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.


 * aerach: gay
 * aiteach: queer
 * rí draig: drag king
 * baineann go fireann (BGF): female-to-male (FTM)
 * banríon draig: drag queen
 * barrmháinliacht: top surgery
 * brú: binding
 * bunmháinliacht: bottom surgery
 * ceisteach: questioning
 * cis-inscneach: cisgender
 * cis-ghnáthach: cisnormativity
 * cis-ghnéasachas: cissexism
 * 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
 * fireann go baineann (FGB): male-to-female (MTF)
 * gan-ghnéasach: asexual
 * gan inscne: agender
 * gan-rómánsach: aromantic
 * idirghnéas: intersex
 * inscne-aiteach: genderqueer
 * leath-inscnech: demigender
 * leispiach: lesbian
 * máinliacht dhaingniú inscne: gender confirmation surgery
 * nochtadh inscne: gender expression
 * painghnéasach: pansexual
 * solúbhthacht: fluidity
 * trasinscneach: transgender
 * tríú inscne: third gender
 * teacht amach: coming out

External resources

 * An Foclóir Aiteach/The Queer Dictionary