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* '''womyn-born womyn'''. A euphemism for "cis woman". Some groups of women use this term to highlight the biological and social experience of growing up as and living as an AFAB (assigned female at birth) person. | * '''womyn-born womyn'''. A euphemism for "[[cis]] woman". Some groups of women use this term to highlight the biological and social experience of growing up as and living as an AFAB (assigned female at birth) person. | ||
* '''womxn'''. A [[feminist]] spelling of "woman" which is meant to A) avoid containing the word "[[men]]" and B) highlight the inclusion of women of color, [[trans women]], [[nonbinary women]], and otherwise LGBTQ+ women.<ref name="Mosher-womxn">{{Cite web |title=BWW Interview: Karen Cecilia of The Womxn Poetry/Storytellers Evening at Bar Bayeux |last=Mosher |first=Stephen |work=BroadwayWorld.com |date=14 August 2020 |access-date=26 August 2020 |url= https://www.broadwayworld.com/cabaret/article/BWW-Interview-Karen-Cecilia-of-The-Womxn-PoetryStorytellers-Evening-at-Bar-Bayeux-20200814|quote=By using the X in womxn it is to means to recognise "women" to be inclusive of transgender, nonbinary, women of color and part of the LBGTQ+ community.}}</ref><ref>https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/womxn</ref> Coined by Ebony Miranda, a feminist in Seattle, who defined it as including "women and those affected by [[misogyny]]".<ref name="Kerr2019">{{Cite web |title=What Do Womxn Want? |last=Kerr |first=By Breena |work=New York Times |date=14 March 2019 |access-date=1 August 2020 |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/14/style/womxn.html}}</ref> | * '''womxn'''. A [[feminist]] spelling of "woman" which is meant to A) avoid containing the word "[[men]]" and B) highlight the inclusion of women of color, [[trans women]], [[nonbinary women]], and otherwise LGBTQ+ women.<ref name="Mosher-womxn">{{Cite web |title=BWW Interview: Karen Cecilia of The Womxn Poetry/Storytellers Evening at Bar Bayeux |last=Mosher |first=Stephen |work=BroadwayWorld.com |date=14 August 2020 |access-date=26 August 2020 |url= https://www.broadwayworld.com/cabaret/article/BWW-Interview-Karen-Cecilia-of-The-Womxn-PoetryStorytellers-Evening-at-Bar-Bayeux-20200814|quote=By using the X in womxn it is to means to recognise "women" to be inclusive of transgender, nonbinary, women of color and part of the LBGTQ+ community.}}</ref><ref>https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/womxn</ref> Coined by Ebony Miranda, a feminist in Seattle, who defined it as including "women and those affected by [[misogyny]]".<ref name="Kerr2019">{{Cite web |title=What Do Womxn Want? |last=Kerr |first=By Breena |work=New York Times |date=14 March 2019 |access-date=1 August 2020 |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/14/style/womxn.html}}</ref> | ||
* '''WSW'''. Short for women who have sex with women. They may or may not identify as bisexual or lesbian.<ref>"LGBT Glossary." [http://web.jhu.edu/LGBTQ/glossary.html]</ref> | * '''WSW'''. Short for women who have sex with women. They may or may not identify as bisexual or lesbian.<ref>"LGBT Glossary." [http://web.jhu.edu/LGBTQ/glossary.html]</ref> | ||
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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.
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