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* '''[[genderfluid]]''', or gender-fluid. A gender identity that often changes, so that a person may feel one day like a boy, and another day like a girl. Fluid gender. | * '''[[genderfluid]]''', or gender-fluid. A gender identity that often changes, so that a person may feel one day like a boy, and another day like a girl. Fluid gender. | ||
* '''[[genderflux]]'''. A gender identity that often changes in intensity, so that a person may feel one day as though they have almost no gender, or none at all, and another day they feel very gendered. "Whereas genderfluidity is a shift between different genders, genderflux is more like varying intensity." <ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92281884804/genderflux http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92281884804/genderflux]</ref> | * '''[[genderflux]]'''. A gender identity that often changes in intensity, so that a person may feel one day as though they have almost no gender, or none at all, and another day they feel very gendered. "Whereas genderfluidity is a shift between different genders, genderflux is more like varying intensity." <ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92281884804/genderflux http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92281884804/genderflux]</ref> | ||
* '''[[ | * '''[[genderfuck]]'''. A gender expression that intentionally mixes feminine gender markers with masculine. | ||
* '''gender hoarder'''. "When your gender is fluid or flux, but you can’t find just a few terms to describe what your fluctuating gender is, so you 'hoard' gender terms that fit you."<ref>https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Gendercollector-Genderhoarder-Hoardgender-570940853?q=sort%3Atime%20%28%28drakefluid%29%20AND%20%28by%3APride-Flags%29%29&qo=0</ref> | |||
* '''[[gender identity]]'''. "An individual’s internal sense of gender, which may or may not be the same as one’s gender assigned at birth."<ref name="Berkeley2019" /> Most people identify as the gender that they were assigned at birth. They are described as '[[cisgender]]'. | * '''[[gender identity]]'''. "An individual’s internal sense of gender, which may or may not be the same as one’s gender assigned at birth."<ref name="Berkeley2019" /> Most people identify as the gender that they were assigned at birth. They are described as '[[cisgender]]'. | ||
* '''[[Gender Identity Disorder]] (GID)'''. "The medical diagnosis in the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostics and Statistics Manual IV (DSM4) used to describe a person who experiences significant gender dysphoria (lack of identification with one’s sex and/or gender assigned at birth)."<ref name="Berkeley2013" /> | * '''[[Gender Identity Disorder]] (GID)'''. "The medical diagnosis in the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostics and Statistics Manual IV (DSM4) used to describe a person who experiences significant gender dysphoria (lack of identification with one’s sex and/or gender assigned at birth)."<ref name="Berkeley2013" /> | ||
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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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