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*'''[[tomboy]]'''. A girl or woman whose [[gender expression]] is [[masculine]] may be called a tomboy or may self-identify as such. | *'''[[tomboy]]'''. A girl or woman whose [[gender expression]] is [[masculine]] may be called a tomboy or may self-identify as such. | ||
*'''[[top surgery]]'''. In the transgender community, euphemism for any gender-validating surgery on a transgender person's breasts/chest. | *'''[[top surgery]]'''. In the transgender community, euphemism for any gender-validating surgery on a transgender person's breasts/chest. | ||
*'''tranny.''' An offensive word for a transgender person. It was originally used against trans women | *'''tranny.''' An offensive word for a transgender person. It was originally used against trans women. | ||
*'''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> | *'''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> | ||
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* '''[[trans woman]]'''. The correct term for a transgender person who has a female gender identity. | * '''[[trans woman]]'''. The correct term for a transgender person who has a female gender identity. | ||
*'''tri-gender''' or '''[[trigender]]'''. Having three different gender identities, or a mix of them, or changing between them.<ref name="hallelujah-labels" /> | *'''tri-gender''' or '''[[trigender]]'''. Having three different gender identities, or a mix of them, or changing between them.<ref name="hallelujah-labels" /> | ||
* '''truscum'''. In the 2010s, a movement of transsexuals (mostly trans men) who argue that a person is only really trans if they meet the diagnostic criteria of gender dysphoria, because they see transsexuality as only a medical condition.<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> Some truscums also believe that people with nonbinary genders are pretenders who make | * '''truscum'''. In the 2010s, a movement of transsexuals (mostly trans men) who argue that a person is only really trans if they meet the diagnostic criteria of gender dysphoria, because they see transsexuality as only a medical condition.<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> Some truscums also believe that people with nonbinary genders are pretenders who make binary trans people look ridiculous. Because this is a reclaimed slur, people who aren't transgender shouldn't use this word, and should instead say "[[transmedicalism|trans medicalist]]" or "transmed" for short. Transgender people reacting to the truscum movement decided to call themselves "tucutes". Tucutes are opposed to dividing the transgender community into "true" and "fake" trans people. | ||
*'''[[Two-spirit]]'''. Hundreds of Native American cultures have gender roles in addition to cisgender female and cisgender male. "Two-spirit" is the agreed-upon modern English umbrella term for these gender roles. | *'''[[Two-spirit]]'''. Hundreds of Native American cultures have gender roles in addition to cisgender female and cisgender male. "Two-spirit" is the agreed-upon modern English umbrella term for these gender roles. | ||