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* '''[[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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220806013925/http://campusclimate.berkeley.edu/students/ejce/geneq/resources/lgbtq-resources/definition-terms|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220806013925/http://campusclimate.berkeley.edu/students/ejce/geneq/resources/lgbtq-resources/definition-terms|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315023315/https://www.crossdreamers.com/2010/01/transgender-and-transsexual-glossary.html |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331095508/https://www.crossdreamers.com/2014/08/crossdreaming-described.html |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315023315/https://www.crossdreamers.com/2010/01/transgender-and-transsexual-glossary.html |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331095508/https://www.crossdreamers.com/2014/08/crossdreaming-described.html |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</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=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506105845/http://geneq.berkeley.edu/lgbt_resources_definiton_of_terms|date=July 2013|archive-date=6 May 2016|access-date=29 July 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> A cross-dresser may consider themself to be cisgender or transgender.


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* '''[[English neutral pronouns#E|e]]''', '''em, eir, eirs, eirself'''. A set of gender-neutral pronouns, made popular by writer Michael Spivak in the 1980s.<ref>"Gender-neutral pronoun FAQ." [https://web.archive.org/web/20120229202924/http://aetherlumina.com/gnp/listing.html]</ref> There are many similar sets with small differences.
* '''[[English neutral pronouns#E|e]]''', '''em, eir, eirs, eirself'''. A set of gender-neutral pronouns, made popular by writer Michael Spivak in the 1980s.<ref>"Gender-neutral pronoun FAQ." [https://web.archive.org/web/20120229202924/http://aetherlumina.com/gnp/listing.html]</ref> There are many similar sets with small differences.
* '''effeminate'''. A feminine man. Some see this as an offensive word.<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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315023315/https://www.crossdreamers.com/2010/01/transgender-and-transsexual-glossary.html |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* '''effeminate'''. A feminine man. Some see this as an offensive word.<ref name="Molay2010"/>
* '''[[emasculation]]'''. A surgery to take away the penis and testicles.
* '''[[emasculation]]'''. A surgery to take away the penis and testicles.
* '''emoji pronouns'''. A type of pronoun set used in online communication.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/BvIprBRFH7j/ Instagram post by nonbinaryculture], 17 March 2019 </ref> For example "🌸/🌸s/🌸self" or "🔥/🔥s/🔥s/🔥self".
* '''emoji pronouns'''. A type of pronoun set used in online communication.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/BvIprBRFH7j/ Instagram post by nonbinaryculture], 17 March 2019 </ref> For example "🌸/🌸s/🌸self" or "🔥/🔥s/🔥s/🔥self".
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* '''eonism'''. Term for an [[AMAB]] person dressing as a woman. Coined by sexologist Havelock Ellis, derived from the name of a historical figure, [[wikipedia:Chevalier d'Éon|Chevalier d'Éon]].<ref>https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/eonism [https://web.archive.org/web/20230518101013/https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/eonism Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* '''eonism'''. Term for an [[AMAB]] person dressing as a woman. Coined by sexologist Havelock Ellis, derived from the name of a historical figure, [[wikipedia:Chevalier d'Éon|Chevalier d'Éon]].<ref>https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/eonism [https://web.archive.org/web/20230518101013/https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/eonism Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* '''[[eunuch]]'''. A person who was assigned male at birth and had some or all of their private parts removed. Some transgender people think of themselves as eunuchs. Some think of eunuch as a nonbinary gender identity.<ref>"Eunuch." ''Susan's Place Transgender Resource Wiki." [https://susans.org/wiki/Eunuch]</ref>
