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• Epicene
  ...2023}}</ref> In linguistics, the adjective "epicene" is used to describe a word that has only one form for both male and female referents. Epicene can also
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• Main Page/featured articles/04
  ...anging the way that people talk can help make [[sexism|sexist]] ideas less common. For example, the sexist idea that some jobs should only be done by people
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• Gender neutral language in Dutch
  ...he grammatical gender does not always line up with the natural gender of a word, for example, all diminutive forms are neuter. *'''Vriend.''' Word for platonic friend or romantic partner. Has masculine connotations.
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• Binarism
  '''Binarism''' is the common but wrong idea that there are only two genders, expressed in a way that is The word "binarism" is commonly used to mean [[nonbinary erasure]]. While they are r
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• Gender neutral language in Swedish/en
  ...le on gender neutral language for general reasons to use neutral language, common problems in using it, and its use for nonbinary people. Swedish’s official gender-neutral pronoun is hen/hen/hens. The Swedish common-inanimate pronoun den/den/dens (equivalent to it/it/its) is also used for g
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• Sissy
  * The word continues to be in common usage as a derogatory epithet for gender non-conforming and gay men today. ...roles, presentation, orientation, and preferences as a feature in that one word can communicate so much about who they are, how they see themselves, and ho
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• Polygender
  ...nonbinary identities|the common nonbinary identities today]]. In 1998, the word polygender was used in a transgender community on the Internet called [[Sph ...way, which seems to have been an early permutation of the now widely-known word "[[genderqueer]]."
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• Ethnicity and culture
  ...society, religion, region, or other kinds of experience that they have in common with each other. This is part of how they think of who they are, and how th ...have "many genders," and call themself [[multigender]]. Supporters of the word "pangender" say that by "all genders," they only mean all the genders that
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• Gender neutral language in Swedish
  ...le on gender neutral language for general reasons to use neutral language, common problems in using it, and its use for nonbinary people.</translate> ...--> Swedish’s official gender-neutral pronoun is hen/hen/hens. The Swedish common-inanimate pronoun den/den/dens (equivalent to it/it/its) is also used for g
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• Cissexism
  Casual cissexism is common in language, and one way to address it is by taking up [[gender neutral lan Another specific form of cissexism is [[nonbinary erasure]], the common but wrong idea that there are only two genders. This comes with the expecta
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• Umbrella term
  ...ientation|sexuality]] or [[gender identity]] labels that have something in common. A person could identify as one of the specific identities under an umbrell ....org/web/20230509025241/http://thesafezoneproject.com/faq/isnt-queer-a-bad-word/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>
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• Neutral names starting with L
  '''Lake'''. English. A gender neutral name, from the English word ''lake'', meaning "An inland body of water" in English, ultimately from Lat ...ken'''. English. A gender neutral name, from an elaboration of the English word "lake."<ref>https://www.behindthename.com/name/laken/submitted [https://web
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• Gender neutral language in Spanish
  ...n [[gender neutral language]] for general reasons to use neutral language, common problems in using it, and its use for [[nonbinary]] people. ...peak Spanish in a gender-neutral way when necessary. For example, it's now common for people to write "Latinx," "Latine" or "Latin@" as a gender-inclusive ve
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• Intergender
  ...n the [[binary gender]]s of female and male, and may be a mix of both. The word "intergender" has been independently coined by different people at differen ...tergender webring. A webring was something that any site with something in common with its theme could choose to join, so users could browse a list of sites
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• Neuter
  '''[[Neuter]]''' is a long-established word for a [[sexes|sex]] or gender outside of the [[gender binary]]. Various dic ...ith these meanings for hundreds of years, surveys show that it hasn't been common for contemporary [[nonbinary]] people to call themselves neuter.<ref>[https
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• Urningin
  ...themselves in a generally-masculine way. Urningin derives from the German word ''Urning'', referring to [[Uranian|Uranians]], suffixed with ''-in'', denot ...gin'' Urningins. (Because ''Weibling'' is already a grammatically feminine word in German, Ulrichs notes that ''Weiblingin'' is not used.)<ref name="Ulrich
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• Cogender
  ...r '''co-gender''' (from Latin ''co'' ("with, together") + ''gender'') is a word that has been used with a few different meanings. It has been coined indepe ...ed to a men-only or women-only community. This is the most common way this word is used. When used in print, it's usually in reference to a co-gender schoo
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• Genderqueer/en
  ...However, the terms have different historical scopes and connotations. The word genderqueer was used at least ten years before nonbinary. ...eer,' and was for a time written as 'GenderQueer' before becoming a single word. The original meaning was literally queer gender, including anyone who felt
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• LGBT
  ...talk about. However this also leads to confusion, as it is not a distinct word. The '''U''' is sometimes stated to stand for "[[List of uncommon nonbinary ...than list out all the possible identities. However, like QUILTBAG, it is a word that has a different meaning, which causes confusion. It also can describe
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• Genderqueer/ru
  ...However, the terms have different historical scopes and connotations. The word genderqueer was used at least ten years before nonbinary. ...eer,' and was for a time written as 'GenderQueer' before becoming a single word. The original meaning was literally queer gender, including anyone who felt
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• Gender neutral language in English
  ...n [[gender neutral language]] for general reasons to use neutral language, common problems in using it, and its use for [[nonbinary]] people. ...s on gender-neutral English, such as Rosalie Maggio's book ''The Nonsexist Word Finder: A Dictionary of Gender-Free Usage'' (1989).
