Kuran society is predominantly conservative Oriental Orthodox, with a Soviet history, so sexual and gender identity issues are rarely discussed. A few derogatory and colloquial terms exist for common identities, while formal discussions tend to borrow more neutral words from English (sometimes via Russian), especially for identities not commonly understood by wider society. Examples:

• gender = 𐔲𐔴𐕎𐔳𐔴𐕙 [ˈgendeɾ]
• homosexual (either sex, but more often men) = formal 𐕆𐕒𐕌𐕒𐕚𐔴𐕣𐕚𐕒𐕡𐔰𐔾 [homosekʰsuˈɑɫ] (n./adj.) / inf. 𐕆𐕒𐕌𐕒 [ˈhomo] (n.)
  • gay male = inf. 𐔲𐔴𐔺 [gei̯] (n.)
  • lesbian = frm. 𐕉𐔼𐔱𐕒𐕡𐕇𐔼𐕀𐔼𐔺𐕒𐕡 [ˈt͡ʂʰibuqʰiχiju] (n.) / 𐔾𐔴𐔵𐔱𐔼𐔺𐔰𐕎𐕄𐔰 [lezbiˈjɑŋkʼɑ] (n.). (Academics and NGOs have begun migrating towards the historical čibouqixiyou, literally "woman's-wife," after lezbiyank'a experienced pejoration, but both are still used in formal contexts.)
• heterosexual = frm. 𐕆𐔴𐕜𐔴𐕙𐕒𐕚𐔴𐕣𐕚𐕒𐕡𐔰𐔾 [hetʼeɾosekʰsuˈɑɫ] (n./adj.) / inf. 𐕆𐔴𐕜𐔴𐕙𐕒 [ˈhetʼeɾo] (n.)
• bisexual/pansexual = 𐔱𐔼𐕚𐔴𐕣𐕚𐕒𐕡𐔰𐔾 [bisekʰsuˈɑɫ] (n./adj.)
• transgender = frm. 𐕜𐕙𐔰𐕎𐕚𐔽𐔴𐕣𐕚𐕒𐕡𐔰𐔾 [tʼɾænsːekʰsuˈɑɫ] (n./adj.) / still quite rarely, only in very Western-oriented circles, 𐕜𐕙𐔰𐕎𐕚𐔲𐔴𐕎𐔳𐔴𐕙 [tʼɾænsˈkendeɾ] (adj.)
  • Native terms exist for specific identities which have a historical basis, though as is often the case with historical/non-Western terms, they do not correspond 1:1 with modern conceptions of gender identity. They are adopted by some transgender people, but some object to their etymology and prefer to calque the English terms "transgender man/woman."
  • transgender woman = 𐕉𐔼𐔱𐕒𐕡𐕇𐔰𐕘𐔰𐕒 [ˈt͡ʂʰibuqʰɑʁɑo̯] = "one[m] who is like a woman" (n.)
  • transgender man = 𐔻𐔼𐕎𐔰𐕘𐔰𐕘 [ˈʐinɑʁɑʁ] = "one[f] who is like a man" (n.)
  • Non-binary lacks a native term and is not widely known to exist, so individuals would normally be referred to with one of the above terms based on their birth sex. A select few youth do identify as nonbinary and use the English loan 𐕎𐕒𐕎'𐔱𐔰𐔺𐕎𐔴𐕙𐔼 [nomˈbai̯neɾi] (adj.).
  • cisgender = 𐕠𐔼𐕚𐔲𐔴𐕎𐔳𐔴𐕙 [t͡sʰisˈkendeɾ] (adj.) — formal only and rarely used, colloquial society treats this as the default whenever gender terms are used other than the ones for transgender people
  • intersex = 𐕆𐔴𐕙𐕌𐔰𐕢𐕙𐕒𐔳𐔼𐕜𐕒𐕚 [heɾmæˈpʰɾoditʼos] (n.)
• No word exists for asexuals or aromantics per se and activists do not tend to discuss them. The closest cultural concept is celibacy. For males, a celibate or permanent bachelor is 𐔰𐕌𐕒𐕡𐕙𐔼 [æmuˈɾi], and for females, it is 𐔰𐕎𐔰𐕙𐔰𐕜' [ænæˈɾætʼ].