Glossary of English gender and sex terminology: Difference between revisions

* '''altersex.''' Describes people or fictional characters for whom "their actual body or their desired body does not conform to either binary sex standard in some way, but is not this way due to any variation of [[intersex]]. This can be due to sexual [[transition]]ing, being of a [[Nonbinary_gender_in_fiction#Fictional_sexes|fictional/impossible sex]], being able to shapeshift to change sex characteristics, or having an 'alien' sex that is not found in humans but may be found elsewhere, such as a species that has different sexes from our own." Coined by farorenightclaw.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bigendering.tumblr.com/post/184717767156/term-of-the-day-altersex |title=Term of the day: Altersex |date= 7 May 2019 |work=Bigendering}}</ref> Intended to replace problematic terms like "futanari", "herm", "dickgirl", etc.<ref name="altersex-DA">{{Cite web |title=Altersex by Pride-Flags |author= |work=DeviantArt |date=29 May 2017 |access-date=28 June 2020 |url= https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Altersex-683411440}}</ref> Has been called transphobic by some<ref>{{cite web| url= https://bigendering.tumblr.com/post/184723258911/chiquitadave-replied-to-your-post-term-of-the|title= chiquitadave replied to your post "Term of the day: Altersex" |work=Bigendering|date=7 May 2019}}</ref> and should not be applied to real life people who do not identify themselves as such.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Biological and Anatomical Sex: Endosex, Intersex & Altersex |author=Mx. Anunnaki Ray Marquez |work=anunnakiray.com |date=12 December 2019 |access-date=22 January 2022 |url= https://anunnakiray.com/2019/12/12/biological-and-anatomical-sex-endosex-intersex-altersex/}}</ref>

[[File:Androgyne Necker Cube.png|thumb|Androgyne symbol. In 1996, self-identified androgyne Raphael Carter proposed adopting this ambiguous geometric shape, the Necker Cube, as a symbol for androgynes, "because it is either concave or convex depending on how you look at it."<ref name="CarterAngelDict">{{cite web| first=Raphael |last= Carter |title= The Angel's Dictionary |date= 14 July 1996 |archive-url= http://web.archive.org/web/19990427014012/www.chaparraltree.com/raq/angels.shtml |archive-date=27 April 1999 |url= http://www.chaparraltree.com/raq/angels.shtml}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Necker Cube: Symbol For Androgyny |author=Titman, Nat |authorlink=Nat Titman |work=Practical Androgyny |date=25 June 2011 |access-date=21 September 2021 |url= https://practicalandrogyny.com/2011/06/25/the-necker-cube-symbol-for-androgyny/}}</ref>]]

* '''[[ambonec]]'''. A nonbinary "gender identity in which you identify as both male and female, yet you also identify as neither, at the same time."<ref>{{cite web| url=http://queerascat.tumblr.com/post/94559591894/nbshadow-introducing-ambonec-an-for-short |author=nbshadow |title=Introducing: Ambonec [AN for short] |date=12 August 2014 |access-date=21 September 2021}}</ref><ref>"Terms." ''Queer Querys'' (blog). [http://queerquerys.tumblr.com/terms http://queerquerys.tumblr.com/terms]</ref><ref>"Ambonec." ''Mogai-Archive'' (blog). http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/91796206149/ambonec-an-for-short {{dead link}}</ref>

* '''androphilic'''. A [[romantic and sexual orientation]] in which a person feels attraction to men or masculinity.<ref name="neut_LGBT">{{Cite web |title=LGBTQ Terms |author= |work=Neutrois.com |date= |access-date=22 September 2020 |url= http://neutrois.com/definitions/terms/}}</ref>

* '''angenital''' or '''ANG'''. "an identity in which you feel uncomfortable (potentially [[dysphoria|dysphoric]]) with having any sort of genitalia ([[sex]]) at all but do not mind gendered [[pronouns]] or having a gender label. You have a desire to be sexless but not necessarily genderless." Coined by uchuulien.<ref>https://queerascat.tumblr.com/post/94551662004/uchuulien-angenital-ang-for-short-ang-is-an</ref> See also [[genital nullification]].

