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LGBT

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[[File:Malmö Pride (28826883725).jpg|thumb|Pride march in Sweden, 2016, showing a variety of flags representing different LGBT identities. From left to right, some pride flags visible in this photo include the transgender flag (blue, pink, and white), the LGBT flag (rainbow), the [[Wikipedia:Bear flag (gay culture)|International Bear Brotherhood Flag (brown, white, and gray)]], the [[Romantic and sexual orientation#Asexuality|asexual]] flag (purple, white, gray, black), the [[genderqueer flag]] (purple, white, green), transgender flag (blue, pink, white, with added transgender symbol), [[Romantic and sexual orientation#Pansexuality|pansexual]] flag (cyan, yellow, and magenta), and rainbow flag again.]]
'''LGBT''' is short for "[[romantic and sexual orientation#Lesbian|Lesbian]], [[romantic and sexual orientation|Gay]], [[romantic and sexual orientation#Bisexuality|Bisexual]], and [[Transgender]]." It is the most well-known collective term for the community of gender, sex and sexuality minorities. Many towns and universities have LGBT groups for local socialising, networking, and [[activism]].

==Variant and alternative acronyms==

[[File:Gay flag.svg|thumb|Alt=The colours of the LGBT flag in horizontal stripes. Red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple.|The LGBT rainbow flag, based on the one designed in 1978.]]
The LGBT acronym is sometimes written as LGB, intentionally not including transgender people as part of this group. This can be accurate for resources and groups are only about sexual orientation, not gender identity. Depending on location, LGBT is also sometimes written in a different order: GLBT.

Since the use of the term LGBT became widespread, other minorities have been accepted into the community and added to the end of LGBT acronym in various combinations. These include: [[Intersex]], [[Pansexual]], [[Asexual]], [[Aromantic]], [[Queer]], [[Questioning]], [[Two-spirit]], and others. This results in a variety of acronyms, such as LGBTQ, LGBTQ2, LGBTIQAP, LGBTQQAP, etc. Since the string of letters can get very long, some writers just imply them by writing a plus sign on the end, such as LGBT+, LGBTQIA+, or LGBTQQAP+. The A, when it is added, can refer to asexual and aromantic, as well as [[agender]]. However, there has been some debate whether the A stands for allies. This comes from the belief that the term "ally" used to describe a closeted LGBT+ community member who wanted to be a part of the community while also protecting themselves from their unsafe or unsupportive environment.

Because the ever-longer acronym can become cumbersome to say, some propose rearranging the letters into different acronyms. Others propose an entirely different acronym that summarizes the commonalities of LGBT+ identities, rather than listing them, such as:

*'''QUILTBAG''' (queer/questioning, undecided, intersex, lesbian, transgender, bisexual, asexual, gay) was among the first proposed alternative acronyms. It was coined by Sadie Lee in 2005.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=QUILTBAG&oldid=59811453 |title=QUILTBAG |access-date=30 July 2021 |date=19 July 2020 |website=Wiktionary, The Free Dictionary}}</ref> Though QUILTBAG is relatively long compared to LGBT, having the acronym be a pronounceable word made it easy to talk about. However this also leads to confusion, as it is not a distinct word. The '''U''' is sometimes stated to stand for "[[List of uncommon nonbinary identities#Unisex|Unisex]]", a type of nonbinary identity.<ref name="medi_Lite">{{Cite web |title=Literary Canon Fodder {{!}} Cardyn Brooks Reviews |author= |work=Media Diversified |date=11 February 2018 |access-date=14 February 2021 |url= https://mediadiversified.org/2018/02/11/literary-canon-fodder-cardyn-brooks-reviews/ |quote=...the absence of any QUILTBAG (Queer, Questioning, Unisex, Undecided, Intersex, Lesbian, Transgender, Bisexual, Asexual, All, Gay) characters...|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322214924/https://mediadiversified.org/2018/02/11/literary-canon-fodder-cardyn-brooks-reviews/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref name="yapr_Auth">{{Cite web |title=Author Guest Blog: Diversity in YA |author=Suzanne 'Xan' van Rooyen |work=YA Pride |date=22 April 2013 |access-date=14 February 2021 |url= http://www.yapride.org/2013/04/author-guest-blog-diversity-in-ya/ |quote=QUILTBAG stands for queer, unisex, intersex, lesbian, trans, bi, asexual and gay |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200207125034/http://www.yapride.org:80/2013/04/author-guest-blog-diversity-in-ya/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

*'''SAGA''' (Sexual and Gender Acceptance) is among the acronyms that seek to describe the common threads amongst the community, rather than list out all the possible identities. However, like QUILTBAG, it is a word that has a different meaning, which causes confusion. It also can describe an organization, Sexuality and Gender Alliance.

