What does pansexuality mean? Who is pansexual?
Pansexuality could be described as “Hearts not parts”
What does AFAB mean? And is it offensive to us?
AFAB stands for Assigned Female At Birth, where a person’s gender was given by medical professionals based on the baby’s genitalia found at birth giving a person a biological sex […]
What is Sexual Altruism and who is a sexual altruist?
Sexual Altruism is an idea where someone does something sexually for the benefit of someone else. Usually, within a relationship, it means one half does something sexually for their partner […]
BIG GAY GLOSSARY | Section 377
What is Section 377? Section 377 is a British-Colonial Era law which effectively outlaws same-sex, sexual relations between men. It was installed in 41 former British colonises. The text of […]
BIG GAY GLOSSARY | Rimming
What does rimming mean? Rimming if you’re not in the know is where one person (the rimmer) licks, sucks, kisses, penetrates their partner’s (rimmee) anus with their tongue. It’s also known […]
BIG GAY GLOSSARY | Transplaining
What is ‘Transplaining’? Pippa Catterall a transgender woman and Professor of History and Policy at the University of Westminster helped us with this explanation of what transplaining means. She told […]
BIG GAY GLOSSARY | Transbian
What is a ‘Transbian’? Pippa Catterall a transgender woman and Professor of History and Policy at the University of Westminster helped us with this explanation of what transbian means. She […]
What does cisnormative mean?
There are many terms that come up when discussing gender and you may hear words that begin with “cis”. Cisnormative is one such word and its meaning is simply the […]
What is intersectionality?
Intersectionality describes multiple threats of description when an individual’s identity overlaps with multiple marginalized groups. Those experiences aren’t independent of one another but each informs the others” Ashlee Marie Preston
What does Misogynoir mean?
Misogynoir is a word that was coined by queer, androgyne black feminist Moya Bailey, which describes a type of discrimination that is experienced by black women. Bailey created the word […]
What are Chumber Nuts?
Ever wondered what you might call those bits of poop that get caught in your ass hair… Well, wonder no more.