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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 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. | 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.<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> | ||
* '''[[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)]]. | * '''[[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)]]. | ||
* '''[[Sexes#Assigned female at birth|AFAB]]'''. ''See AGAB.'' | * '''[[Sexes#Assigned female at birth|AFAB]]'''. ''See AGAB.'' | ||
[[File:Agender.png|thumb|The most commonly used agender pride flag, created in 2014.]] | |||
* '''[[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. | * '''[[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 [[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> | |||
* '''[[Sexes#Assigned male at birth|AMAB]]'''. ''See AGAB.'' | * '''[[Sexes#Assigned male at birth|AMAB]]'''. ''See AGAB.'' | ||
[[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 c | |||