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    * '''[[Third Gender|third gender]]'''. In anthropology, an umbrella term for ethnic non-cisgender/non-heterosexual gender roles, which may be analagous to transgender and sometimes non-binary genders. Some consider this phrase offensive, and people should reclaim it only with caution.
    * '''[[Third Gender|third gender]]'''. In anthropology, an umbrella term for ethnic non-cisgender/non-heterosexual gender roles, which may be analagous to transgender and sometimes non-binary genders. Some consider this phrase offensive, and people should reclaim it only with caution.
    * '''[[Pronouns#Thon|thon]]'''. Charles Crozat Converse of Erie, Pennsylvania proposed this gender-neutral pronoun in 1858, based on a contraction of "that one."<ref>Fred Barge, "Viewpoints from involvement -- 'thon'". ''Dynamic Chiropractic.'' August 14, 1992. [http://www.dynamicchiropractic.com/mpacms/dc/article.php?id=43422 http://www.dynamicchiropractic.com/mpacms/dc/article.php?id=43422]</ref>
    * '''[[Pronouns#Thon|thon]]'''. Charles Crozat Converse of Erie, Pennsylvania proposed this gender-neutral pronoun in 1858, based on a contraction of "that one."<ref>Fred Barge, "Viewpoints from involvement -- 'thon'". ''Dynamic Chiropractic.'' August 14, 1992. [http://www.dynamicchiropractic.com/mpacms/dc/article.php?id=43422 http://www.dynamicchiropractic.com/mpacms/dc/article.php?id=43422]</ref>
    * '''[[TME]] / [[TMA]]'''. [[Trans-misogyny]] affected or trans-misogyny exempt.
    * '''[[tomboy]]'''. A masculine young girl.<ref>"Tomboy." ''Susan's Place Transgender Resource Wiki.'' [http://wiki.susans.org/index.php/Tomboy]</ref>
    * '''[[tomboy]]'''. A masculine young girl.<ref>"Tomboy." ''Susan's Place Transgender Resource Wiki.'' [http://wiki.susans.org/index.php/Tomboy]</ref>
    * '''top surgery'''. In the transgender community, euphemism for any gender-validating surgery on a transgender person's breasts.
    * '''top surgery'''. In the transgender community, euphemism for any gender-validating surgery on a transgender person's breasts.

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    Glossaries in other languages

    This glossary of English gender and sex terminology shows actual language use. Unless a word is marked with a specific country, assume all these words may be used internationally, in any country where English is spoken.

    This could be called a MOGII glossary. This glossary's selection of words has a focus on non-binary gender identities, and closely related subjects of gender non-conformity. This glossary also collects words about gender and sexuality, especially words used by or in reference to MOGII identities (transgender, gay, lesbian, bisexual, and asexual), as well as intersex conditions, as these provide essential context, and often have an overlap with the main subject. The glossary includes psychiatric terminology as well as subcultural slang, and obsolete historical terms as well as very new words (neologisms). The words cover identity lab