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* [[Glossary of Brazilian Portuguese gender and sex terminology|Brazilian Portuguese]]
* [[Glossary of Chinese gender and sex terminology|Chinese]]
* [[Glossary of European Portuguese gender and sex terminology|European Portuguese]]
* [[Glossary of French gender and sex terminology|French]]
* [[Glossary of German gender and sex terminology|German]]
* [[Glossary of Hindi gender and sex terminology|Hindi]]
* [[Glossary of Japanese gender and sex terminology|Japanese]]
* [[Glossary of Korean gender and sex terminology|Korean]]
* [[Glossary of Russian gender and sex terminology|Russian]]
* [[Glossary of Spanish gender and sex terminology|Spanish]]
* [[Glossary of Thai gender and sex terminology|Thai]]
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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 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 [[Nonbinary gender|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|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.
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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==Numerals and symbols==
* '''[[Pronouns#*E|*e]], h*, h*s, h*s, h*self'''.<ref>Klaus Beck, ''Computervermittelte Kommunikation im Internet.'' p. 157.</ref><ref>Laura Borràs Castanyer, ed. ''Textualidades electrónicas: Nuevos escenarios para la literatura.'' p. 158.</ref> Called "splat pronouns," this set of third-person gender-neutral pronouns uses an asterisk to make ambiguity between "he" and "she." Some software in the 1990s used these.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20070310125817/http://aetherlumina.com/gnp/references.html</ref>


==A==
==A==


* '''[[Pronouns#A|a]]'''. A third-person gender-neutral pronoun in some archaic as well as living British dialects.<ref>"Epicene pronouns." ''American Heritage Book of English Usage''. [http://web.archive.org/web/20080630041424/http://www.bartleby.com/64/C005/004.html http://web.archive.org/web/20080630041424/http://www.bartleby.com/64/C005/004.html]</ref>
* '''ace'''. Short for asexual, which see.<ref name="UWM">{{cite web|title=Trans, genderqueer, and queer terms glossary|author=University of Wisconsin-Madison: Gender and Sexuality Campus Center | url=http://lgbt.wisc.edu/documents/Trans_and_queer_glossary.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170210021940/https://lgbt.wisc.edu/documents/Trans_and_queer_glossary.pdf|archive-date=10 February 2017}}</ref>
* '''ace'''. Short for asexual, which see.<ref>"Trans, genderqueer, and queer terms glossary." [http://lgbt.wisc.edu/documents/Trans_and_queer_glossary.pdf]</ref>
* '''[[Sexes#Assigned gender at birth|AGAB]]'''. Assigned gender at birth. Most people are either [[Sexes#Assigned female at birth|assigned female at birth (AFAB)]] or [[Sexes#Assigned male at birth|assigned male at birth (AMAB)]].
* '''ag, aggressive'''. Another word for stud, which see. This label should only be used by people of color.<ref>"LGBTQI Terminology." [http://www.lgbt.ucla.edu/documents/LGBTTerminology.pdf]</ref>
* '''[[Sexes#Assigned female at birth|AFAB]]'''. ''See AGAB.''
* '''[[Sex#Assigned_Gender_At_Birth|AGAB]]'''. Assigned Gender At Birth. Most people are either Assigned Female At Birth ([[AFAB]]) or Assigned Male At Birth ([[AMAB]]).
[[File:Agender.png|thumb|The most commonly used agender pride flag, created in 2014.]]
* '''AGP'''. Short for autogynephilia, which see.<ref>Jack Molay. "Transgender and transsexual glossary." January 25, 2010. [http://www.crossdreamers.com/2010/01/transgender-and-transsexual-glossary.html]</ref>
* '''[[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.
* [[AFAB]]. ''See AGAB.''
* '''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 [[transition]]ing, being of a [[Nonbinary_gender_in_fiction#Fictional_sexes|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bigendering.tumblr.com/post/184717767156/term-of-the-day-altersex |title=Term of the day: Altersex |date= 7 May 2019 |work=Bigendering|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230525034153/https://bigendering.tumblr.com/post/184717767156/term-of-the-day-altersex |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Intended to replace problematic terms like "futanari", "herm", "dickgirl", etc.<ref name="altersex-DA">{{Cite web |title=Altersex by Pride-Flags |author= |work=DeviantArt |date=29 May 2017 |access-date=28 June 2020 |url= https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Altersex-683411440|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603004106/https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Altersex-683411440 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Has been called transphobic by some<ref>{{cite web| url= https://bigendering.tumblr.com/post/184723258911/chiquitadave-replied-to-your-post-term-of-the|title= chiquitadave replied to your post "Term of the day: Altersex" |work=Bigendering|date=7 May 2019}}</ref> and should not be applied to real life people who do not identify themselves as such.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Biological and Anatomical Sex: Endosex, Intersex & Altersex |author=Mx. Anunnaki Ray Marquez |work=anunnakiray.com |date=12 December 2019 |access-date=22 January 2022 |url= https://anunnakiray.com/2019/12/12/biological-and-anatomical-sex-endosex-intersex-altersex/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213103039/https://anunnakiray.com/2019/12/12/biological-and-anatomical-sex-endosex-intersex-altersex/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* '''[[Agender|agender]]'''. 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.
* '''[[Sexes#Assigned male at birth|AMAB]]'''. ''See AGAB.''
* '''[[Pronouns#Ala|ala]], alum, alis, ?, ?.'''. A set of third-person gender-neutral pronouns created in 1989.<ref>Dennis Baron, "The Epicene Pronouns: A chronology of the word that failed." [http://www.english.illinois.edu/-people-/faculty/debaron/essays/epicene.htm http://www.english.illinois.edu/-people-/faculty/debaron/essays/epicene.htm]</ref>
[[File:Androgyne Necker Cube.png|thumb|Androgyne symbol. In 1996, self-identified androgyne Raphael Carter proposed adopting this ambiguous geometric shape, the Necker Cube, as a symbol for androgynes, "because it is either concave or convex depending on how you look at it."<ref name="CarterAngelDict">{{cite web| first=Raphael |last= Carter |title= The Angel's Dictionary |date= 14 July 1996 |archive-url= http://web.archive.org/web/19990427014012/www.chaparraltree.com/raq/angels.shtml |archive-date=27 April 1999 |url= http://www.chaparraltree.com/raq/angels.shtml}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Necker Cube: Symbol For Androgyny |author=Titman, Nat |authorlink=Nat Titman |work=Practical Androgyny |date=25 June 2011 |access-date=21 September 2021 |url= https://practicalandrogyny.com/2011/06/25/the-necker-cube-symbol-for-androgyny/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131181750/https://practicalandrogyny.com/2011/06/25/the-necker-cube-