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    * '''tranny.''' An offensive word for a transgender woman. This word should be reclaimed only by trans women. Other people shouldn't use it.
    * '''tranny.''' An offensive word for a transgender woman. This word should be reclaimed only by trans women. Other people shouldn't use it.
    * '''trans'''. Short for transgender or transsexual.
    * '''trans'''. Short for transgender or transsexual.
    * '''trans*'''. The asterisk is meant to include both transsexual and transgender, and/or to indicate the inclusion of nonbinary identities.<ref name="Steinmetz">{{Cite web |title=The OED Just Added the Word 'Trans*.' Here's What It Means |last=Steinmetz |first=Katy |work=Time |date=3 April 2018 |access-date=27 May 2020 |url= https://time.com/5211799/what-does-trans-asterisk-star-mean-dictionary/}}</ref><ref name="Killermann">{{Cite web |title=What does the asterisk in “trans*” stand for? |author=Killermann, Sam |work=It's Pronounced Metrosexual |date= |access-date=27 May 2020 |url= https://www.itspronouncedmetrosexual.com/2012/05/what-does-the-asterisk-in-trans-stand-for/}}</ref> Considered offensive by some trans people.<ref name="Garvin">{{Cite web |title=What’s the asterisk in “trans*” mean and why do some find it offensive? |last=Garvin |first=Patrick |work=The LGBTQ+ Experiment |date=18 February 2019 |access-date=27 May 2020 |url= https://lgbtqexperiment.com/2019/02/18/is-there-a-difference-between-trans-and-trans-is-trans-offensive/}}</ref>
    * '''transactivism'''. The movement for rights for transgender people.<ref>"LGBTQI Terminology." [http://www.lgbt.ucla.edu/documents/LGBTTerminology.pdf]</ref>
    * '''transactivism'''. The movement for rights for transgender people.<ref>"LGBTQI Terminology." [http://www.lgbt.ucla.edu/documents/LGBTTerminology.pdf]</ref>
    * '''[[Cissexism#Transgender-exclusionary feminists|Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminists (TERFs)]]'''. A movement of cisgender women who fight against transgender rights, because they believe that transgender people are dangerous.<ref><strong style="color:red;">WARNING</strong>: Contains unpleasant verbal content. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/08/04/woman-2</ref> They don't call themselves TERFs, but they do call themselves gender critical or gender abolitionists.
    * '''[[Cissexism#Transgender-exclusionary feminists|Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminists (TERFs)]]'''. A movement of cisgender women who fight against transgender rights, because they believe that transgender people are dangerous.<ref><strong style="color:red;">WARNING</strong>: Contains unpleasant verbal content. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/08/04/woman-2</ref> They don't call themselves TERFs, but they do call themselves gender critical or gender abolitionists.

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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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