* '''aromantic''' or '''aro'''. A [[romantic orientation]] in which a person doesn't feel romantic attraction to people of any gender.<ref name="hallelujah-labels">{{Cite web |title=Hallelujah, it’s raining labels |author=Cottle, J.M. |work=jmcottle.com |date=16 July 2011 |access-date=7 May 2020 |url= https://jmcottle.com/hallelujah-its-raining-labels/}}</ref>

* '''asexuality'''. A [[sexual orientation]] in which a person doesn't feel sexual attraction to people of any gender. Asexual people might still feel other types of attraction.<ref name="JHUglossary">{{Cite web |title=LGBT Glossary |author= |publisher=Johns Hopkins University |access-date=11 February 2021 |url= http://web.jhu.edu/LGBTQ/glossary.html}}</ref>

* '''[[bigender]]'''. Bigender individuals have two gender identities, at the same time, or at different times.<ref>Schneider, M., et al. ''APA Task Force on Gender Identity, Gender Variance, and Intersex Conditions'', 2008 [http://www.apa.org/topics/sexuality/transgender.pdf http://www.apa.org/topics/sexuality/transgender.pdf] (PDF)</ref>

* '''bigenital'''. Describes a person who wishes to have genitalia of both binary sexes. Not exclusive to nonbinary people. Synonyms​: aphrodisian, salmacian<ref>https://plurgai.tumblr.com/post/618195598880997376/aphrodisian-bigenital-people-who-wish-to</ref>

* '''[[bisexual]]'''. 1. (Obsolete) [[Intersex]].<ref name="CarterAngelDict" /> 2. A sexual orientation in which a person feels attraction to more than one gender (this can include nonbinary genders).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Why Is "Bisexual" Such A Charged Word In 2019? |author=Gory, Rory |work=Dictionary.com |date=30 May 2019 |access-date=22 January 2022 |url= https://www.dictionary.com/e/bisexual-2019/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=What's In A Name? |author=Lorna |work=Scottish Bi+ Network |date=15 October 2018 |access-date=22 January 2022 |url= https://scottishbinet.org/2018/10/15/whats-in-a-name/  }}</ref>

* '''[[boi]]'''. From "boy." A gender identity that is masculine and [[queer]]. Beyond that, the specific definition varies greatly across the LGBT+ community.<ref>"Boi." ''Susan's Place Transgender Resource Wiki.'' [https://susans.org/wiki/Boi]</ref>

* '''[[cisgender]]'''. From Latin ''cis'' "on the same side of" + "gender," "coined in 1995 by a transsexual man named Carl Buijs."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Whipping Girl FAQ on cissexual, cisgender, and cis privilege |author=Serano, Julia |work=Whipping Girl (blog) |date=25 August 2011 |access-date=21 September 2021 |url= https://juliaserano.blogspot.com/2011/08/whipping-girl-faq-on-cissexual.html}}</ref> A person who isn't transgender and isn't nonbinary. The Latin prefix ''cis'' ("on the same side of") is the opposite of the Latin prefix ''trans'' ("to the other side of").

* '''[[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}}</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}}</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}}</ref>

* '''[[demigender]]'''. An umbrella term for nonbinary gender identities that have a partial connection to a certain gender, such as [[demiboy]], [[demigender#Demifluid|demifluid]], [[demigender#Demiflux|demiflux]], [[demigirl]], and [[Demigender#Deminonbinary|deminonbinary]]. <ref>Savage. "Demigender definitions." ''Demigender safe space.'' [http://demigenders.tumblr.com/post/102344212344/demigender-definitions http://demigenders.tumblr.com/post/102344212344/demigender-definitions]</ref><ref>{{cite web| url= https://asexualityorg.proboards.com/thread/9 |title=Definitions Master List |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200712020248/https://asexualityorg.proboards.com/thread/9 |archive-date=12 July 2020 |author=tadkitty}}</ref>

* '''[[demisexual]]'''. An orientation in which a person feels sexual attraction only after forming a connection with them.<ref>http://wiki.asexuality.org/Demisexual</ref>

