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Chosen Family/Queer Family

English Chosen Family/Queer Family

A group of non-biologically related people who provide each other with social and emotional support akin to a biological family.

Usage in sentence:

She is living with her chosen family.
Her chosen family showed her more love than her actual family.
Chosen families are not second to biological families.

Gender

Gender interacts with but is different from biological sex. Socially constructed characteristics, such as attitudes, behaviors, norms, and roles, assigned to men, women, etc. are collectively understood as gender.

A sense of discomfort felt by individuals due to a mismatch between their true gender identity and the roles assigned at birth is called gender dysphoria.

Men who are attracted to other men. This attraction could be sexual or romantic or both.

Women who are attracted to other women. Attraction could be romantic or sexual or both.

People attracted to two or more genders. This attraction could be sexual or romantic or both.

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