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* '''TGNB'''. Short for "transgender and nonbinary". | * '''TGNB'''. Short for "transgender and nonbinary". | ||
* '''[[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]]'''. 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. | ||
* '''TME'''. Stands for "[[transmisogyny]] exempt". Used in social justice discussions as a descriptor for people who do not experience transmisogyny. | |||
* '''[[top surgery]]'''. In the transgender community, euphemism for any gender-validating surgery on a transgender person's breasts/chest. | * '''[[top surgery]]'''. In the transgender community, euphemism for any gender-validating surgery on a transgender person's breasts/chest. | ||
* '''tranny.''' An offensive word for a transgender woman. This word should be reclaimed only by trans women. Other people shouldn't use it. | * '''tranny.''' An offensive word for a transgender woman. This word should be reclaimed only by trans women. Other people shouldn't use it. | ||
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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 glossary's selection of words has a focus on nonbinary 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 LGBT+ identities 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 labels, gender-neutral pronouns, diagnoses, and political issues.
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- ace. Short for asexual, which see.[1]
- AGAB. Assigned gender at birth. Most people are either assigned female at birth (AFAB) or assigned male at birth (AMAB).
- AFAB. See AGAB.
- agender. A nonbinary identity. 1. Some who call themselves agender have no gender identity (genderless). 2. Some who call themselves agender have a gender identity, which isn't female or male, but neutral.
- altersex. Describes people or fictional characters for whom "their actual body or their desired body does not conform to either binary sex standard in some way, but is not this way due to any variation of intersex. This can be due to sexual transitioning, being of a fictional/impossible sex, being able to shapeshift to change sex characteristics, or having an 'alien' sex that is not found in humans but may be found elsewhere, such as a species that has different sexes from our own." Coined by farorenightclaw.