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* '''[[aporagender]]'''. Coined in 2014, from Greek ''apo, apor'' "separate" + "gender".<ref>http://aporagender.tumblr.com/post/88346079784/could-i-ask-the-etymology-of-the-prefix-apora</ref> A [[nonbinary]] [[gender identity]] and [[umbrella term]]<ref>http://aporagender.tumblr.com/aporagender</ref> for "a gender separate from male, female, and anything in between while still having a very strong and specific gendered feeling" (that is, not an [[agender|absence of gender]]).<ref>http://aporagender.tumblr.com/aporagender</ref> | * '''[[aporagender]]'''. Coined in 2014, from Greek ''apo, apor'' "separate" + "gender".<ref>http://aporagender.tumblr.com/post/88346079784/could-i-ask-the-etymology-of-the-prefix-apora</ref> A [[nonbinary]] [[gender identity]] and [[umbrella term]]<ref>http://aporagender.tumblr.com/aporagender</ref> for "a gender separate from male, female, and anything in between while still having a very strong and specific gendered feeling" (that is, not an [[agender|absence of gender]]).<ref>http://aporagender.tumblr.com/aporagender</ref> | ||
* '''aromantic'''. A [[romantic orientation]] in which a person doesn't feel romantic attraction to people of any gender.<ref name="hallelujah-labels">{{Cite web |title=Hallelujah, it’s raining labels |author=Cottle, J.M. |work=jmcottle.com |date=16 July 2011 |access-date=7 May 2020 |url= https://jmcottle.com/hallelujah-its-raining-labels/}}</ref> | * '''aromantic'''. A [[romantic orientation]] in which a person doesn't feel romantic attraction to people of any gender.<ref name="hallelujah-labels">{{Cite web |title=Hallelujah, it’s raining labels |author=Cottle, J.M. |work=jmcottle.com |date=16 July 2011 |access-date=7 May 2020 |url= https://jmcottle.com/hallelujah-its-raining-labels/}}</ref> | ||
* '''asexuality'''. A [[sexual orientation | * '''asexuality'''. A [[sexual orientation]] in which a person doesn't feel sexual attraction to people of any gender. Asexual people might still feel other types of attraction.<ref name="JHUglossary">{{Cite web |title=LGBT Glossary |author= |publisher=Johns Hopkins University |access-date=11 February 2021 |url= http://web.jhu.edu/LGBTQ/glossary.html}}</ref> | ||
* '''a-spec''' or '''a-spectrum'''. The community of anyone who is in some way asexual or aromantic. | * '''a-spec''' or '''a-spectrum'''. The community of anyone who is in some way asexual or aromantic. | ||
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* '''TG'''. Short for "transgender". | * '''TG'''. Short for "transgender". | ||
* '''TGNB'''. Short for "transgender and nonbinary". | * '''TGNB'''. Short for "transgender and nonbinary". | ||
* '''[[third gender]]'''. In anthropology, an umbrella term for ethnic non-cisgender/non-heterosexual gender roles, which may be | * '''[[third gender]]'''. In anthropology, an umbrella term for ethnic non-cisgender/non-heterosexual gender roles, which may be analogous to transgender and sometimes non-binary genders. Some consider this phrase offensive, and people should reclaim it only with caution. | ||
* '''TMA'''. Stands for "[[transmisogyny]] affected". Used in social justice discussions as a descriptor for people who experience transmisogyny.<ref name="DSJG">{{Cite web |title=Diversity and Social Justice Glossary {{!}} Multicultural Affairs |author= |work=UMass Lowell |date= |access-date=22 September 2020 |url= https://www.uml.edu/student-services/Multicultural/Programs/dpe-glossary.aspx}}</ref> | * '''TMA'''. Stands for "[[transmisogyny]] affected". Used in social justice discussions as a descriptor for people who experience transmisogyny.<ref name="DSJG">{{Cite web |title=Diversity and Social Justice Glossary {{!}} Multicultural Affairs |author= |work=UMass Lowell |date= |access-date=22 September 2020 |url= https://www.uml.edu/student-services/Multicultural/Programs/dpe-glossary.aspx}}</ref> | ||
* '''TME'''. Stands for "[[transmisogyny]] exempt". Used in social justice discussions as a descriptor for people who do not experience transmisogyny,<ref name="DSJG" /> | * '''TME'''. Stands for "[[transmisogyny]] exempt". Used in social justice discussions as a descriptor for people who do not experience transmisogyny,<ref name="DSJG" /> | ||
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==W== | ==W== | ||
* '''WLW'''. Short for "woman who loves women" (when used as singular noun)/"women who love women" (when used as plural noun). Used as an [[umbrella term]]. | |||
* '''WSW'''. Short for women who have sex with women. They may or may not identify as bisexual or lesbian.<ref name="JHUglossary" /> | |||
* '''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=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 received criticism for excluding queer women and women of color from the word "woman".{{citation needed}} | * '''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=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 received criticism for excluding queer women and women of color from the word "woman".{{citation needed}} | ||
* '''womyn'''. A variant spelling of "woman" or "women", pronounced the same way, but without including the words "man" or "men". The term "womyn" was promulgated in lesbian journals of the 1970s, but fell out of favor in the 21st century due to becoming associated with [[TERF]]s.<ref name="Gory">{{Cite web |title=How The Letter "X" Creates More Gender-Neutral Language |author=Gory, Rory |work=Dictionary.com |date=6 August 2019 |access-date=11 February 2021 |url= https://www.dictionary.com/e/letter-x-gender-neutral-language/}}</ref> | * '''womyn'''. A variant spelling of "woman" or "women", pronounced the same way, but without including the words "man" or "men". The term "womyn" was promulgated in lesbian journals of the 1970s, but fell out of favor in the 21st century due to becoming associated with [[TERF]]s.<ref name="Gory">{{Cite web |title=How The Letter "X" Creates More Gender-Neutral Language |author=Gory, Rory |work=Dictionary.com |date=6 August 2019 |access-date=11 February 2021 |url= https://www.dictionary.com/e/letter-x-gender-neutral-language/}}</ref> | ||
* '''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. | ||
==X== | ==X== | ||