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'''Umbrella terms''' cover a group of ideas that have something in common. In this wiki, an "umbrella term" usually means a term that covers a group of [[sexual orientation|sexuality]] or [[gender identity]] labels that have something in common. A person could identify as one of the specific identities under an umbrella term, and/or [[pronouns#they|they]] could identify with the umbrella term itself, if applicable. One problem with umbrella terms is that they can be applied to large groups of people who don't all necessarily want to be identified by that term.
'''Umbrella terms''' are words that refer to a category of things.<ref>User Ankit88. "Definition of Umbrella term". Collins Dictionary Online. 17 March 2013. https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/submission/8855/Umbrella+term</ref> For example, "[[binary gender]]" is an umbrella term that encompasses "[[man]]"/"[[boy]]" and "[[woman]]"/"[[girl]]".


Some umbrella terms in this wiki include:
== Gender umbrella terms ==
There are three major umbrella terms for people who are not [[cisgender]].
* '''[[Transgender]]''' is probably the most well-known term. It refers to a person who does not identify with the gender they were [[assigned at birth]].
* '''[[Nonbinary]]''' (also ''non-binary'') refers to a person who does not or does not always identify with a binary gender.
* '''[[Genderqueer]]''' refers to a person "whose [[gender identity]] is neither man nor woman, is between or beyond genders, or is some combination of genders"<ref>Genderqueer. "Definition of Terms". UC Berkeley Centers for Educational Justice and Community Engagement. http://ejce.berkeley.edu/geneq/resources/lgbtq-resources/definition-terms</ref>.
Although a person may technically belong to one or more of these categories, they may not describe themselves using all of them. "Transgender" can pose problems for self-identification because it is often used as a synonym for [[transsexual]].


* '''[[Aporagender]]''' is a specific [[nonbinary]] identity, as well as an umbrella term for ''some'' nonbinary identities:<ref>{{cite web|url= http://aporagender.tumblr.com/post/88495444809/shutupsocialjustice-aporagender-aporagender |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310052136/http://aporagender.tumblr.com/post/88495444809/shutupsocialjustice-aporagender-aporagender |title=Aporagender is under the nonbinary umbrella but is a more specific label.|date=11 June 2014|archive-date=10 March 2016}}</ref> just the nonbinary identities that aren't male, female, agender, or between male and female."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aporagender.tumblr.com/post/88773280769/so-like-agender-goes-under-apora-umbrella-what  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310055244/http://aporagender.tumblr.com/post/88773280769/so-like-agender-goes-under-apora-umbrella-what|title=Anonymous said: So like agender goes under apora umbrella?|archive-date=10 March 2016|date=14 June 2014}}</ref>, and not those that are "[[agender]], between male and female, or [[gender binary|binary]] trans people."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aporagender.tumblr.com/post/88777570724/hi-id-like-to-know-how-aporagendered-is|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160729103937/http://aporagender.tumblr.com:80/post/88777570724/hi-id-like-to-know-how-aporagendered-is|archive-date=29 July 2016|title=Anonymous said: Hi- I'd like to know how aporagendered is different from being genderqueer|date=14 June 2014}}</ref>
== Sources ==
* '''[[Demigender]]''' is an umbrella term for identities that have a partial connection to a certain gender.
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* '''[[Gender nonconformity]]''' covers all kinds of [[gender expression]]s that don't conform to society's gender norms.
* '''[[Genderqueer]]''' covers many kinds of gender identities and expressions that don't conform to society's gender norms. It can also be a gender identity unto itself.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://genderspectrum.org/articles/language-of-gender|title=Gender Spectrum {{!}} Language of GenderGender Spectrum|last=Prismic|date=2019-09-23|website=Gender Spectrum|access-date=2021-03-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230616114812/https://www.genderspectrum.org/articles/language-of-gender|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* '''[[LGBT]]''' (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) is an umbrella term for some similar identities, but not an identity itself, since a person generally can't be all four things at once. There are several other ways of writing this initialism, such as LGBTQ, LGBTQQAP, and LGBT+. An alternative way of saying the same thing is the initialism MOGII (marginalized orientations, gender identities, and intersex)
* '''[[Queer]]''' is an umbrella term for all [[LGBT]] identities. Some people identify simply as "queer" for their sexual orientation, their gender identity, or both, without necessarily being more specific. Queer has a history as a derogatory term, and is not used by all members of the LGBT community.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thesafezoneproject.com/faq/isnt-queer-a-bad-word/|title=Isn't "Queer" a bad word? » The Safe Zone Project|website=The Safe Zone Project|language=en-US|access-date=2021-03-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230509025241/http://thesafezoneproject.com/faq/isnt-queer-a-bad-word/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* '''[[Neurogender]]''' is an umbrella term for gender identities in which a person feels that their gender identity is somehow linked to-- and best described in connection with-- their neurological type (neurotype), neurological conditions, neurodivergence, mental variation, or mental illness.
* '''[[Nonbinary gender]]''' is an umbrella term for all gender identities that don't fit into the [[gender binary]] of "[[female]]" or "[[male]]."
* '''[[Transgender]]''' is an umbrella term for all gender identities and expressions that involve moving from one gender expression to another. This includes [[transgender women]], [[transgender men]], and many nonbinary people who identify with the term.
* '''[[Xenogender]]''' includes many nonbinary gender identities defined in reference to very different ideas than female or male.
*Gender Apathetic meaning that an individual does not care what pronouns or genders that others refer to them as, they can see themselves as a specific gender but does not care about how others refer to them
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