Glossary of French gender and sex terminology

This page lists French terms related to gender and sex. They are alphabetically ordered according to the words in French.

A

 * androgynie (androgyny)
 * assignation de sexe à la naissance (sex assignment)
 * auto-identification (self-identification)

B

 * binarité de genre (gender binary)
 * binarisme (binarism)

C

 * chirurgie de réassignation sexuelle (gender reassignment surgery)
 * cissexisme (cissexim)
 * coming out (coming out) [see "sortir du placard"]

D

 * diversité de genre (gender diversity)
 * drag king (drag king)
 * drag queen (drag queen)
 * dualité de genre (gender binary/gender duality)
 * dysphorie de genre (gender dysphoria)

E

 * expression de genre (gender expression)

F

 * femme trans, femme transgenre (trans woman) (mtf)

G

 * genre (gender)

H

 * homme trans, homme transgenre (trans man) (ftm)

I

 * identité de genre (gender identity)
 * intersexe (intersex)
 * intersexualité (intersexuality)

M

 * mtf, femme transgenre (mtf)

N

 * non-binaire (nonbinary)
 * non-conformité de genre (non-conformity)
 * normes de genre (gender norms)

P

 * passer (passing)
 * personne dont le genre est fluide (genderfluid)
 * personne allosexuelle, personne altersexuelle (queer)
 * personne androgyne (androgyne)
 * personne bispirituelle (Two Spirit)
 * personne intersexuée (intersex)
 * personne transgenre (transgender)
 * personne transsexuelle (transsexual). Note that this term has negative connotations.
 * personne non-conforme à un genre (gender nonconforming)
 * privilèges cisgenres (cisgender privileges)

Q

 * queer (queer)

R

 * rôle de genre (gender role)

S

 * sortir du placard (coming out)
 * spectre de genre (gender spectrum)

T

 * trans (trans)
 * transactivisme (transactivism)
 * transidentité (transidentity)
 * transition (transition)
 * transitionner (transitioning)
 * transphobie (transphobia)
 * transsexualité (transsexuality)
 * travesti / trav / travelo (travesti) often refer to someone who cross-dress, sometimes for sexual pleasure. Derogatory term.