Glossary of English gender and sex terminology
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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 could be called a MOGII glossary. 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 MOGII identities (transgender, gay, lesbian, bisexual, and asexual), 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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A
- 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.
- AMAB. See AGAB.
- ambonec. A nonbinary "gender identity in which you identify as both male and female, yet you also identify as neither, at the same time."[4][5][6]
- androgyne. This word is used for a wide variety of gender nonconforming and non-binary gender identities and gender expressions.
- androphilic. A romantic and sexual orientation in which a person feels attraction to men or masculinity.[7]
- aporagender. Coined in 2014, from Greek apo, apor "separate" + "gender".[8] A nonbinary gender identity and umbrella term[9] for "a gender separate from male, female, and anything in between while still having a very strong and specific gendered feeling" (that is, not an absence of gender).[10]
- aromantic. A romantic orientation in which a person doesn't feel romantic attraction to people of any gender.[11]
- asexuality. A sexual orientation in which a person doesn't feel sexual attraction to people of any gender.
B
- berdache. An old word used by European-American people and anthropologists for gender roles in Native American cultures that are now called two-spirit.
- bi. Short for bisexual, which see.
- bi-gender, bigender. Bigender individuals have two gender identities, at the same time, or at different times.[12]
- binarism. Discrimination against ethnic groups and cultures that recognize non-binary genders, based on the sexist belief that there are only two genders (nonbinary erasure).
- binary gender. A gender identity that fits neatly into only one of the two genders in a gender binary system.
- binder. An undergarment that a person can wear to make their chest look flat. Transgender men wear these so they have a male body shape, if they haven't had surgery to that effect. Some non-binary people wear these to flatten breast tissue.
- biological boy. A less correct term for an AMAB person, which see.
- biological girl. A less correct term for an AFAB person, which see.
- bisexuality. 1. (Obsolete) Intersexuality.