美国心理学联合会关于性取向和跨性别的多样性的说明
性取向指的是对男性、女性或两者都有的在情感、浪漫、和（或）性方面感受到的吸引力的一种通常是持久的模式。 它还指个人基于这些吸引力、相关行为以及分享这些吸引力和行为的社区成员身份而产生的个人和社会身份感。 Sexual orientation is an often enduring pattern of emotional, romantic, and/or sexual attractions to men, women, or both. It also refers to an individual’s sense of personal and social identity based on those attractions, related behaviors, and membership in a community of others who share those attractions and behaviors.
跨性别者是一个总称，指的是那些对自我的性别认同或性别表达方式与他们出生时被指定的性别不相符的人。 一些不认为自己是男性或女性的人更喜欢 “非二元性别” 或 “性别酷儿” 一词。Transgender is an umbrella term for people whose gender identity or gender expression does not conform to that typically associated with the sex to which they were assigned at birth. Some who do not identify as either male or female prefer the term “gender nonbinary” or “genderqueer.”
性取向和性别认同不是一回事——它们是作为一个人的不同方面。 儿童从大约 3 至 5 岁开始就有对自我的性别意识，性取向的形成过程有更长的成熟期。Sexual orientation and gender identity are not the same thing—they are distinct aspects of being a person. Children have a sense of their gender from about ages 3–5, and people develop a sexual orientation as they mature.
以上取自美国心理学联合会的科普文献 “Answers to your questions for a better understanding of sexual orientation and homosexuality” 和 “Answers to your questions about transgender people, gender identity, and gender expression”
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