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• Genderqueer
  ...However, the terms have different historical scopes and connotations. The word genderqueer was used at least ten years before nonbinary. ...eer,' and was for a time written as 'GenderQueer' before becoming a single word. The original meaning was literally queer gender, including anyone who felt
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• Nonbinary/zh-tw
  ...some nonbinary people question whether it can also be used as a nonbinary common noun equivalent of "man" or "woman." The 2020 Gender Census shows that olde Some of the more common identities under the nonbinary umbrella include:
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• Boi
  ...f name="Marech" /> and if one's lover or partner identifies as a boi, it's common to say they are one's boifriend. ...6 of the responses (0.68%) said they were a boi, or used boi as part of a word for their identity, such as [[femme]] boi, femboi, tomboi, or [[demigender|
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• Transmasculine
  The most common transmasculine flag has pink stripes on the top and bottom, and a symmetric ...|access-date=4 June 2021 |quote=DCATS doesn’t take credit for coining the word, which suggests the term is older than the organization.|last=Brito|first=J
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• Gender neutral language in Portuguese
  !Common language ...June 2021|language=Portuguese|trans-title=expansion of the article/pronoun/word ending system?|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230526212632/https
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• Neutral names starting with M
  '''Mar'''. Spanish and Portuguese word meaning "sea". Can also be a shortening of names such as Marie, Marius, Mar ...y masculine based either in folk etymology or common misconception. It was common for immigrants named "Maria" to change their name to the Americanized "Mary
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• Gender neutral language in Polish
  ...n [[gender neutral language]] for general reasons to use neutral language, common problems in using it, and its use for [[nonbinary]] people. ...lish. Some Polish nonbinary people create solutions such as gender-neutral word endings, for example "chciałxm"/"chciałom"/"chciałx" instead of "chciał
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• Nonbinary/ja
  ...>Table displaying the percentages of respondents sorted by their preferred word.<ref name="GC20-enby"/></span> ]] ...some nonbinary people question whether it can also be used as a nonbinary common noun equivalent of "man" or "woman." The 2020 Gender Census shows that olde
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• Femme
  ...thing.com/on-the-appropriation-of-femme/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> A common definition of femme is someone who queers or subverts femininity, as oppose ...dhere to these stereotypes.<ref name="Tonic" /> This is similar to how the word ''queer'' was reclaimed by the LGBTQ community.
