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''See also: [[Pronouns#German_neutral_pronouns]]''. | |||
Many trans terms, especially the ones ending in "-gender", are simply copied from English. So if you're wondering if you can use your identity term in German without translating it, you probably can. | Many trans terms, especially the ones ending in "-gender", are simply copied from English. So if you're wondering if you can use your identity term in German without translating it, you probably can. | ||
A source with more info and examples for the | A source with more info and examples for the pronouns listet here can be found in the external links section. | ||
==A== | ==A== | ||
* '''agender''' - | * '''agender''' - agender | ||
* '''androgyn''' - | * '''androgyn''' - androgynous, androgyne | ||
* '''androgynfühlend, androgynfühlig''' - literally "androgynous-feeling", has been proposed as a translation for androgyne, to clarify that it is not about androgynous looks | * '''androgynfühlend, androgynfühlig''' - literally "androgynous-feeling", has been proposed as a translation for androgyne, to clarify that it is not about androgynous looks | ||
* '''Androgynität, Androgynie''' - | * '''Androgynität, Androgynie''' - androgyny | ||
==B== | ==B== | ||
* '''bei Geburt zugewiesenes Geschlecht''' - | * '''bei Geburt zugewiesenes Geschlecht''' - sex/gender assigned at birth | ||
* '''bigender''' - | * '''bigender''' - bigender | ||
* '''Binder''' - binder, both German and English pronunciation used. "binden" (often with English pronuncioation), "(m)einen Binder tragen" and "abbinden" mean "to bind". | * '''Binder''' - binder, both German and English pronunciation used. "binden" (often with English pronuncioation), "(m)einen Binder tragen" and "abbinden" mean "to bind". | ||
* '''biologisches Geschlecht''' - sex (as opposed to gender) and just as problematic as in English | * '''biologisches Geschlecht''' - sex (as opposed to gender) and just as problematic as in English | ||
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* '''cis''' - cis | * '''cis''' - cis | ||
* '''Cisfrau, cis Frau, Cismann, cis Mann''' - cis woman/man | * '''Cisfrau, cis Frau, Cismann, cis Mann''' - cis woman/man | ||
* '''cisgender, cisgeschlechtlich''' - | * '''cisgender, cisgeschlechtlich''' - cisgender | ||
* '''Cissexismus''' - cissexism | * '''Cissexismus''' - cissexism | ||
==D== | ==D== | ||
* '''Drag King''' - | * '''Drag King''' - drag king | ||
* '''Drag Queen''' - drag queen | * '''Drag Queen''' - drag queen | ||
==E== | ==E== | ||
* '''em/ems/em/em''' - gender-neutral pronoun | * '''em/ems/em/em''' - gender-neutral pronoun | ||
* '''Enby''' - nonbinary person | * '''Enby''' - nonbinary person | ||
* '''er_sie, er*sie, ersie''' - gender-neutral pronoun | * '''er_sie, er*sie, ersie''' - gender-neutral pronoun | ||
* '''es''' - it, used as a pronoun by many nonbinary and intersex people, but insulting if used without consent | * '''es''' - it, used as a pronoun by many nonbinary and intersex people, but insulting if used without consent | ||
==F== | ==F== | ||
* '''FLIT, FLTI''' - "Frauen, Lesben, Inter*, Trans*": "women, lesbians, intersex- & trans people" is often used to describe the groups invited to a certain event or location. Often with * placed after the T and/or I, sometimes without mentioning intersex as "FLT". Ideally means "everyone except non-intersex cis men", but since these evolved from women-only spaces, results vary and the reality can be exlusive of some trans and intersex people. | * '''FLIT, FLTI''' - "Frauen, Lesben, Inter*, Trans*": "women, lesbians, intersex- & trans people" is often used to describe the groups invited to a certain event or location. Often with * placed after the T and/or I, sometimes without mentioning intersex as "FLT". Ideally means "everyone except non-intersex cis men", but since these evolved from women-only spaces, results vary and the reality can be exlusive of some trans and intersex people. | ||
* '''Frann''' - Mx., but largely unknown | * '''Frann''' - Mx., but largely unknown | ||
* '''FtM''' | * '''FtM''' - female-to-male / trans man | ||