* '''GSM''' (gender and sexuality minorities), or '''GSRM''' (gender, sex, and romantic minorities). Criticisms of this term: This excludes some people it shouldn't, such as [[intersex]] people, whose sex is neither a gender nor a sexuality. This term has been considered harmful because it could include some kinds of people it shouldn't: people who aren't LGBT+, such as [[cisgender]] [[heterosexual]] people who consider themselves "sexuality minorities" because they have unusual sexual fetishes, or even harmful paraphilias such as pedophilia.<ref name="bird">{{cite web|author=Bird|title=About MOGAI and MOGII.|url=http://h0nex.tumblr.com/post/90496652455/about-mogai-and-mogii|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141119020133/https://h0nex.tumblr.com/post/90496652455/about-mogai-and-mogii|date=2014|archive-date=19 November 2014}}</ref>

* '''MOGAI''' (marginalized orientations, gender alignments, and intersex), or '''MOGII''' (marginalized orientations, gender identities, and intersex). These terms include intersex people, while excluding people who aren't LGBT+. MOGII is perhaps easier to say, while MOGAI is more accurate (cishet [[Sexes#Dyadic_sexes|perisex]] women have a marginalized gender ''identity'', but their gender aligns with their [[assigned gender at birth]] so they are not a marginalized gender ''alignment'').<ref name="bird" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://trigilis.tumblr.com/post/97895586212/why-ive-started-using-mogai|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226115818/https://trigilis.tumblr.com/post/97895586212/why-ive-started-using-mogai|title=why I’ve started using MOGAI|archive-date=26 December 2019|date=19 September 2014}}</ref> "MOGAI" is said to have been coined by Tumblr user cisphobeofficial circa 2015.<ref name="moga_moga">{{Cite web |title=mogai-archive, mogai, & xenogenders |author=ezgender |work= |date= |access-date=30 July 2021 |url= https://mogai-archive.carrd.co/ |quote=In (approximately) 2015, Tumblr user cisphobeofficial coined the term MOGAI. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230612141457/https://mogai-archive.carrd.co/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Though this term seeks to be the most inclusive, it has been criticized by some for the same reasons "GSM" has gained criticism. In some contexts, MOGAI is used to refer only to "newer" or more "niche" identities (such as [[xenogenders]] for example), so you will sometimes see people who are "pro-LGBT and anti-MOGAI" although the latter term technically includes the former. '''IMOGA''' (intersex, marginalized orientations or gender alignments) is a variation of MOGAI mostly used on Tumblr.
** The "opposite" of MOGAI, though not frequently used, is COGAP (Centered Orientations, Gender Alignments, and Perisex).<ref name="lgbt_COGA">{{Cite web |title=COGAP |work=LGBTA Wiki |date=10 March 2021 |url= https://lgbta.wikia.org/wiki/COGAP |archive-date=26 July 2021 |archive-url= https://archive.fo/bzAdk}}</ref>

* '''LGBTPN''' (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, pansexual, nonbinary) is an alternative created by those who do not include asexual or aromantic people in the community.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bihets.tumblr.com/post/161790289892/evilqueerinclusionist-rammstein-borderline |title=PSA: Don’t trust people who use the acronym LGBTPN. |date=13 June 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.fo/SO8Ny |archive-date=14 February 2021}}</ref>

==Queer==

[[File:Twin Cities Pride Parade (18061984670).jpg|thumb|Pride marchers carrying a banner that says "Queer is hot, war is not." Twin Cities, 2013.]]
Queer is a word with a complex history. Some people choose not to use an acronym such as LGBT, and instead use the word "queer" as a collective term for all identities which are not [[heterosexual]] and/or not [[cisgender]]. "Queer" may also be used for [[Romantic and sexual orientation|orientations]] and [[gender]]s that are difficult to define in more specific terms.

Beginning around the 1980s, the word "queer" began to become a political reclamation. Flyers like one circulated in the 1990 New York Pride Parade proclaimed queer as a word indicative of a rejection of heteronormative standards.<ref>["Published anonymously by Queers"]. 1990. QUEERS READ THIS: A leaflet distributed at pride march in NY. http://www.qrd.org/qrd/misc/text/queers.read.this [https://web.archive.org/web/20230615015513/http://qrd.org/qrd/misc/text/queers.read.this Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

In the early 1990s, the academic discipline of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queer_theory queer theory] developed. This comes from the use of "queer" as a political statement and a gender stance, which places queerness as against assimilation. The field of queer theory not only looks into LGBT history, but the ramifications of queer theory itself.<ref>https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=PNYlUuvPOQ8C&pg=PA1&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=3#v=onepage&q&f=false {{dead link}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100358573|title=queer theory|website=Oxford Reference|language=en|doi=10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100358573|access-date=2021-07-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330151416/https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100358573|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

For many people even today, "queer" represents a rejection of assimilation and respectability politics, whereas rejection of the word queer is associated with assimilationist politics. Queer is used by activists that seek broader societal changes that reach the most disenfranchised LGBT people.<ref>Ferry, Nicole C. (2012) [https://journal.jctonline.org/index.php/jct/article/view/368 Rethinking the Mainstream Gay and Lesbian Movement Beyond the Classroom Exclusionary Results from Inclusion-Based Assimilation Politics]. ''Journal of Curriculum Theorizing''. '''28''', (2): 104-117. [https://web.archive.org/web/20221207135556/https://journal.jctonline.org/index.php/jct/article/view/368 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref name="Gamson1995">{{cite journal|last1=Gamson|first1=Joshua|title=Must Identity Movements Self-Destruct? A Queer Dilemma|journal=Social Problems|volume=42|issue=3|year=1995|pages=390–407|issn=00377791|doi=10.2307/3096854}}</ref>

