Sexual orientation? Gender identity? What's the difference?

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Plan International is committed
to achieving gender equality

and fostering an inclusive society

we support and empower adolescents
in all their diversity

regardless of
their gender, ability, ethnicity,

or any other identity.

This includes sexual orientation,

gender identity,

gender expression, and sex characteristics

or SOGIESC for short.

But what actually is SOGIESC?

Let's break it down
using the SOGIESC person.

This helps us understand
that each of the individual terms

has a different meaning and combined

they make up a person's SOGIESC identity.

Let's start with sexual orientation

this is shown as the heart

as it's about who you are emotionally

physically and sexually attracted to.

One person might be attracted to someone

of a different gender to themselves.

For example, a woman who is heterosexual

is attracted to men.

Another person might be
attracted to someone

of the same gender as themselves.

For example, a woman who is a lesbian

is attracted to other women

Yet another person might be
attracted to people

of more than one gender.

For example, a woman who is bisexual

is attracted to both men and women.

Now, let's talk about gender identity.

This is shown as the brain

as it's about how you think
and feel about yourself and your gender.

Some people identify
as either a woman or a man.

This is a common way of thinking.

But actually many people feel

that they don't fit with these two genders

They might feel
they are a mixture of the two

or are something else
that can't be clearly defined.

A person's gender identity

might reflect the sex
that they were assigned at birth

or it might not.

For example, a trans woman

might have been described
as male at birth,

but now identifies as female.

Now, gender expression.

this involves the whole person

because it is about the different ways

that you communicate your gender identity

to the outside world.

This could include how you dress,

what haircut you have,

how you act or what name you use.

Finally, let's talk
about sex characteristics.

We show these as genitalia
because they reflect whether

wether someone is biologically
and physically

female or male as well
as your external genitalia

sex characteristics include

your hormones chromosomes body shape

voice speech and body hair

a person who is intersex

is born with sex characteristics

that are not completely
male or female

they are a combination of both

so let's put all the pieces together

sexual orientation is about

who you are emotionally, physically
and sexually attracted to.

gender identity is about
how you think

and feel about yourself
and your gender

gender expression is about
how you communicate

your gender identity to the outside

world and sex characteristics are about

your biology such as genitalia hormones

and body shape each of us has a sexual

orientation gender identity gender

expression and sex characteristics they

combine to make up a unique soggiest

identity Sergius is fluid this means

that there are lots of different options

with no right or wrong way to be also

things can change over time our Saji ask

identity combines with other factors

such as our age where we live whether we

are rich of work or whether we have a

disability to make who we are it also

affects our power in society sometimes

people are discriminated or excluded

because of their sexual orientation

gender identity gender expression and

sex characteristics this includes people

who identify as less

bein gay bisexual trans intersex or

questioning known as LGBTI Q+ we all

have the right to define and be proud of

our soggiest identity there is no need

to stereotype or harm people everyone is

unique we must all recognize accept and

celebrate this diversity for more

information see plan - international org