==G== | ==G== | ||
* '''Geburtsgeschlecht''' - often short for sex/gender assigned at birth (bei Geburt zugewiesenes Geschlecht), but literally means something like "sex(/gender) at birth" so many aren't happy with that term | * '''Geburtsgeschlecht''' - often short for sex/gender assigned at birth (bei Geburt zugewiesenes Geschlecht), but literally means something like "sex(/gender) at birth" so many aren't happy with that term | ||
* '''genderfluid''' - | * '''genderfluid''' - genderfluid | ||
* '''genderqueer''' - | * '''genderqueer''' - genderqueer | ||
* '''Geschlecht, Gender''' - gender/sex ("Geschlecht" can be used for both "gender" and "sex", using "gender" as an anglicism is rather rare. Some use it to make sure everyone knows they are not talking about a biological reality. Others oppose it for that very reason, because using "Gender" implies there is also such a thing as biological "sex", while "Geschlecht" is ambiguous and can be filled with the preferred meaning.) | * '''Geschlecht, Gender''' - gender/sex ("Geschlecht" can be used for both "gender" and "sex", using "gender" as an anglicism is rather rare. Some use it to make sure everyone knows they are not talking about a biological reality. Others oppose it for that very reason, because using "Gender" implies there is also such a thing as biological "sex", while "Geschlecht" is ambiguous and can be filled with the preferred meaning.) | ||
* '''Geschlechtsidentität''' - | * '''Geschlechtsidentität''' - gender identity | ||
* '''geschlechtslos''' - | * '''geschlechtslos''' - genderless, agender, ungendered | ||
* '''geschlechtsneutral''' - | * '''geschlechtsneutral''' - gender neutral, neutrois | ||
==H== | ==H== | ||
* '''hän/sir…/sim/sin''' - gender-neutral pronoun | * '''hän/sir…/sim/sin''' - gender-neutral pronoun | ||
* '''Herm*, Hermaphrodit''' - a term some | * '''Herm*, Hermaphrodit''' - a term some intersex people reclaim for themselves | ||
* '''Hormontherapie''' - | * '''Hormontherapie''' - hormone replacement therapy | ||
==I== | ==I== | ||
* '''inter, inter*, intersex''' - | * '''inter, inter*, intersex''' - intersex | ||
* '''Intergeschlechtlichkeit, Intersexualität''' - intersexuality | * '''Intergeschlechtlichkeit, Intersexualität''' - intersexuality | ||
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==M== | ==M== | ||
* '''männlich''' - male | * '''männlich''' - male | ||
* '''Mastek, Mastektomie''' - | * '''Mastek, Mastektomie''' - top surgery, mastectomy | ||
* '''Mau''' - Mx., largely unknown, also sounds like meow, which some dislike. | * '''Mau''' - Mx., largely unknown, also sounds like meow, which some dislike. | ||
* '''MtF''' | * '''MtF''' - male-to-female / trans woman | ||
==N== | ==N== | ||
* '''nichtbinär, nicht-binär, nonbinär, non-binär''' - | * '''nichtbinär, nicht-binär, nonbinär, non-binär''' - nonbinary | ||
* '''nibi, Nibi''' - nonbinary, nonbinary person | * '''nibi, Nibi''' - nonbinary, nonbinary person | ||
* '''nin/nims/nim/nin''' - gender-neutral pronoun | * '''nin/nims/nim/nin''' - gender-neutral pronoun | ||
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==O== | ==O== | ||
* '''Östro, Östrogen''' - estrogen | * '''Östro, Östrogen''' - estrogen | ||
* '''sich outen, geoutet sein''' - | * '''sich outen, geoutet sein''' - to come out, to be out | ||
==P== | ==P== | ||
* '''Packer''' - | * '''Packer''' - packer | ||
* '''per/pers/per/per''' - gender-neutral pronoun | * '''per/pers/per/per''' - gender-neutral pronoun | ||
==Q== | ==Q== | ||
* '''queer''' - | * '''queer''' - queer, but only the reclaimed meaning made it to German, so it is often used as an umbrella term for LGBTIQA+ without doing harm. | ||
==S== | ==S== | ||
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* '''Testo, Testosteron''' - T, testosterone | * '''Testo, Testosteron''' - T, testosterone | ||
* '''trans''' - trans | * '''trans''' - trans | ||
* '''trans*''' - originally used to show that one is not a | * '''trans*''' - originally used to show that one is not a transmedicalist, that one doesn't view ones transness in a medical/pathologizing/authoritarian way. More popular as self identification now, often seen in combinations such as Trans*Mann, trans* Frau, nichtbinär trans*, Trans*feindlichkeit. Sometimes understood to mean nonbinary and non-normative trans people only. | ||
