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* '''[[Demigender]]''' is an umbrella term for identities that have a partial connection to a certain gender. | * '''[[Demigender]]''' is an umbrella term for identities that have a partial connection to a certain gender. | ||
* '''[[Gender nonconformity]]''' covers all kinds of [[gender expression]]s that don't conform to society's gender norms. | * '''[[Gender nonconformity]]''' covers all kinds of [[gender expression]]s that don't conform to society's gender norms. | ||
* '''[[Genderqueer]]''' covers many kinds of gender identities and expressions that don't conform to society's gender norms | * '''[[Genderqueer]]''' covers many kinds of gender identities and expressions that don't conform to society's gender norms. | ||
* '''[[LGBT]]''' (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) is an umbrella term for some similar identities, but not an identity itself, since a person generally can't be all four things at once. There are several other ways of writing this initialism, such as LGBTQ, LGBTQQAP, and LGBT+. An alternative way of saying the same thing is the initialism MOGII (marginalized orientations, gender identities, and intersex) | * '''[[LGBT]]''' (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) is an umbrella term for some similar identities, but not an identity itself, since a person generally can't be all four things at once. There are several other ways of writing this initialism, such as LGBTQ, LGBTQQAP, and LGBT+. An alternative way of saying the same thing is the initialism MOGII (marginalized orientations, gender identities, and intersex) | ||
* '''[[Queer]]''' is an umbrella term for all [[ | * '''[[Queer]]''' is an umbrella term for all [[LGBT]] identities. Some people identify simply as "queer" for their sexual orientation, their gender identity, or both, without necessarily being more specific. | ||
* '''[[Neurogender]]''' is an umbrella term for gender identities in which a person feels that their gender identity is somehow linked to-- and best described in connection with-- their neurological type (neurotype), neurological conditions, neurodivergence, mental variation, or mental illness. | * '''[[Neurogender]]''' is an umbrella term for gender identities in which a person feels that their gender identity is somehow linked to-- and best described in connection with-- their neurological type (neurotype), neurological conditions, neurodivergence, mental variation, or mental illness. | ||
* '''[[Nonbinary gender]]''' is an umbrella term for all gender identities that don't fit into the [[gender binary]] of "[[female]]" or "[[male]]." | * '''[[Nonbinary gender]]''' is an umbrella term for all gender identities that don't fit into the [[gender binary]] of "[[female]]" or "[[male]]." | ||