* '''[[eunuch]]'''. A person who was assigned male at birth and had some or all of their private parts removed. Some transgender people think of themselves as eunuchs. Some think of eunuch as a nonbinary gender identity.<ref>"Eunuch." ''Susan's Place Transgender Resource Wiki." [https://susans.org/wiki/Eunuch]</ref>
* '''exorsexism'''. A term for [[discrimination against nonbinary people]], whether intentional or not.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://exorsexistbullshit.tumblr.com/post/146314687718/whats-exorsexism-mean-sorry-i-keep-seeing-it|title=What's exorsexism mean? Sorry, I keep seeing it and I don't know|date=22 June 2016|work=Exorsexist Bullshit (blog)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230523082859/https://exorsexistbullshit.tumblr.com/post/146314687718/whats-exorsexism-mean-sorry-i-keep-seeing-it|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> Coined in 2016 by tumblr user vergess.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190112160958/http://vergess.tumblr.com/post/143919554200/xor-gender-chart |title=XOR Gender Chart| date=5 May 2016 |archive-date=12 January 2019|url=http://vergess.tumblr.com/post/143919554200/xor-gender-chart}}</ref> Also called enbyphobia.<ref name="Archangel">{{Cite web |title=Gender Fluidity 101 |author=Archangel{{!}}December |work=The Everyday |date=17 January 2021 |access-date=6 March 2021 |url= https://theeverydaymagazine.co.uk/opinion/gender-fluidity-101|archive-url=False |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* '''exorsexism'''. A term for [[discrimination against nonbinary people]], whether intentional or not.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://exorsexistbullshit.tumblr.com/post/146314687718/whats-exorsexism-mean-sorry-i-keep-seeing-it|title=What's exorsexism mean? Sorry, I keep seeing it and I don't know|date=22 June 2016|work=Exorsexist Bullshit (blog)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230523082859/https://exorsexistbullshit.tumblr.com/post/146314687718/whats-exorsexism-mean-sorry-i-keep-seeing-it|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> Coined in 2016 by tumblr user vergess.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190112160958/http://vergess.tumblr.com/post/143919554200/xor-gender-chart |title=XOR Gender Chart| date=5 May 2016 |archive-date=12 January 2019|url=http://vergess.tumblr.com/post/143919554200/xor-gender-chart}}</ref> Also called enbyphobia.<ref name="Archangel">{{Cite web |title=Gender Fluidity 101 |author=Archangel{{!}}December |work=The Everyday |date=17 January 2021 |access-date=6 March 2021 |url=https://theeverydaymagazine.co.uk/opinion/gender-fluidity-101 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719161724/https://theeverydaymagazine.co.uk/opinion/gender-fluidity-101 |archive-date=19 July 2023 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>


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* '''female to male transsexual (FTM).''' A [[Man#Transgender men|trans man]]. This term was coined by trans man Lou Sullivan, "in response to the custom of medical doctors and psychologists labeling us 'female transsexuals.'"<ref>Zander, "Coming of age." 2013-02-28. [http://www.genderodyssey.org/blog/coming-of-age-by-zander] [https://web.archive.org/web/20230701111011/https://genderodyssey.org/blog/coming-of-age-by-zander/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> FTM can also mean nonbinary people who transition in a way similar to trans men, and describe themselves as being on the FTM spectrum. Abbreviated FTM, F2M.
* '''female to male transsexual (FTM).''' A [[Man#Transgender men|trans man]]. This term was coined by trans man Lou Sullivan, "in response to the custom of medical doctors and psychologists labeling us 'female transsexuals.'"<ref>Zander, "Coming of age." 2013-02-28. [http://www.genderodyssey.org/blog/coming-of-age-by-zander] [https://web.archive.org/web/20230701111011/https://genderodyssey.org/blog/coming-of-age-by-zander/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> FTM can also mean nonbinary people who transition in a way similar to trans men, and describe themselves as being on the FTM spectrum. Abbreviated FTM, F2M.
* '''[[femme]], fem'''. A queer feminine gender identity or expression, which some see as a nonbinary gender.
* '''[[femme]], fem'''. A queer feminine gender identity or expression, which some see as a nonbinary gender.