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• Nonbinary/en
  ...focuses only on historical events about people who call themselves by the word "nonbinary." ...edia site Tumblr coined an abbreviation of nonbinary or N.B., "enby." This word and how people have come to use it is discussed below.<ref name="enby casso
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• Māhū
  ...i in 1789, where he was introduced to a member of a "class of people very common in Otaheitie called Mahoo... who although I was certain was a man, had grea ...same-sex behavior reflects the conflation of gender and sexuality that was common in Western society before the 1960s. The idea that māhū are biological mo
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• Nonbinary
  ...focuses only on historical events about people who call themselves by the word "nonbinary." ...edia site Tumblr coined an abbreviation of nonbinary or N.B., "enby." This word and how people have come to use it is discussed below.<ref name="enby casso
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• Nonbinary/fr
  ...edia site Tumblr coined an abbreviation of nonbinary or N.B., "enby." This word and how people have come to use it is discussed below.<ref name="enby casso ...= https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/collins-dictionary-recognises-word-non-17212246}}</ref>
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• Neutral names starting with N
  '''Nex'''. Meaning unknown, but it is possibly a shortening of the English word "nexus" meaning "a means of connection; a link or tie." In Latin, "nex" is ...rst-Names/N/NI/NIKITA/index.html Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> Keywords: common, feminine inclined, three syllables
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• Public toilets
  There has long been a common misconception that having separate restrooms for men and women helps preven ...are traditional for outhouse doors in the Western world, but they are not common on public restroom signs. Maybe they should be, but at this point, they wou
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• Sexes
  ...distinction has to be made through context. On occasion, using the English word ''gender'' is appropriate.<ref name="Bograd-2015">{{cite journal|last1=Bogr * '''Gender Assigned At Birth (GAAB)''' is a different word order for the above phrase, with the same meaning. This makes '''Female Ass
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• Neutral names starting with C
  ...name is the death metal guitarist [[Cameron Boggs]]. Keywords: appearance, common, geography, masculine inclined, nature, places. ...mynamestats.com/First-Names/C/CA/CAREY/index.html</ref> Keywords: colours, common, neutral inclined, two syllables.
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• Gender neutral language in German
  ...n [[gender neutral language]] for general reasons to use neutral language, common problems in using it, and its use for [[nonbinary]] people. ...se or glottal stop. In between "feminine" and "masculine" ending, the most common version:
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• Gender designation in different cultures
  ...es all children appear genetically female until puberty. This disorder is common "[i]n an isolated village in the Dominican Republic."<ref name=":0" /> Bec ...ognized as men if they promise to remain virgins. These ''virgjinesha''—a word meaning sworn virgins—emerged as a social class when wars in the communit
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• Discrimination against nonbinary people
  ...scrimination against [[nonbinary]] gender people. Nonbinary erasure is the common but wrong idea that there are only two genders, female and male (the [[bina Binarism is the common but wrong idea that there are only two [[gender]]s, and this idea is put in
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• Neutral names starting with T
  ...980s and became popular in the first decade of the 2000s. From the English word "talon," meaning "the claws of a bird of prey."<ref>https://www.thenamemean ...rst-Names/T/TE/TEAL/index.html</ref> Keywords: air, birds, colors, English word names, one syllable, water.
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• Genderqueer/de
  ...to be associated with queer sexuality, or still see queer as an offensive word. ...sider themselves to be nonbinary by gender expression, and it is currently common for nonbinary-identified individuals to also identify as genderqueer (espec
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• Jennie June
  ...out of eleven children.<ref name="OutHistory 2" /> During that era, it was common for people in the US to have many children, because the infant mortality ra ...ING THAT WOULD LEAD THE DISGRACED TO COMMIT SUICIDE, WHICH EVENT IS FAIRLY COMMON AMONG THESE 'STEPCHILDREN OF NATURE.'"<ref name="OutHistory 2" />
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• X-gender
  ...ed-links-on-non-binary-gender-in-japan Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> The word X-gender is used in Japan in the same way that [[genderqueer]] and [[nonbin ...e following are only some of those notable people who specifically use the word "x-gender" for themselves.
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• Neutral names starting with A
  ...nted. Keywords: Biblical, feminine inclined, Jewish, three syllables, very common ...ps://www.mynamestats.com/First-Names/A/AD/ADDIE/index.html</ref> Keywords: common, cute, feminine inclined, two syllables. Notable nonbinary characters in fi
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• Gender neutral language
  ...anging the way that people talk can help make [[sexism|sexist]] ideas less common. For example, the sexist idea that some jobs should only be done by people ...this kind of talk helps fight against [[nonbinary erasure]], which is the common but wrong and sexist idea that there are only two genders. Since gender-neu
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• Woman
  ...umptions about the definitive characteristics of womanhood are not held in common by all women. Having the ability or desire to give birth are not what makes ...-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230525155450/https://www.etymonline.com/word/womb|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> (modern German retains the colloquia
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• Template letters
  ...imes. Today, people can rely on pre-printed greeting cards to express many common sentiments, including gratitude, sympathy, and invitations to specific kind ...xual assault, suicide, or perhaps even witnessing such things. The written word is no place to confide such experiences or feelings even to a friend, where
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• Agender/fi
  ...elf as neither a woman nor a man, but a member of some other gender, as is common in non-Western cultures (and is becoming increasingly recognized in the Wes ...nd ''descriptivist'' (describing how people have actually been ''using'' a word, without telling them to change).
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