Glossary of Irish gender and sex terminology
This page lists Irish terms related to gender and sex. They are alphabetically ordered according to the words in Irish.
A
B
- baineann go fireann (BGF): female-to-male (FTM)
- banríon draig: drag queen
- barrmháinliacht: top surgery
- brú: binding
- bunmháinliacht: bottom surgery
C
- ceisteach: questioning
- cis-inscneach: cisgender
- cis-ghnáthach: cisnormativity
- cis-ghnéasachas: cissexism
- claonadh rómánsach: romantic orientation
D
- dá-inscneach: bigender
- dé-anamúil / duine a bhfuil dhá spiorad ann/inti/iontu/iúmh: Two Spirit / Person with two spirits
- déghnéasach: bisexual
- dénárthacht inscne: gender binary
- diosfóiria inscne: gender dysphoria
F
- fireann go baineann (FGB): male-to-female (MTF)
- folú: tucking
- forainm(neacha): pronoun(s)
G
- gan-ghnéasach: asexual
- gan inscne: agender
- gan obráid: non-op
- gan-rómánsach: aromantic
- gnéaschlaonadh: sexual orientation
I
- iar-obráid: post-op
- idirghnéas: intersex
- inscne-aiteach: genderqueer
L
- leath-inscnech: demigender
- leideanna inscne: gender cues
- leispiach: lesbian
M
- máinliacht dhaingniú inscne: gender confirmation surgery
N
- neamh-dhénártha: nonbinary
- neodrach ó thaobh na hinscne de: gender neutral
- nochtadh inscne: gender expression
P
R
- réamh-obráid: pre-op
- rí draig: drag king
S
- solúbhthacht: fluidity
T
- Teiripe Athsholáthair Hormón: hormone replacement therapy
- trasdul: transition
- trasinscneach: transgender
- tríú inscne: third gender
- teacht amach: coming out
U
- uamhan tras: transphobia