* '''femboy'''. A boy or man whose [[gender expression]] is [[feminine]] may be called a femboy or may self-identify as such.<ref>{{cite web|website= Wiktionary|url=https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=femboy&oldid=58188238|date=18 December 2019 |access-date=14 December 2020|title=femboy|archive-url=False|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> Some femboys undergo [[hormone therapy]] to appear more feminine and/or less masculine, while still identifying as cisgender (though some end up later identifying as transgender).<ref name="AlyW-Exploration">{{Cite web |title=An Exploration of Possibilities for Hormone Therapy in Non-Binary Transfeminine People |last=W. |first=Aly |work=Transfeminine Science |date=22 June 2021 |access-date=27 June 2021 |url= https://transfemscience.org/articles/nonbinary-transfem-overview/ |quote=There are also individuals who seek hormonal feminization and/or demasculinization but do not actually identify as transgender. These cisgender-identified individuals often refer to themselves as “femboys”. Communities of these individuals exist on social media sites like Reddit (e.g., r/FemboyTransition). Feminization-inclined cisgender people who pursue hormonal transition often have similar preferences as transfeminine non-binary people—one of the most common of which is feminization without breast development. Sometimes these initially cisgender-identified hormonally transitioning individuals end up progressing to a transgender identity with time. |archive-url=False |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> In the 2021 [[Gender Census]], 223 respondents (0.50% of total respondents) wrote that they were femboys.<ref>{{cite web| title= [GC2021] Identity| date=10 March 2021| url= https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WCFvopijdsWAsT6NGGnjUB7QpLmrs584Q9slbId3JDw/edit#gid=260963482}}</ref> Caution: "Femboy" should not be used against [[transfeminine]] people, as it is considered misgendering.
* '''femboy'''. A boy or man whose [[gender expression]] is [[feminine]] may be called a femboy or may self-identify as such.<ref>{{cite web|website=Wiktionary|url=https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=femboy&oldid=58188238|date=18 December 2019|access-date=14 December 2020|title=femboy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719161743/https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=femboy&oldid=58188238|archive-date=19 July 2023|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> Some femboys undergo [[hormone therapy]] to appear more feminine and/or less masculine, while still identifying as cisgender (though some end up later identifying as transgender).<ref name="AlyW-Exploration">{{Cite web |title=An Exploration of Possibilities for Hormone Therapy in Non-Binary Transfeminine People |last=W. |first=Aly |work=Transfeminine Science |date=22 June 2021 |access-date=27 June 2021 |url=https://transfemscience.org/articles/nonbinary-transfem-overview/ |quote=There are also individuals who seek hormonal feminization and/or demasculinization but do not actually identify as transgender. These cisgender-identified individuals often refer to themselves as “femboys”. Communities of these individuals exist on social media sites like Reddit (e.g., r/FemboyTransition). Feminization-inclined cisgender people who pursue hormonal transition often have similar preferences as transfeminine non-binary people—one of the most common of which is feminization without breast development. Sometimes these initially cisgender-identified hormonally transitioning individuals end up progressing to a transgender identity with time. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719161743/https://transfemscience.org/articles/nonbinary-transfem-overview/ |archive-date=19 July 2023 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> In the 2021 [[Gender Census]], 223 respondents (0.50% of total respondents) wrote that they were femboys.<ref>{{cite web| title= [GC2021] Identity| date=10 March 2021| url= https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WCFvopijdsWAsT6NGGnjUB7QpLmrs584Q9slbId3JDw/edit#gid=260963482}}</ref> Caution: "Femboy" should not be used against [[transfeminine]] people, as it is considered misgendering.
* '''FFS'''. Acronym for [[Facial surgery|facial feminization surgery]].
* '''FFS'''. Acronym for [[Facial surgery|facial feminization surgery]].
* '''[[Fluid Gender|fluid gender]]'''. A gender identity that changes.
* '''[[Fluid Gender|fluid gender]]'''. A gender identity that changes.