However, queer is still used as a slur against LGBT people.<ref>''Cassell's Dictionary of Slang,'' 2nd ed (2005), p. 1161.</ref><ref>''The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English'' (2008), p. 792-793.</ref> The degree to which queer is considered offensive varies by region and by generation. In 2011, one blogger, themself queer and genderqueer, called it the slur of choice in the UK among "queer bashers," making it necessary to "fight tooth and nail" for their right to call themself both in the 1990s.<ref name=":0" /> As with other hate speech, it is very common{{Citation needed}} among LGBT+ people for the word to be a trigger for post-traumatic flashbacks of memories of violence, harassment, and abuse.

Even so, the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) Standards of Care V7 listed genderqueer as one of many specific terms used by people outside the gender binary in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|author=World Professional Association for Transgender Health|date=2012 |title= Standards of Care for the Health of Transsexual, Transgender, and Gender-Conforming People [7<sup>th</sup> Version] |page=96 |url= https://www.wpath.org/publications/soc|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306101047/https://www.wpath.org/publications/soc |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> In response, [[non-gendered]] activist [[Christie Elan-Cane]] spoke against queer being applied to per, calling the use of "[[genderqueer|gender queer]]" in the WPATH standards inappropriate, offensive, and a barrier to mainstream acceptance.<ref>Christie Elan-Cane. November 5, 2011. http://elancane.livejournal.com/9367.html [https://web.archive.org/web/20210805230506/https://elancane.livejournal.com/9367.html Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> Others, calling themselves genderqueer, praised the WPATH inclusion as validating their identities, calling Elan-Cane's complaints generational rather than universal.<ref name=":0">Mac. November 7, 2011. http://nonbinary.tumblr.com/post/12475693948/when-umbrella-terms-cause-offence-christie [https://web.archive.org/web/20201030130158/http://nonbinary.tumblr.com/post/12475693948/when-umbrella-terms-cause-offence-christie Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

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==See also==
*[[Romantic and sexual orientation]]
*[[Glossary of English gender and sex terminology]]
*[[Gender binary]]

==References==
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[[Category:Umbrella Terms]]

Maverique

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{{infobox identity
| flag = maverique.png
| meaning = Yellow: non-binary gender; White: autonomy, independence; Orange: inner conviction, maverick.
| related = [[Aporagender]] and [[Aliagender]]
| umbrella = [[Nonbinary]]
| frequency = 0.3%
| gallery_link = Pride Gallery/Maverique
}}
'''Maverique''' is a [[gender identity]] that falls under the [[nonbinary]] umbrella term. It is defined as an identity that is not the absence of gender, or an apathy towards gender, but a present feeling of gender. This feeling of gender is completely independent from male, female, neutral, or anything derived from any of them.<ref name=":0">http://maveriques.tumblr.com/faq [https://web.archive.org/web/20230606043925/https://maveriques.tumblr.com/faq Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> However, maveriques can be [[multigender]] with their other genders being related to maleness, femaleness, or neutrality.

Maverique individuals may also identify under the [[nonbinary]] or [[transgender]] umbrella terms. However, maverique itself is a specific identity not an umbrella term.<ref name=":0" />

== Pronunciation ==
Maverique can be pronounced multiple ways:<ref name=":0" />
{| class="wikitable"
!IPA transcripton
!Simple transcription
|-
|/mævˈɹik/
|mav-REEK
|-
|/ˌmæv.əˈɹik/
|mav-uh-REEK
|}

== Usage ==
In a 2017 survey of 9,932 nonbinary participants, maverique was entered as an identity word by 0.6% of participants.<ref>''[http://nonbinarystats.tumblr.com/post/160656902130/nbgq-survey-2017-the-worldwide-results NB/GQ Survey 2017 - the worldwide results]'', Nonbinary Stats blog, May 2017. [https://web.archive.org/web/20230419150824/http://nonbinarystats.tumblr.com/post/160656902130/nbgq-survey-2017-the-worldwide-results Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

=== Grammatical usage ===
The word "maverique" can be used as either a noun or adjective. For example:
* [noun] The maverique is sitting over there.
* [adjective] The maverique person is sitting over there.

== Etymology ==
The term "maverique" was coined in 2014 by Vesper H. as a word to describe their own gender.<ref name=":0" /> It is a combination of the English word "maverick" and French suffix "ique".

