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Diversity includes:  \n• Ability.  \n• Ethnicity.  \n• Race.  \n• Religion.  \n• Sexuality and gender identity.  \n• Socioeconomic status.  \nProviding a safe and welcoming environment to all our patients and their families helps us provide better, patient-centered care for everyone.  \nThese guidelines were written by the American Psychological Association and Maysa Akbar, Ph. D., chief diversity officer of the American Psychological Association, the Associated Press, the American Medical Association and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  \nAsexual – Describes people who don’t experience sexual attraction but may feel other types of attraction. Not the same as celibacy.  \nBisexual – Describes people attracted to more than one gender. Some people prefer pansexual, which describes people attracted to others regardless of their gender.  \nCisgender – Refers to people who are not transgender. Refers to gender and is not the same as heterosexuality, which refers to sexual orientation.  \nConversion therapy – Scientifically discredited practice of using therapy to“convert” LGBTQ people to heterosexuality or traditional gender expectations.  \nDeadname – A previous name, often of a transgender person from before a gender transition.  \nGay, lesbian – Used to describe people attracted to the same sex, though lesbian is the more common term for women. Gay or lesbian is preferred over homosexual.  \nGender – Refers to social and cultural definitions of male and female. Gender binary (male/female) is widely used, but erases identities of people who fall outside it.  \nGender confirmation or sex reassignment – Treatments, surgeries and other medical procedures used by transgender people to match their sex to their gender identity. Gender confirmation or sex reassignment is not necessary for people to transition their gender. Do not use the outdated terms “sex change”or “gender reassignment.”  \nGender fluid – Refers to people whose gender identity is not fixed, but may change with space, time or context. Typically, they do not identify as male or female.  \nHeterosexual – In males, sexual orientation that describes attraction to females and vise versa. Straight also can be used. Transgender people can be of any orientation, including heterosexual.  \nHomophobia, homophobic – Fear or hatred of gays, lesbians and bisexuals.  \nHomosexual (adj.), homosexuality (n.)– Refers to the sexual orientations of gays and/or lesbians. 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They/them/theirs pronouns are used for people who do not identify as one gender.  \nSame-sex marriage – Preferred over gay marriage and is no different from other marriages.  \nSexual orientation – An inherent emotional, romantic or sexual attraction to other people. 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