* '''FT*'''. Female to unspecified transgender. This term includes all transgender people who were assigned female at birth.
* '''FT*'''. Female to unspecified transgender. This term includes all transgender people who were assigned female at birth.
* '''FTF'''. Female to female. A term used by some trans women/[[transfeminine]] people because they feel "MTF" wrongly implies they were formerly male, or because they dislike having to note their [[sex assigned at birth]].<ref name="FinneganMcNally">{{cite book|title=Counseling Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Substance Abusers: Dual Identities|page=31|year=2002|last1=Finnegan |first1=Dana G. |last2=McNally |first2=Emily B.}}</ref> People using the label FTF might not identify as [[transgender]].<ref name="yout_What">{{Cite web |title=What are MTM and FTF??? {{!}} ABC's of LGBT |last=Hardell |first=Ash |authorlink=Ash Hardell|work=YouTube |date=30 August 2015 |access-date=26 April 2020 |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH12b8QGti0&feature=emb_title|archive-url=False |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>[https://beyond-mogai-pride-flags.tumblr.com/post/183395584975/im-confused-how-can-someone-be-ftf-thats Anonymous asked: I'm confused. How can someone be ftf?], 11 March 2019</ref>
* '''FTF'''. Female to female. A term used by some trans women/[[transfeminine]] people because they feel "MTF" wrongly implies they were formerly male, or because they dislike having to note their [[sex assigned at birth]].<ref name="FinneganMcNally">{{cite book|title=Counseling Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Substance Abusers: Dual Identities|page=31|year=2002|last1=Finnegan |first1=Dana G. |last2=McNally |first2=Emily B.}}</ref> People using the label FTF might not identify as [[transgender]].<ref name="yout_What">{{Cite web |title=What are MTM and FTF??? {{!}} ABC's of LGBT |last=Hardell |first=Ash |authorlink=Ash Hardell |work=YouTube |date=30 August 2015 |access-date=26 April 2020 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH12b8QGti0&feature=emb_title |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719161834/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH12b8QGti0&feature=emb_title |archive-date=19 July 2023 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref><ref>[https://beyond-mogai-pride-flags.tumblr.com/post/183395584975/im-confused-how-can-someone-be-ftf-thats Anonymous asked: I'm confused. How can someone be ftf?], 11 March 2019</ref>
* '''FTN'''. Female-to-[[neuter]] (or [[neutrois]]) transsexual (or transgender).<ref name="neut_LGBT" />
* '''FTN'''. Female-to-[[neuter]] (or [[neutrois]]) transsexual (or transgender).<ref name="neut_LGBT" />
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* '''[[gender identity]]'''. "An individual's internal sense of gender, which may or may not be the same as one’s gender assigned at birth."<ref name="Berkeley2019" /> Most people identify as the gender that they were assigned at birth. They are described as '[[cisgender]]'.
* '''[[gender identity]]'''. "An individual's internal sense of gender, which may or may not be the same as one’s gender assigned at birth."<ref name="Berkeley2019" /> Most people identify as the gender that they were assigned at birth. They are described as '[[cisgender]]'.