"Maverick" was chosen due to its association with the unorthodox, referencing the fact that maverique as a gender is unorthodox even in regards to many nonbinary genders; due to it being unrelated to the gender binary.<ref name=":1">http://maveriques.tumblr.com/post/136474788751/i-know-im-late-to-the-whole-maverique-discussion [https://web.archive.org/web/20230606042839/http://maveriques.tumblr.com/post/136474788751/i-know-im-late-to-the-whole-maverique-discussion Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> While the word maverick implies a conscious, rebellious unorthodoxy, being maverique itself is not a conscious choice of the maverique person, nor is it a stance against the gender binary. The suffix "-ique" means "similar to" but not identical, indicating that while unorthodox ''like'' maverick, maverique is ''different'' in that it is not a conscious stance but a inherent feature of the person. This indicates that a maverique's gender is not unorthodox by choice, nor any sort of political stance. A maverique's gender is maverick-like, but the maverique is not a maverick on the basis of their gender.<ref name=":1" />

The word maverick also has connotations of independence from surroundings<ref>http://www.thefreedictionary.com/maverick [https://web.archive.org/web/20221124143309/https://www.thefreedictionary.com/maverick Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>, referencing the fact that maveriques are independent from the gender binary.

== Identity overlap ==
A person can be solely maverique, in the same way a person can be solely a man, or solely a woman. Alternatively, someone can be both maverique and another gender (or lack of gender if for example they are genderfluid between maverique and [[agender]]). A [[genderfluid]] person may have maverique as one of their genders. A multigender person may have maverique as one of their genders. A person could be a [[Demigender|demi]]-maverique if they only partially identify with being maverique.

== Differences from similar genders ==
'''Third gender'''

Unlike [[third gender]], anyone of any race or ethnic background can use maverique to describe themself if they feel like it fits.<ref name=":0" /> In addition, the term "third gender" is often used to lump together many different gender experiences from a wide variety of cultures that are considered not to fit into the Western concept of male or female, whereas "maverique" describes a singular gender.

'''Aporagender'''

Both maverique and [[aporagender]] were coined at similar times and have some overlap, however aporagender is an umbrella term while maverique is not.<ref name=":0" /> Additionally, aporagender can describe a gender neutral identity<ref>http://gender.wikia.com/wiki/Aporagender [https://web.archive.org/web/20230525010004/http://gender.wikia.com/wiki/Aporagender Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>, whereas maverique is distinct from neutrality.

==References==
{{Pride flags|category=Maverique pride flags|image=Maverique}}
<references />

[[Category:Nonbinary identities]]
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Transmasculine

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[[File:Trans-man.png|thumb|The most commonly used transmasculine pride flag. Alternative flags can be seen at [[:Category:Transmasculine pride flags]].]]
'''Transmasculine''', sometimes abbreviated to '''transmasc''', is an [[umbrella term]] that describes a transgender person (generally, but not exclusively, one who was assigned [[Sexes#Assigned_female_at_birth|female at birth]]), and whose gender is masculine and/or who express themselves in a masculine way. <ref>[[Ash Hardell|Hardell, Ash]]. The ABC's of LGBT+. p.98.</ref><ref name="trans bodies 620">Laura Erickson-Schroth, ed. ''Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Community.'' Oxford University Press, 2014. P. 620.</ref> Transmasculine people feel a connection with masculinity, but do not always identify as a man. Transmasculine people don't always need to be referred to as "he/him" or as a man. Some transmaculine people use "they/them", "he/they", and sometimes even "she/her" pronouns.

Transmasculine people may include, but are not limited to:
*Binary [[man#transgender men|trans men]]
*[[Man#Nonbinary_men|Nonbinary men]]
*[[Demigender#Demiboy|Demiboys]]
*[[Multigender]] people
*[[Genderfluid]] people who identify as masculine more often than other genders.
*[[Nonbinary]] people, as long as they identify with masculinity.

[[Transfeminine]] is the feminine equivalent of transmasculine.

The most common transmasculine flag has pink stripes on the top and bottom, and a symmetrical gradient of blue stripes in the middle. See [[:Category:Transmasculine pride flags]] for other proposed transmasculine flags.

==History==
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''We would appreciate information about when transmasculine was coined, or sources showing its earliest known usage.''

The DC Area Transmasculine Society, or DCATS, is a trans-led nonprofit organization that was founded in 2000 as a monthly support group and has since started offering a variety of services, like a binder exchange program.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dcats.org/aboutus |title=Our Story |website=DCATS |access-date=4 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305032550/https://www.dcats.org/aboutus |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dcats.org/binderexchange |title=Binder Exchange |website=DCATS |access-date=5 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305032550/https://www.dcats.org/binderexchange |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> This organization doesn't take credit for coining the word "transmasculine," suggesting it was around before the year 2000.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.healthline.com/health/transmasculine#origin |title=What Does It Mean to Be Transmasculine? |website=Healthline |date=13 January 2021 |access-date=4 June 2021 |quote=DCATS doesn’t take credit for coining the word, which suggests the term is older than the organization.|last=Brito|first=Janet|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230520013922/https://www.healthline.com/health/transmasculine |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

