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In a sexual context, usually a word used to suggest a person doesn’t currently have anysexually transmitted infections. That term, however, stigmatizes people with illness. Less stigmatizing choices are “negative,” “clear” or “STI-free.”

A term which refers to sexual scenarios or roleplay enacted during sexual play and that reinforces the idea that there is a start and stop point to them.

In the context of sex, people choosing to be with each other sexually exclusively; to only have one sexual partner at a time.

Describes people who have a gender identity which is traditionally thought to “match” their assigned sex. For instance, someone who was assigned male at birth who identifies as a man. Often used in relation to transgender.

Attitudes, behaviors, and policies that marginalize or harm gender nonconforming, intersex, and/or nonbinary people.

The onset of pregnancy, marked by implantation of the blastocyst into the endometrium (the lining of the uterus).