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* '''[[cissexism]]'''. A form of sexism, specifically, a way of thought in which only cisgender people are seen as normal or right. Cissexism is harmful to all kinds of transgender people, including non-binary people. | * '''[[cissexism]]'''. A form of sexism, specifically, a way of thought in which only cisgender people are seen as normal or right. Cissexism is harmful to all kinds of transgender people, including non-binary people. | ||
* '''[[Coming out|closet]]'''. To be "in the closet" means that a person is keeping their gender identity and/or sexual orientation a secret. | * '''[[Coming out|closet]]'''. To be "in the closet" means that a person is keeping their gender identity and/or sexual orientation a secret. | ||
* '''[[Coming out|come out]]'''. "To recognize one's sexual orientation, gender identity, or sex identity, and to be open about it with oneself and with others."<ref> | * '''[[Coming out|come out]]'''. "To recognize one's sexual orientation, gender identity, or sex identity, and to be open about it with oneself and with others."<ref name="Berkeley2019">{{cite web|date=May 2019|author=UC Berkeley|title=LGBTQ+ Resources: Definition of Terms|url=https://campusclimate.berkeley.edu/students/ejce/geneq/resources/lgbtq-resources/definition-terms}}</ref> | ||
* '''[[cross-dreamer]]'''. Coined by cross-dreamer Jack Molay.<ref>Jack Molay. "Transgender and transsexual glossary." January 25, 2010. [http://www.crossdreamers.com/2010/01/transgender-and-transsexual-glossary.html]</ref> Someone who feels sexually aroused by the thought of being a different gender than the one they were assigned at birth. They may or may not cross-dress or consider themselves transgender.<ref>Jack Molay, "Crossdreaming described." August 3, 2014. [http://www.crossdreamers.com/2014/08/crossdreaming-described.html]</ref> | * '''[[cross-dreamer]]'''. Coined by cross-dreamer Jack Molay.<ref>Jack Molay. "Transgender and transsexual glossary." January 25, 2010. [http://www.crossdreamers.com/2010/01/transgender-and-transsexual-glossary.html]</ref> Someone who feels sexually aroused by the thought of being a different gender than the one they were assigned at birth. They may or may not cross-dress or consider themselves transgender.<ref>Jack Molay, "Crossdreaming described." August 3, 2014. [http://www.crossdreamers.com/2014/08/crossdreaming-described.html]</ref> | ||
* '''[[cross-dresser]].''' "Someone who wears clothes associated with another gender part of the time."<ref> | * '''[[cross-dresser]].''' "Someone who wears clothes associated with another gender part of the time."<ref name="Berkeley2013>{{cite web|title=LGBT resources: Definition of terms.|url=http://geneq.berkeley.edu/lgbt_resources_definiton_of_terms|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20160506105845/http://geneq.berkeley.edu/lgbt_resources_definiton_of_terms|date=July 2013|archive-date=6 May 2016}}</ref> A cross-dresser may consider themself to be cisgender or transgender. | ||
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