In 2010, on an essay written on his blog [https://sleighthompson.wordpress.com/ Rants and Ramblings], titled ''What’s in a Word?: Crafting Transmasculine'', S. Leigh Thompson, who was president of the TransMasculine Community Network, presents the result of his work with organizers and advocates to craft a definition for the term "transmasculine." The definition suggested by Leigh was "any person who was assigned female at birth but feels that is an incomplete or incorrect description of their gender." He mentions, at the end of this blog post, that the first version of the essay had been published in 2006.<ref>Thompson, S. Leigh (24 November 2010). "[https://sleighthompson.wordpress.com/2010/11/24/whats-in-a-word-crafting-transmasculine/ What’s in a Word?: Crafting Transmasculine]". ''Rants and Ramblings.'' Retrieved 4 June 2021. [https://web.archive.org/web/20221031194401/https://sleighthompson.wordpress.com/2010/11/24/whats-in-a-word-crafting-transmasculine/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

An entry for the word was added to [https://www.urbandictionary.com/ Urban Dictionary] by user Nico7623 on September 12th, 2013.<ref>@Nico7623 (12 September 2013). [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=transmasculine transmasculine] [https://web.archive.org/web/20230621101421/https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=transmasculine Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

"Transmasculine" was one of the identities that became available in the [[Gender and social media sites|gender selection on Facebook]] in 2014.<ref>"[http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/02/13/facebook_custom_gender_options_here_are_all_56_custom_options.html Facebook custom gender options: Here are all 56 custom options.]", ''Slate''. February 13th, 2014. Accessed April 10th, 2017. [https://web.archive.org/web/20230530182139/https://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/02/13/facebook_custom_gender_options_here_are_all_56_custom_options.html Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

==Notable people==

{{main|notable nonbinary people}}

Notable people who consider their identity to be outside the Western [[gender binary]], and who describe themselves as transmasculine include:

* American musician [[Anjimile]], who identifies as a [[nonbinary]] transmasc [[queer]] [[boi]].<ref name="anjimile">{{cite tweet|user=anjimilemusic|number=1100129113480880128|title=thank u thank u :) however I am not a girl, I'm a non-binary transmasc queer boi who uses they/them and he/him pronouns 🤘🏾|date=Feb 25, 2019}}</ref>
* Chinese-American autistic disability rights activist [[Lydia X. Z. Brown]] (b. 1993) is [[genderqueer]], [[nonbinary]], [[gendervague]]<ref name="Brown">{{Cite web |title=Gendervague: At the Intersection of Autistic and Trans Experiences |last=Brown |first=Lydia X. Z. |work=The Asperger / Autism Network (AANE) |date=22 June 2016 |access-date=9 June 2020 |url= https://www.aane.org/gendervague-intersection-autistic-trans-experiences/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623035102/https://www.aane.org/gendervague-intersection-autistic-trans-experiences/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> and transmasculine.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=autistichoya|author=Lydia X. Z. Brown|number=1270824027473485829|title=I'm horrified+enraged that JK Rowling isn't just openly a TERF now, but using autistic people as pawns. I'm autistic. I'm openly nonbinary and transmasculine. I was not brainwashed or manipulated into being trans. That's just rank, disgusting ableism on top of anti-trans hate.|date=10 June 2020}}</ref>
* Actor [[Ellie Desautels]] describes themself as [[nonbinary]], transmasculine<ref name="Barasch">{{Cite web |title=Rise’s Ellie Desautels Talks Playing a Transgender Teen on Network TV |last=Barasch |first=Alex |work=Slate Magazine |date=12 March 2018 |access-date=9 April 2020 |url= https://slate.com/culture/2018/03/an-interview-with-trans-actor-ellie-desautels-star-of-nbcs-rise.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601192125/https://slate.com/culture/2018/03/an-interview-with-trans-actor-ellie-desautels-star-of-nbcs-rise.html |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>, [[genderqueer]]<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/ohyouknowellie/ Instagram bio] [https://web.archive.org/web/20210512085239/https://www.instagram.com/ohyouknowellie/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>, and [[agenderflux]].<ref name="dundore">{{Cite web |title=Ellie & Wren |author=Brent Dundore |work=They Them Project |date=17 August 2018 |access-date=9 April 2020 |url= https://dundorephoto.com/ellie-wren/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612015330/https://dundorephoto.com/ellie-wren/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* Writer and activist [[Cyrus Grace Dunham]], a transmasculine nonbinary [[lesbian]].<ref name="advo_Writ">{{Cite web |title=Writer Cyrus Grace Dunham Shows How Messy Gender Can Be |last=Masters |first=Jeffrey |work=advocate.com |date=15 October 2019 |access-date=14 April 2020 |url= https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2019/10/15/writer-cyrus-grace-dunham-shows-how-messy-gender-can-be|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207094850/https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2019/10/15/writer-cyrus-grace-dunham-shows-how-messy-gender-can-be |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* American comedian, writer, and nurse [[Kelli Dunham]] describes herself<ref name="story">{{Cite web |title=THE STORY |author= |work=kellidunham.com |date= |access-date=24 July 2020 |url= http://www.kellidunham.com/the-story/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230314231523/https://www.kellidunham.com/the-story/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> as a [[genderqueer]] [[woman]]<ref name="Wood">{{Cite web |title=Q&A: Comedian Kelli Dunham on Storytelling as a Radical, Transformative Act |last=Wood |first=Erin |work=Ms. Magazine |date=15 May 2017 |access-date=3 June 2020 |url= https://msmagazine.com/2017/05/15/qa-comedian-kelli-dunham-storytelling-radicaltransformative-act/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230612184627/https://msmagazine.com/2017/05/15/qa-comedian-kelli-dunham-storytelling-radicaltransformative-act/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>/[[nonbinary]] transmasc [[butch]].<ref name="Guerrero">{{Cite web |title=Genderqueer Comic Kelli Dunham On Getting (Thee) Away From a Nunnery |last=Guerrero |first=Desirée |work=The Advocate |date=21 April 2020 |access-date=3 June 2020 |url= https://www.advocate.com/comedy/2020/4/21/genderqueer-comic-kelli-dunham-getting-thee-away-nunnery|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103074504/https://www.advocate.com/comedy/2020/4/21/genderqueer-comic-kelli-dunham-getting-thee-away-nunnery |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* Writer, educator, and therapist [[Alex Iantaffi]].<ref name="DTA">{{Cite web |title=Interview with Alex Iantaffi |author=Jenkins, Andrea |work=Digital Transgender Archive |date=2015 |access-date=26 May 2020 |url= https://www.digitaltransgenderarchive.net/files/3j3332502|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612015329/https://www.digitaltransgenderarchive.net/files/3j3332502 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* English singer, songwriter, actor, and graphic novelist [[Ciarán Strange]] (b. 2003) describes himself/themself<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/ciaranstrange/ Instagram bio], retrieved 17 May 2020 [https://web.archive.org/web/20220331223438/https://www.instagram.com/CiaranStrange/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> as [[enby]], [[trans]],<ref>{{cite tweet|user=CiaranStrange|number=1218598634801061894|date=18 January 2020|title=O HEY! :D how's it going? I'll do my best to be brief! [Smiling face with open mouth and cold sweat] So I identify as both enby and trans*, not that one has to. Transgender is a sort of umbrella term that many choose to identify as, but not all. Transgender simply means you aren't [Hundred points symbol] the same as your birth certificate. >}}</ref> and transmasc.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CBWHBy3j3qk/ Instagram post], 12 June 2020</ref>
*Singer/ songwriter and social media influencer Addison Grace identifies as a transmasc nonbinary and uses they/he pronouns

