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: 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

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