Glossary of French gender and sex terminology

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: cissexism
 * 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: gender non-conformity
 * normes de genre: gender norms

P

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

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.)
 * travestir: to cross-dress (the verb is not derogatory compared to travesti / trav / travelo.)

External Resources

 * Aide aux Trans du Québec