* '''[[Gender Identity Disorder]] (GID)'''. "The medical diagnosis in the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostics and Statistics Manual IV (DSM4) used to describe a person who experiences significant gender dysphoria (lack of identification with one’s sex and/or gender assigned at birth)."<ref name="Berkeley2013" />
* '''[[Gender Identity Disorder]] (GID)'''. "The medical diagnosis in the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostics and Statistics Manual IV (DSM4) used to describe a person who experiences significant gender dysphoria (lack of identification with one’s sex and/or gender assigned at birth)."<ref name="Berkeley2013" />
* '''[[genderism]]'''. "The system of belief that there are only two genders (men and women) and that gender is inherently tied to one’s sex assigned at birth. It holds cisgender people as superior to transgender people, and punishes or excludes those who don't conform to society’s expectations of gender."<ref name="Berkeley2013" /> See [[cissexism]] and [[nonbinary erasure]]. ''Note:'' when used by [[Feminism#Transgender-exclusionary feminists|TERFs]], "genderist" is a disparaging term for a person who "believes in gender ideology" (i.e. respects gender as self-identified, not based on biology).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=433662447121753&id=368260636995268&__tn__=H-R|date=21 July 2018|author=trans autistica|title=there really needs to be more information about terf tactics|archive-url=False|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
* '''[[genderism]]'''. "The system of belief that there are only two genders (men and women) and that gender is inherently tied to one’s sex assigned at birth. It holds cisgender people as superior to transgender people, and punishes or excludes those who don't conform to society’s expectations of gender."<ref name="Berkeley2013" /> See [[cissexism]] and [[nonbinary erasure]]. ''Note:'' when used by [[Feminism#Transgender-exclusionary feminists|TERFs]], "genderist" is a disparaging term for a person who "believes in gender ideology" (i.e. respects gender as self-identified, not based on biology).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=433662447121753&id=368260636995268&__tn__=H-R|date=21 July 2018|author=trans autistica|title=there really needs to be more information about terf tactics|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719162317/https://www.facebook.com/login/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpermalink.php%3Fstory_fbid%3D433662447121753%26id%3D368260636995268%26__tn__%3DH-R|archive-date=19 July 2023|access-date=5 July 2020|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>
* '''[[Gender nonconformity|gender non-conformity]] (GNC)'''. Regardless of gender identity or whether one is cisgender or transgender, resistance to conforming to a female or male gender expression.
* '''[[Gender nonconformity|gender non-conformity]] (GNC)'''. Regardless of gender identity or whether one is cisgender or transgender, resistance to conforming to a female or male gender expression.
* '''genderpunk'''. Another term for [[genderfuck]].<ref>https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/genderpunk [https://web.archive.org/web/20221128000353/https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/genderpunk Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* '''genderpunk'''. Another term for [[genderfuck]].<ref>https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/genderpunk [https://web.archive.org/web/20221128000353/https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/genderpunk Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
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*'''NB''' or '''nb'''. An abbreviation for [[nonbinary]]. In some contexts this abbreviation means "non-Black", so the alternate abbreviations '''nbi'''/'''NBI'''/'''NBi, N-B/n-b'''<ref>https://mobile.twitter.com/search?q=%22n-b%22</ref>''',''' or '''NBY'''/'''nby''' can be used to avoid confusion when talking about nonbinary people.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=queersoph |number=1432121681003302917 |author=soph |title=just a heads up to friends (no one has done this lately so it’s not an indirect) that nb/NB stands for non-black, nbi/NBI or nby/NBY is an abbreviation for non-binary |date=29 August 2021}}</ref>
*'''NB''' or '''nb'''. An abbreviation for [[nonbinary]]. In some contexts this abbreviation means "non-Black", so the alternate abbreviations '''nbi'''/'''NBI'''/'''NBi, N-B/n-b'''<ref>https://mobile.twitter.com/search?q=%22n-b%22</ref>''',''' or '''NBY'''/'''nby''' can be used to avoid confusion when talking about nonbinary people.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=queersoph |number=1432121681003302917 |author=soph |title=just a heads up to friends (no one has done this lately so it’s not an indirect) that nb/NB stands for non-black, nbi/NBI or nby/NBY is an abbreviation for non-binary |date=29 August 2021}}</ref>
*'''[[neopronouns]]'''. Any pronoun that is not traditionally part of the language. In English, neopronouns are any third-person pronouns other than he/him, she/her, they/them, or it/its.
*'''[[neopronouns]]'''. Any pronoun that is not traditionally part of the language. In English, neopronouns are any third-person pronouns other than he/him, she/her, they/them, or it/its.
