Genderbread Person

There is a white cut out of a gingerbread man in the middle with a brain, a heart, and the symbol for sex. The gingerbread man is surrounded by five multicolored flowers with
various labels before being surrounded by the possibilities of identification.

Gender

Genderqueer or nonbinary

Woman

Man

Agender

Romantic Orientation

Biromantic or panromatic

Heteroromantic

Homoromantic

Aromantic

Sex assigned at birth

Intersex

Female

Male

Sexual Orientation

Bisexual or pansexual

Lesbian or gay

heterosexual

Asexual

Gender Expression

Androgynouse

Masculine

Feminine

Neutral

*Each of these areas can be fluid and change at any time for some people.
GENDERBREAD
PERSON
The purpose of filling out a Genderbread Person is for you to reflect on your
personal identity. The Genderbread Person focuses on five identity categories:

SEX ASSIGNED AT BIRTH

the sex you were assigned at birth based on your genitalia/chromosomes/
hormones/etc. (Male, Female, Intersex).

GENDER
your internal sense of gender. It isn’t determined by your physical body.
NOT just binary (man/woman) but includes identities under the transgender
umbrella (transgender, genderqueer, nonbinary, etc.) Those who don’t
identify with a gender may identify as agender.

GENDER EXPRESSION
the way you express your gender externally. What you wear, your hairstyle, your
mannerisms, the way you speak and move, etc. The binary identities are
masculine and feminine. Androgynous is a combination of the two. Some choose
not to express it at all, which can be referred to as gender neutral.

SEXUAL ORIENTATION
describes your identity based on the people you find attractive sexually, the
people with whom you want to form sexual relationships. Straight, gay, lesbian,
bisexual, pansexual, asexual, to name a few. Those who don’t experience sexual
attraction may identify as asexual.

ROMANTIC ORIENTATION
describes your identity based on the people you find attractive romantically, the
people with whom you want to form romantic relationships. For individuals who
experience sexual attraction, their sexual identity and romantic identity are often
in alignment, but many others have a romantic identity that is different from their
sexual identity. Those who don’t experience romantic attraction may identify as
aromantic.

SOME THINGS TO REMEMBER:

It’s often that our society lumps all of these together. It’s important and
empowering to think about where you fall in each of these areas. These identities
can be fluid and can change over time! It’s OK to land somewhere in between,
outside, or in multiple places on the same identity.

Have fun exploring your identities!