* '''DSD''' (short for '''Disorder of Sex Development''' or '''Difference of Sex Development''')<ref name="DSD-HandbookForParents">{{Cite web |title=Handbook for Parents |author=Intersex Society of North America |work=DSD Guidelines |date=25 March 2006 |access-date=22 September 2021 |url= https://dsdguidelines.org/htdocs/parents/}}</ref><ref name="BiOrgGlossary">{{Cite web |title=Glossary |author= |work=Bi.org |date= |access-date=22 September 2021 |url= https://bi.org/en/glossary}}</ref> ​Any kind of [[intersex]] condition. Note: "DSD" terminology is controversial in the intersex community.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://4intersex.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Talking-About-Intersex-on-Social-Media-Hashtag-and-Language-Guide.pdf|date=2018|title=Speak Up #4intersex: How to Speak the Language on Social Media}}</ref>

* '''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}}</ref>

* '''enban'''. Created in the "askanonbinary" blog in 2014, based on the word "enby", which see. A proper noun for a nonbinary adult person. A nonbinary equivalent of "man" or "woman". Another blogger, coderqueer, then offered the spelling variant "enbian."<ref>Askanonbinary. January 21, 2014. [http://askanonbinary.tumblr.com/post/74102698117/okay-everyone-i-want-your-input-on-this-were http://askanonbinary.tumblr.com/post/74102698117/okay-everyone-i-want-your-input-on-this-were]</ref>

* '''endosex'''. Adjective meaning "not [[intersex]]".<ref name="ihra_What">{{Cite web |title=What is intersex? |work=Intersex Human Rights Australia |date=2 August 2013 |access-date=19 June 2020 |url= https://ihra.org.au/18106/what-is-intersex/ }}</ref><ref name="anun_Biol">{{Cite web |title=Biological and Anatomical Sex: Endosex, Intersex & Altersex |author=Mx. Anunnaki Ray Marquez |work= |date=12 December 2019 |access-date=19 June 2020 |url= https://anunnakiray.com/2019/12/12/biological-and-anatomical-sex-endosex-intersex-altersex/ }}</ref> Synonyms: dyadic, perisex.

* '''en femme'''. In [[cross-dressing]] communities, this means dressed as a woman.<ref>"En femme." ''Susan's Place Transgender Resource Wiki.'' [https://susans.org/wiki/En_femme]</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</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)}}</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}}</ref>

* '''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]</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.

* '''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}}</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. }}</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.

* '''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}}</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>

* '''GAS'''. Gender affirming [[surgery]]/surgeries.<ref name="nova_Gend">{{Cite web |title=Gender Affirming Surgery |author= |work=novascotia.ca |date= |access-date=10 October 2020 |url= https://novascotia.ca/dhw/gender-affirming-surgery/}}</ref><ref name="hind_Gend">{{Cite journal|title=Gender Affirmation Surgery |doi=10.1155/2018/1768414 |last1= Selvaggi |first1=Gennaro |last2= Salgado |first2=Christopher J. |last3=Monstrey |first3=Stan |last4=Djordevic |first4=Miroslav |date=5 June 2018 |access-date=10 October 2020 |url= https://www.hindawi.com/journals/bmri/2018/1768414/ |journal=BioMed Research International}}</ref>

* '''gender diverse'''/'''gender diversity'''. Alternate term for "nonbinary".<ref name="gend_What">{{Cite web |title=What is Gender Diversity? |author= |work=A Gender Agenda |date= |access-date=9 June 2020 |url= https://genderrights.org.au/information-hub/what-is-gender-diversity/}}</ref><ref name="nzherald">{{Cite web |title='Gender diverse' classification will be used in NZ |author= |work=NZ Herald |date=17 July 2015 |access-date=9 June 2020 |url= https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=11482661}}</ref>

* '''gender hoarder'''. "When your gender is fluid or flux, but you can’t find just a few terms to describe what your fluctuating gender is, so you 'hoard' gender terms that fit you."<ref>[https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Gendercollector-Genderhoarder-Hoardgender-570940853 Gendercollector / Genderhoarder / Hoardgender by Pride-Flags]. 8 November 2015</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}}</ref>

* '''genderpunk'''. Another term for [[genderfuck]].<ref>https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/genderpunk</ref>

* '''gender presentation'''. All the signs of a person's gender that other people can see.<ref>"Gender presentation." ''Susan's Place Transgender Resource Wiki.'' [https://susans.org/wiki/Gender_presentation]</ref>

