not to say / Not specified = 13.9%
- Bisexual = 3.9%
- Other sexual orientation = 1.0%
- Gay woman / Lesbian = 1.0%
- Gay man = 0.7%
Match the number to the category.
Category:
- Countries where it is illegal to be LGBTQ
- Countries where being LGBTQ+ is punishable by death
- Countries where being LGBTQ+ is possibly punishable by death
- Countries where surgery or sterilisation is required for changing gender
Number:
- Countries where it is illegal to be LGBTQ = 61
- Countries where being LGBTQ+ is punishable by death = 6 [Brunei, Iran, Mauritania, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Yemen].
- Countries where being LGBTQ+ is possibly punishable by death = 5 [Afghanistan, Pakistan, Qatar, Somalia, United Arab Emirates].
- Countries where surgery or sterilisation is required for changing gender = 18 [Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam, Singapore, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Iran, Turkey, Namibia, Romania, Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Montenegro, Czech Republic, Panama, Cuba].
Match the number to the category.
Category:
- Countries where it is illegal to operate on intersex minors
- Countries where Trans people can self-identify
- Countries where same sex couples can get married (with full marriage equality)
- Countries where so-called ‘Conversion Therapy’ is banned
Number:
- Countries where same sex couples can get married (with full marriage equality) = 36 [Plus and additional 34 with other forms of civil partnership].
- Countries where trans people can self-identify = 20 [Ireland, Germany, Belgium Luxemburg, Spain, Portugal, Malta, Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Finland, New Zealand, Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Northern Mariana Islands (USA), India (NB only), Nepal (NB only)].
- Countries where so-called ‘Conversion Therapy’ is banned = 16 [Germany, Belgium, France, Spain, Portugal, Iceland, Norway, Malta, Greece, Cyprus, Israel, Canada, Ecuador, Brazil, New Zealand, Vietnam].
- Countries where it is illegal to operate on intersex minors = 9 [Germany, Spain, Portugal, Iceland, Malta, Greece, Kenya, Colombia, Chile].