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==Transmasculine nonbinary characters in fiction==

There are many more [[Nonbinary gender in fiction#Nonbinary genders in fiction|nonbinary/genderqueer characters in fiction]]. The following are only some of those characters who are specifically called "transmasculine"/"transmasc", either in the canon, or by their creators.

* One of the main characters in the romance novel ''Saving Throw'', by Alex Silver, is "Rene, a non-binary trans masc ex-hockey player turned coach."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Saving Throw |author= |work=QueeRomance Ink |date= |access-date=19 June 2021 |url= https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/saving-throw/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207225954/https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/saving-throw/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

==References==
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Femmegender

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'''Femmegender''', or '''femgender''', is a nonbinary gender identity that is feminine in nature. It comes from the queer term "[[femme]]", which means a person who subverts and/or queers [[femininity]]. The term is popular in [[lesbian]] and [[sapphic]] communities. Femmegender can denote a person whose gender identity is tied to their femmeness. For a person who does not identify as femme, but still feels like their femininity is a part of their gender, the spelling femgender can be used.

==History==
Femmegender has been coined in multiple instances by different people over time. An early coining of femmegender was posted by tumblr user queerfucker in July 2014. They defined it as "identifying with femininity, femme, and girlhood, but also not a girl; nonbinary with a core and foundation of enduring femme".<ref>{{cite web|title=femmegender|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140823034501/https://queerfucker.tumblr.com/post/92069054803/femmegender-identifying-with-femininity-femme|archive-date=23 August 2014|date=2014|url=https://queerfucker.tumblr.com/post/92069054803/femmegender-identifying-with-femininity-femme}}</ref>
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[[File:Femmegender (7 stripes - mint, lavender, purple).png|thumb|200px|One of queernoctis' proposed femmegender flags.]]
In August 2014 the Tumblr user queernoctis created flag ideas for femmegender:<ref>[https://queernoctis.tumblr.com/post/93713712129/some-ideas-for-a-femmegender-flag-purple-is-a Tumblr post], 3 August 2014 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230605214625/https://queernoctis.tumblr.com/post/93713712129/some-ideas-for-a-femmegender-flag-purple-is-a Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

{{quote|Purple is a feminine color, but doesn't have the same GIRL connotations that pink does. The fade out of shades from dark to light is meant to represent the variations in gender while still associating with the core/foundation of femme.

