Glossary of English gender and sex terminology: Difference between revisions

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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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ace. Short for asexual, which see.^[1]
AGAB. Assigned gender at birth. Most people are either assigned female at birth (AFAB) or assigned male at birth (AMAB).
AFAB. See AGAB.
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

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 * '''[[Fluid Gender|fluid gender]]'''. A gender identity that changes.
 * '''FT*'''. Female to unspecified transgender. This term includes all transgender people who were assigned female at birth.
-* '''FTF'''. Female to female. A term used by some trans women/[[transfeminine]] people because they feel "MTF" wrongly implies they were formerly male. People using the label FTF may not identify as [[transgender]].<ref name="yout_What">{{Cite web |title=What are MTM and FTF??? {{!}} ABC's of LGBT |last=Hardell |first=Ash |work=YouTube |date=30 August 2015 |access-date=26 April 2020 |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH12b8QGti0&feature=emb_title}}</ref>
+* '''FTF'''. Female to female. A term used by some trans women/[[transfeminine]] people because they feel "MTF" wrongly implies they were formerly male. People using the label FTF may not identify as [[transgender]].<ref name="yout_What">{{Cite web |title=What are MTM and FTF??? {{!}} ABC's of LGBT |last=Hardell |first=Ash |work=YouTube |date=30 August 2015 |access-date=26 April 2020 |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH12b8QGti0&feature=emb_title}}</ref><ref>[https://beyond-mogai-pride-flags.tumblr.com/post/183395584975/im-confused-how-can-someone-be-ftf-thats Anonymous asked: I'm confused. How can someone be ftf?], 11 March 2019</ref>
 * '''FTN'''. Female-to-[[neuter]] (or [[neutrois]]) transsexual (or transgender).<ref name="neutrois_terms">"LGBTQ terms." ''Neutrois.com.'' [http://neutrois.com/definitions/terms/]</ref>