* '''Transfeindlichkeit''' - trans antagonism, trans hate ( | * '''Transfeindlichkeit''' - trans antagonism, trans hate (transphobia without the ableist "-phobia" part) | ||
* '''Transfrau''' - | * '''Transfrau''' - trans woman, some write it as trans Frau, Trans-Frau, trans* Frau, Trans*Frau | ||
* '''transgender, transgeschlechtlich''' - transgender, usually not perceived as pathologizing, but still close to medical language, so some prefer trans/trans* | * '''transgender, transgeschlechtlich''' - transgender, usually not perceived as pathologizing, but still close to medical language, so some prefer trans/trans* | ||
* '''Transidentität, Transsexualität''' - transgenderism, transsexuality | * '''Transidentität, Transsexualität''' - transgenderism, transsexuality | ||
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* '''Transition, transitionieren''' - transition, to transition | * '''Transition, transitionieren''' - transition, to transition | ||
* '''Transjunge''' - trans boy, also used by adult transmasculine people who do not identify with patriarchal masculinity | * '''Transjunge''' - trans boy, also used by adult transmasculine people who do not identify with patriarchal masculinity | ||
* '''Transmann''' - | * '''Transmann''' - trans man, some write it as trans Mann, Trans-Mann, trans* Mann, Trans*Mann | ||
* '''Transphobie''' - | * '''Transphobie''' - transphobia | ||
* '''transsexuell''' - | * '''transsexuell''' - transsexual (with the same connotations as in English) | ||
==W== | ==W== | ||
* '''weder-noch''' - neither-nor, nonbinary | * '''weder-noch''' - neither-nor, nonbinary | ||
* '''weiblich''' - | * '''weiblich''' - female | ||
==X== | ==X== | ||
* '''xier/xies…/xiem/xien''' - gender-neutral pronoun | * '''xier/xies…/xiem/xien''' - gender-neutral pronoun | ||
==Z== | ==Z== | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
* [ | * [http://de.nichtbinaer.wikia.com Nichtbinär-Wiki] | ||
** [ | ** [http://de.nichtbinaer.wikia.com/wiki/Liste_Nichtbin%C3%A4rer_Identit%C3%A4ten Liste Nichtbinärer Identitäten] (list of nonbinary identities) | ||
** [ | ** [http://de.nichtbinaer.wikia.com/wiki/Pronomen Nichtbinäre Pronomen] (nonbinary pronouns) | ||
** [ | ** [http://de.nichtbinaer.wikia.com/wiki/Nichtbin%C3%A4re_W%C3%B6rter Nichtbinäre Wörter] (nonbinary words) | ||
* [https://geschlechtsneutral.wordpress.com/2014/09/07/nicht-binare-geschlechtsidentitaten/ Nicht-binäre Geschlechtsidentitäten] (nonbinary gender identities) at Geschlechtsneutral | * [https://geschlechtsneutral.wordpress.com/2014/09/07/nicht-binare-geschlechtsidentitaten/ Nicht-binäre Geschlechtsidentitäten] (nonbinary gender identities) at Geschlechtsneutral | ||
* [ | * [http://gaenseblum.org/archives/2015/07/05/die_liste/index.html Liste von Geschlechtern] (list of genders) at gaenseblumenblog | ||
* [http://nonbinarytransgermany.tumblr.com/ nonbinarytransgermany.tumblr.com], with more [http://nonbinarytransgermany.tumblr.com/language language] and [http://nonbinarytransgermany.tumblr.com/terminology terminology] info | * [http://nonbinarytransgermany.tumblr.com/ nonbinarytransgermany.tumblr.com], with more [http://nonbinarytransgermany.tumblr.com/language language] and [http://nonbinarytransgermany.tumblr.com/terminology terminology] info | ||
* [ | * [http://nbforum.net/ NBForum] | ||
* [ | * [http://nibitransich.xobor.de/ nibiTrans*ich-Forum] | ||
* [http://queerplacesforgermanspeakers.tumblr.com/ queerplacesforgermanspeakers.tumblr.com], see also their [http://nonbinarytransgermany.tumblr.com/language language] and [http://nonbinarytransgermany.tumblr.com/terminology terminology] pages | |||
* [http://germanaroaces.tumblr.com/ germanaroaces.tumblr.com] | * [http://germanaroaces.tumblr.com/ germanaroaces.tumblr.com] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Practical resources]] [[Category:Language]] | ||
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