The mint/green are meant to represent the sort of 'absence' of a binary gender/being a girl, as well as give a bit of variety of color for those that dont like the plain purple+white design.}}
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[[File:Femmegender by Red (white and purple).png|thumb|200px|Red's femmegender flag.]]
An alternative meaning of femmegender was coined in 2019 by a nonbinary [[lesbian]] named Red. Red's definition of femmegender is "where you have [[Multigender|two or more genders]] where they are ALL feminine genders!"<ref>[https://mogai-on-the-internet.tumblr.com/post/187036794620/femmegender-flag-femmegender-is-where-you-have Femmegender flag!] by Red, 15 August 2019 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230607023336/https://mogai-on-the-internet.tumblr.com/post/187036794620/femmegender-flag-femmegender-is-where-you-have Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
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[[File:Femmegender by imthatgremlin (4 stripes - purple yellow white orange).png|thumb|200px|Gordon's femmegender flag. The stripes' meanings are as follows: Purple - femme identity and unique gender presentation; Yellow - relationship to gender experienced through lesbian identity; White - experiences of gender outside the binary; Orange - Solidarity and community with butches]]
In 2020, a nonbinary [[butch]] lesbian named Gordon defined their own coinage of butchgender and femmegender as [[xenogender]]s "for butch and femme lesbians who feel like their gender either is, or is heavily influenced by their butch or femme identity".<ref>{{cite tweet |user=imthatgremlin |number=1281079859737882624 |title=i came up with some xenogenders for lesbians [orange heart emoji] butchgender and femmegender, for butch and femme lesbians who feel like their gender either is, or is heavily influenced by their butch or femme identity / here are the flags i made, and their meanings! |date=8 July 2020}}</ref>

Additional femmegender/femgender flags can be seen in [[:Category:Femmegender pride flags]].
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==See also==
* [[Femme]]

==References==
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[[Category:Nonbinary identities]]

Transfeminine

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[[File:Trans-woman.png|thumb|The most commonly used transfeminine flag. Alternative flags can be seen at [[:Category:Transfeminine pride flags]].]]
'''Transfeminine''' (also written '''trans-feminine''' or '''trans feminine''', sometimes abbreviated to '''transfem''' or '''transfemme'''<ref group="note">The word ''femme'' is mostly used in relation to lesbians. See [[Femme]] for more information on the topic.</ref>, and sometimes known as '''cross-feminine''' or '''cross-femme'''{{citation needed}}) describes a person, transgender or otherwise (generally but not exclusively one who was [[Sexes#Assigned male at birth|assigned male at birth]]) who seeks to present femininely, identifies as more female than male, or wishes to [[transition]] to look more feminine. In general, although not exclusively, the prefix "''cross''-" is used by individuals who do not wish to nor believe themselves to be in transition, but still does not align their life-style or gender choice to be in full or partial synchrony with their physical sex.{{citation needed}}

The labels can be considered to be a [[gender identity]], a [[gender expression]], or both. It is an [[umbrella term]] that includes [[woman#transgender women|trans women]] who don't consider themselves nonbinary, and [[nonbinary]] feminine people.<ref name="NBGQ2016">[http://nonbinarystats.tumblr.com/post/141311159050/nbgq-survey-2016-the-worldwide-results NB/GQ Survey 2016 - the worldwide results], March 2016. [https://web.archive.org/web/20210711200508/https://nonbinarystats.tumblr.com/post/141311159050/nbgq-survey-2016-the-worldwide-results Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref><ref>"Transfeminine." ''Dictionary.com.'' https://www.dictionary.com/browse/transfeminine [https://web.archive.org/web/20230323061011/https://www.dictionary.com/browse/transfeminine Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
Some examples of genders that transfeminine individuals may identify as include:
*Binary [[woman#transgender women|trans women]]
*[[Woman#Nonbinary_women|Nonbinary women]]
*[[Demigender#Demigirl|Demigirls]]
*[[Multigender]] people
*[[Genderfluid]] people who identify as feminine more often than other genders.
*[[Nonbinary]] people, as long as they identify with femininity.

One web-site about nonbinary gender identity explains how someone can be both trans-feminine and nonbinary:

<blockquote>
Some [[neutrois]] people [neutrois is a specific nonbinary identity that is neither male nor female] feel they aren’t completely 100% gender-free or gender-neutral; rather, they lean a little more towards one side or another of the gender spectrum. Transfeminine means the person tilts towards female [...] It’s important to note this does not invalidate, contradict, or cancel out being neutrois, as they still feel a strong affinity with this identity. Instead, being transmasculine [...] is more of a modifier or a complement which adds to the complexity of their gender, gender expression, or gender identity. In these cases there might be a preference to present more closely to one gender over another, or it can be more comfortable to just live as one binary gender rather than the other. However, this choice is more often a result of convenience in order to navigate a society in which only two genders are recognized. A lot of people would ideally opt to have neutrois recognized as their gender and not be forced to make a decision between male and female only.

