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QTBIPOC

Queer, Trans, Black, Indigenous People of Colour.

QTPOC

Queer and Trans People of Colour.

Qualified surgical assessor

For genital surgeries, a qualified surgical assessor is a medical provider (MD, NP, and RN) with the ability to support care before and after surgery and are trained to provide surgical care planning and recommendations for genital surgeries. For upper surgeries and gonadectomies, a qualified surgical assessor is a BC clinician who meets WPATH competencies to provide surgical care planning for upper surgeries and gonadectomies. 

Queer

A reclaimed term for non-heterosexual or non-cisgender people. "Queer" provides convenient shorthand for "LGBT2Q+", and is also used by some people to describe their personal identities.

Queer-Straight Alliance

Student-led organizations intended to provide a safe and supportive environment for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, Two-Spirit, and queer/questioning youth and their allies. Also known as Gender-Sexuality Alliance (GSA).

Questioning

A term sometimes used by people in the process of exploring their gender or sexual orientation or who choose not to identify with any other label. (Source: QMUNITY)