Glossary of English gender and sex terminology: Difference between revisions

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==L==

* '''Latin@''' or '''Latinx'''. A gender-inclusive form of "Latino"/"Latina" (meaning a person with [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Latin_America Latin American] heritage).

* '''Latin@''' or '''Latinx'''. A gender-inclusive form of "Latino"/"Latina" (meaning a person with [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Latin_America Latin American] heritage). This word is very controversial within Latino groups, and should be used with caution.

* '''[[lesbian]]'''. A person who identifies as a woman (or woman-aligned nonbinary person), who is romantically or sexually attracted ~~only~~ to women (or women and women-aligned nonbinary people).

* '''[[lesbian]]'''. A person who identifies as a woman (or woman-aligned nonbinary person), who is romantically or sexually attracted to women (or women and women-aligned nonbinary people).

[[File:Gay.png|thumb|[[LGBT|LGBT+]] rainbow flag, representing diversity, based on the one designed in 1978.]]

* '''[[LGBT]]'''. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender. Can be extended to LGBT+, LGBTQIA, etc. to explicitly show inclusion of other groups.

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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.

* '''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> This word has recieved criticism for excluding queer women and women of color from the word "woman."

* '''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>