*'''[[neutrois]]'''. Coined by a neutrois person named H. A. Burnham in 1995.<ref>Axey, Qwill, Rave, and Luscious Daniel, eds. “FAQ.” Neutrois Outpost. Last updated 2000-11-23. Retrieved 2001-03-07. [http://web.archive.org/web/20010307115554/http://www.neutrois.com/faq.htm]</ref> Having one nonbinary gender identity that is neutral. Not female, not male, and not a mix. Some neutrois people are transsexual, experience gender dysphoria, and want to get a physical transition.<ref>"Define." ''Neutrois Nonsense.'' [http://neutrois.me/neutrois] [https://web.archive.org/web/20221206235937/https://neutrois.me/neutrois/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*'''[[neutrois]]'''. Coined by a neutrois person named H. A. Burnham in 1995.<ref>Axey, Qwill, Rave, and Luscious Daniel, eds. “FAQ.” Neutrois Outpost. Last updated 2000-11-23. Retrieved 2001-03-07. [https://web.archive.org/web/20010307115554/http://www.neutrois.com/faq.htm]</ref> Having one nonbinary gender identity that is neutral. Not female, not male, and not a mix. Some neutrois people are transsexual, experience gender dysphoria, and want to get a physical transition.<ref>"Define." ''Neutrois Nonsense.'' [http://neutrois.me/neutrois] [https://web.archive.org/web/20221206235937/https://neutrois.me/neutrois/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
[[File:Nonbinary.png|thumb|[[Nonbinary]] flag by Kye Rowan in 2014. Yellow is for gender without reference to the gender binary. White: those with [[multigender|many]] or [[pangender|all genders]]. Purple: a mix of female and male. Black: [[agender|without gender]].]]
[[File:Nonbinary.png|thumb|[[Nonbinary]] flag by Kye Rowan in 2014. Yellow is for gender without reference to the gender binary. White: those with [[multigender|many]] or [[pangender|all genders]]. Purple: a mix of female and male. Black: [[agender|without gender]].]]
*'''[[Nonbinary|non-binary gender]]''', '''nonbinary gender''', or '''nonbinary'''. An umbrella term for all who don't identify as just female or male. Though there are many kinds of nonbinary gender identities, some people identify as "nonbinary" only.
*'''[[Nonbinary|non-binary gender]]''', '''nonbinary gender''', or '''nonbinary'''. An umbrella term for all who don't identify as just female or male. Though there are many kinds of nonbinary gender identities, some people identify as "nonbinary" only.
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*'''person perceived as a man (PPM)''' and '''person perceived as a woman (PPW)'''. Created by Rabbit KM in 2015. People perceived as men are usually seen and treated as men, but who don't identify as male. For example, masculine nonbinary people, and some trans women. Vice versa for people perceived as women. This term is useful for people who often get misgendered.<ref>Rabbit KM (queercrip). "Terms we need: PPW/PPM (people perceived as women/men)." April 11, 2015. http://queercrip.tumblr.com/post/116160527412/terms-we-need-ppw-ppm-people-perceived-as [https://web.archive.org/web/20210124013659/https://queercrip.tumblr.com/post/116160527412/terms-we-need-ppw-ppm-people-perceived-as Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
*'''person perceived as a man (PPM)''' and '''person perceived as a woman (PPW)'''. Created by Rabbit KM in 2015. People perceived as men are usually seen and treated as men, but who don't identify as male. For example, masculine nonbinary people, and some trans women. Vice versa for people perceived as women. This term is useful for people who often get misgendered.<ref>Rabbit KM (queercrip). "Terms we need: PPW/PPM (people perceived as women/men)." April 11, 2015. http://queercrip.tumblr.com/post/116160527412/terms-we-need-ppw-ppm-people-perceived-as [https://web.archive.org/web/20210124013659/https://queercrip.tumblr.com/post/116160527412/terms-we-need-ppw-ppm-people-perceived-as Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>
* '''pre-op'''. A trans person who hasn't gotten surgery yet.
