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* '''[[Sexes#Assigned gender at birth|CAGAB]].''' Coercively assigned gender at birth. Most people are either coercively assigned female at birth (CAFAB) or coercively assigned male at birth (CAMAB). Unlike AGAB and GAAB, CAGAB emphasizes that the gender was assigned against the person's will, and implies that the person was abused as a child. | * '''[[Sexes#Assigned gender at birth|CAGAB]].''' Coercively assigned gender at birth. Most people are either coercively assigned female at birth (CAFAB) or coercively assigned male at birth (CAMAB). Unlike AGAB and GAAB, CAGAB emphasizes that the gender was assigned against the person's will, and implies that the person was abused as a child. | ||
* '''CAMAB.''' ''See CAGAB.'' | * '''CAMAB.''' ''See CAGAB.'' | ||
* '''[[cisgender]]'''. From Latin ''cis'' "on the same side of" + "gender," "coined in 1995 by a transsexual man named Carl Buijs."<ref> | * '''[[cisgender]]'''. From Latin ''cis'' "on the same side of" + "gender," "coined in 1995 by a transsexual man named Carl Buijs."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Whipping Girl FAQ on cissexual, cisgender, and cis privilege |author=Serano, Julia |work=Whipping Girl (blog) |date=25 August 2011 |access-date=21 September 2021 |url= https://juliaserano.blogspot.com/2011/08/whipping-girl-faq-on-cissexual.html}}</ref> A person who isn't transgender and isn't nonbinary. The Latin prefix ''cis'' ("on the same side of") is the opposite of the Latin prefix ''trans'' ("to the other side of"). | ||
* '''[[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 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> | * '''[[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 name="Molay2010">{{Cite web |title=Transgender, Genderqueer and Transsexual Glossary |last=Molay |first=Jack |work=CrossDreamers.com |date=25 January 2010 |access-date=27 April 2020 |url= https://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 | * '''[[cross-dreamer]]'''. Coined by cross-dreamer Jack Molay.<ref name="Molay2010">{{Cite web |title=Transgender, Genderqueer and Transsexual Glossary |last=Molay |first=Jack |work=CrossDreamers.com |date=25 January 2010 |access-date=27 April 2020 |url= https://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>{{Cite web |title=Crossdreaming Described |last=Molay |first=Jack |work=CrossDreamers.com |date=3 August 2014 |access-date=21 September 2021 |url= https://www.crossdreamers.com/2014/08/crossdreaming-described.html}}</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. | * '''[[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. | ||