Glossary of French gender and sex terminology

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    This page lists French terms related to gender and sex. They are alphabetically ordered according to the words in French.

    A

    • androgynie (androgyny)
    • assignation de sexe à la naissance (sex assignment)
    • auto-identification (self-identification)

    B

    • binarité de genre (gender binary)
    • binarisme (binarism)

    C

    • chirurgie de réassignation sexuelle (gender reassignment surgery)
    • cissexisme (cissexim)
    • coming out (coming out) [see "sortir du placard"]

    D

    • diversité de genre (gender diversity)
    • drag king (drag king)
    • drag queen (drag queen)
    • dualité de genre (gender binary/gender duality)
    • dysphorie de genre (gender dysphoria)

    E

    • expression de genre (gender expression)

    F

    • femme trans, femme transgenre (trans woman) (mtf)

    G

    • genre (gender)

    H

    • homme trans, homme transgenre (trans man) (ftm)

    I

    • identité de genre (gender identity)
    • intersexe (intersex)
    • intersexualité (intersexuality)

    M

    • mtf, femme transgenre (mtf)

    N

    • non-binaire (nonbinary)
    • non-conformité de genre (non-conformity)
    • normes de genre (gender norms)

    P

    • passer (passing)
    • personne dont le genre est fluide (genderfluid)
    • personne allosexuelle, personne altersexuelle (queer)
    • personne androgyne (androgyne)
    • personne bispirituelle (bispiritual)
    • personne intersexuée (intersex)
    • personne transgenre (transgender)
    • personne transsexuelle (transsexual). Note that this term has negative connotations.
    • personne non-conforme à un genre (gender nonconforming)
    • privilèges cisgenres (cisgender privileges)

    Q

    • queer (queer)

    R

    • rôle de genre (gender role)

    S

    • sortir du placard (coming out)
    • spectre de genre (gender spectrum)

    T

    • trans (trans)
    • transactivisme (transactivism)
    • transidentité (transidentity)
    • transition (transition)
    • transitionner (transitioning)
    • transphobie (transphobia)
    • transsexualité (transsexuality)
    • travesti / trav / travelo (travesti) often refer to someone who cross-dress, sometimes for sexual pleasure. Derogatory term.


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