* '''pre-op'''. A trans person who hasn't gotten surgery yet.
*'''presentation'''. "The totality of one’s appearance, including attire, voice, behavior, body language, etc."<ref name="hans">{{cite web|title=Gender terms.|last=Hans|first=T. Aaron|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20020614112429/http:/alisha_clarke.tripod.com/readings/gender_terms.htm|url=http://alisha_clarke.tripod.com/readings/gender_terms.htm|archive-date=14 June 2002}}</ref>
*'''presentation'''. "The totality of one’s appearance, including attire, voice, behavior, body language, etc."<ref name="hans">{{cite web|title=Gender terms.|last=Hans|first=T. Aaron|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020614112429/http://alisha_clarke.tripod.com/readings/gender_terms.htm|url=http://alisha_clarke.tripod.com/readings/gender_terms.htm|archive-date=14 June 2002|access-date=27 April 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
*'''[[pronouns]]'''. Words that stand in for nouns. In a trans or nonbinary context this usually refers to singular third-person pronouns such as he/him/his, she/her/hers, they/them/theirs, ze/hir/hirs, etc. Pronouns are part of a person's [[gender expression]].
*'''[[pronouns]]'''. Words that stand in for nouns. In a trans or nonbinary context this usually refers to singular third-person pronouns such as he/him/his, she/her/hers, they/them/theirs, ze/hir/hirs, etc. Pronouns are part of a person's [[gender expression]].
*'''[[pumping]]'''. A body modification to the phallus, which may be part of the physical transition of trans people in the female-to-male spectrum.
*'''[[pumping]]'''. A body modification to the phallus, which may be part of the physical transition of trans people in the female-to-male spectrum.
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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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230315023315/https://www.crossdreamers.com/2010/01/transgender-and-transsexual-glossary.html |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</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.
* '''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"/> 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.


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*'''[[English neutral pronouns#Xe|xe]]'''. Several sets of gender-neutral pronouns use "xe" in the nominative form.
*'''[[English neutral pronouns#Xe|xe]]'''. Several sets of gender-neutral pronouns use "xe" in the nominative form.
*'''[[xenogender]]'''. Coined by Baaphomett in 2014. "A gender that cannot be contained by human understandings of gender; more concerned with crafting other methods of gender categorization and hierarchy such as those relating to animals, plants, or other creatures/things."<ref>"Masterpost of genders coined by Baaphomett." 2014. ''MOGAI Archive.'' [http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/91736136744/masterpost-of-genders-coined-by-baaphomett] {{dead link}}</ref> An umbrella term for many nonbinary gender identities defined in reference to very different ideas than female or male.
*'''[[xenogender]]'''. Coined by Baaphomett in 2014. "A gender that cannot be contained by human understandings of gender; more concerned with crafting other methods of gender categorization and hierarchy such as those relating to animals, plants, or other creatures/things."<ref>"Masterpost of genders coined by Baaphomett." 2014. ''MOGAI Archive.'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20230719014900/https://www.tumblr.com/login_required/mogai-archive]</ref> An umbrella term for many nonbinary gender identities defined in reference to very different ideas than female or male.


== Z==
== Z==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120229202924/http:/aetherlumina.com/gnp/listing.html Gender Neutral Pronoun FAQ.]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120229202924/http:/aetherlumina.com/gnp/listing.html Gender Neutral Pronoun FAQ.]
*[https://jmcottle.com/hallelujah-its-raining-labels/ J.M. Cottle, "Hallelujah, it's raining labels."]
*[https://jmcottle.com/hallelujah-its-raining-labels/ J.M. Cottle, "Hallelujah, it's raining labels."]
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20050308185631/http:/www.chaparraltree.com/raq/angels.shtml Raphael Carter, "Angel's Dictionary."]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050308185631/http://www.chaparraltree.com/raq/angels.shtml Raphael Carter, "Angel's Dictionary."]


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