Identity

Identity is a general term for the various aspects of a person's being. It often refers to one's orientation, gender, and/or sex. For example, if a person is transgender, that is a part of their identity.
While identity can be fairly straightforward for some, it can be complicated for others. This is especially the case if they aren't cisgender, straight, allosexual, alloromantic, dyadic, perioriented, or otherwise conformant. Being a part of the LGBTQIA+ community, or otherwise being nonconformant, can make a person's identity more difficult to navigate. This is the result of many factors, such as a lack of inclusive education, little visibility and representation, few role models with similar identities, cisheteronormativity, compulsive heterosexuality, feelings of shame around one's identity, and systemic/societal discrimination.
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