-Micah, "What is neutrois?"<ref>Micah, "What is neutrois?" ''Neutrois.com''. Retrieved April 14, 2019. http://neutrois.com/what-is-neutrois [https://web.archive.org/web/20230527212811/https://www.neutrois.com/what-is-neutrois Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
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This explains several reasons why a person can identify as both trans-feminine and as a nonbinary identity.

==History==
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''We would appreciate information about when transfeminine was coined, or sources showing its earliest known usage.''

The word "transfeminine" was used in a 1985 issue of ''The TV-TS Tapestry'', a magazine "for persons interested in [[crossdressing]] & transsexualism". In that issue, Jane Nance wrote about the difficulties of describing herself with the then-current terminology: Since Jane felt her identity was fully womanly, she did not want to identify as "transvestite", and since she did not want [[surgery|surgical transition]] she felt that "transsexual" was not accurate either, and neither was "[[transgenderist]]", since "I'm living and functioning in the world most of time in the male role." She proposed "transfeminine" as a possibility and said that the definition could be "a male who feels like a female, strictly undefined in relation to any issue of an operation".<ref>{{cite journal|title=Transfeminine!!!|last=Nance|first=Jane|journal=The TV-TS Tapestry |year=1985|issue=47|pages=31-33 |url=https://archive.org/details/tvtstapestry47unse/page/30/mode/2up?q=transfeminine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220415173135/https://archive.org/details/tvtstapestry47unse/page/30/mode/2up?q=transfeminine|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> This might or might not be the first recorded usage of the word "transfeminine".

"Transfeminine" was one of the identities that became available in the gender selection on Facebook in 2014.<ref>"[http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/02/13/facebook_custom_gender_options_here_are_all_56_custom_options.html Facebook custom gender options: Here are all 56 custom options.]", ''Slate''. February 13th, 2014. Accessed April 10th, 2017. [https://web.archive.org/web/20230530182139/https://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/02/13/facebook_custom_gender_options_here_are_all_56_custom_options.html Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

==Related terms==

A similar but distinct umbrella term to the '''trans-feminine spectrum''' is the '''male-to-female spectrum''' ('''MtF spectrum'''), meaning that they were assigned male at birth, and transition in a more female direction. This term is also not limited to people who specifically identify as women. "Trans-feminine" and "MtF spectrum" carry different nuances of meaning that may suit people in different ways. Trans-feminine doesn't call out someone's birth assignment, but does call out their gender expression as being feminine. There are trans women who prefer a more [[butch]] than feminine gender expression. Meanwhile, MtF spectrum doesn't specify one's gender expression as being feminine, calls out one's birth assignment, but transgender people can feel uncomfortable with having their gender assignment pointed out. Due to these nuances, people may feel that one term is more suitable than the other for their own comfort and for the most accurate description of their identity.

A [[demigirl]] is someone who only partially identifies as a girl or woman, whatever their assigned gender at birth.<ref>http://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/55798-definitions-master-list/ AVEN: Definitions Master List [https://web.archive.org/web/20230607222033/https://www.asexuality.org/en/topic/55798-definitions-master-list/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

The counterpart of trans-feminine is [[trans-masculine]].

== Notable people ==

[[File:Alok Vaid-Menon Fashion Collection 2018.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Alok Vaid-Menon]] in 2018.]]

{{main|notable nonbinary people}}

Notable people who consider their identity to be outside the Western [[gender binary]], and who describe themselves with the word "transfeminine," include:

* Indian-American writer, activist, fashionist@<ref group="note">Alok Vaid-Menon was described as a fashionist@ (sic) in [https://www.them.us/story/alok-vaid-menon-new-fashion-collection this article from Them.us]. Note that the suffix ''-ista'' is already a gender-neutral suffix in modern languages like Spanish, but the Nonbinary Wiki respects chosen self-descriptors. [https://web.archive.org/web/20230603030036/https://www.them.us/story/alok-vaid-menon-new-fashion-collection Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>, and performance artist [[Alok Vaid-Menon]] (b. 1991)
* Musician [[Liv Bruce]]
* Activist and educator [[Geo Neptune]]
* Politician and drag queen [[Maebe A. Girl]] (b. 1986)<ref name="Hawgood">{{Cite web |title=Yass, We Can! Drag Performers Enter the Political Mainstream |last=Hawgood |first=Alex |work=W Magazine |date=October 29, 2020 |access-date=October 31, 2020 |url= https://www.wmagazine.com/story/drag-performers-politics-maebe-a-girl-marti-gould-allen-cummings/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927220515/https://www.wmagazine.com/story/drag-performers-politics-maebe-a-girl-marti-gould-allen-cummings |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* Activist and actor [[Ianne Fields Stewart]]<ref>https://www.iannefieldsstewart.com/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230603031229/https://www.iannefieldsstewart.com/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* Drag Queen [[Willow Pill]]<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/CaqFE1-PCaw/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20230604221736/https://www.instagram.com/p/CaqFE1-PCaw/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
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==See also==
*[[Femme]]
*[[Demigirl]]
*[[Feminism#Trans-feminism|Trans-feminism]]
*[[Trans-masculine]]

== Notes ==
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==References==
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