[[File:Genderqueer.png|thumb|[[Genderqueer flag]] by Marilyn Roxie in 2011. Lavender, as a mix of pink and blue, is for [[androgyne|androgynes]] and [[MOGII]]. White is for [[agender]]. Dark chartreuse green (the inverse of lavender) is for [[gender]] outside the [[gender binary]].<ref>[http://genderqueerid.com/about-flag http://genderqueerid.com/about-flag]</ref>]]

* '''[[gender variant]], gender variance'''. Gender expression that is different from Western cultural norms. Can mean gender non-conforming and/or transgender, as well as some non-Western gender roles.<ref>"Gender variance." ''Susan's Place Transgender Resource Wiki.'' [https://susans.org/wiki/Gender_variance]</ref>

* '''[[graygender]]''', or '''greygender.''' Coined by Invernom. A nonbinary gender identity that is between agender and some other gender, so that it is difficult to place, and not fully the absence or presence of a gender.<ref>Invernom, "Identifying as graygender." [http://invernom.tumblr.com/post/80158494356/identifying-as-graygender-greygender]</ref> Compare demigender.

* '''[[Sexism#heterosexism|heterosexism]]''' or '''heteronormativity'''. A sexist way of thought in which only heterosexuality is seen as normal, resulting in discrimination against people of other sexual orientations.<ref>"LGBT resources: Definition of terms." [http://geneq.berkeley.edu/lgbt_resources_definiton_of_terms]</ref>

* '''[[Gender neutral titles#Ind|Ind.]]''' Coined by Torin Unrealisk in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|first=Torin |last=Unrealisk |title=Ind. as a gender neutral title |date=15 February 2014 |url=http://minimalistfish.tumblr.com/post/76750503799/ind-as-a-gender-neutral-title |archive-link=http://web.archive.org/web/20180902190347/https://minimalistfish.tumblr.com/post/76750503799/ind-as-a-gender-neutral-title |archive-date=2 September 2018}}</ref> A gender-neutral title, short for "individual."

* '''[[intergender]]'''. A certain nonbinary gender identity in between female and male. In the 1990s, this was an identity label that any person could use, even if they were born with non-intersex (dyadic) bodies,<ref>{{cite web |last=Matthews |first= Donna Lynn |title=What is intergendered? |date=October 1998 |url=http://cydathria.com/ms_donna/intergen.html}}</ref> but others say it should only be used by people who were born with intersex bodies.<ref>Aeshling. "Intergender." ''Mogai-Archive.'' http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92026280519/intergender {{dead link}}</ref>

* '''Latin@''' or '''Latinx'''. A gender-inclusive form of "Latino"/"Latina" (meaning a person with [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Latin_America Latin American] heritage). This word is controversial within Latino groups<ref name="Bojorquez">{{Cite web |title='Latinx' term growing in popularity, but not among all Latinos |author=Bojorquez, Kim |work=The Columbian |date=5 February 2021 |access-date=5 February 2021 |url= https://www.columbian.com/news/2021/feb/05/latinx-term-growing-in-popularity-but-not-among-all-latinos/}}</ref>, thus should be used with caution. Some Latinos have offered the term Latine<ref>https://www.bestcolleges.com/blog/hispanic-latino-latinx-latine/</ref> instead, as it takes into account Spanish pronunciation.

[[File:Maverique.png|thumb|[[Maverique]] flag, by Vesper H., 2014. Yellow: nonbinary, not derived from female (pink) or male (blue), but its own (yellow, a primary color can't come from any color mix). White: independence from the spectrum of other genders (colors). Orange: inner conviction.<ref>queerascat June 15, 2014. http://queerascat.tumblr.com/post/88853893401/this-is-the-flag-that-ive-designed-for-maverique</ref><ref>Vesper H. 2014. http://maveriques.tumblr.com/flag</ref>]]

*'''[[maverique]]'''.  A specific nonbinary gender identity "characterized by autonomy and inner conviction regarding a sense of self that is entirely independent of male/masculinity, female/femininity or anything which derives from the two while still being neither without gender nor of a neutral gender."<ref>Vesper H. (queerascat). June 26, 2014. http://queerascat.tumblr.com/post/89448452041/maverique-definition-reworded-06-21-14-a</ref>

*'''misgender'''. To address someone in a way that contradicts their gender identity. This can be accidental, but if intentional, it can be an example of discrimination against transgender people (cissexism).<ref>"Misgender." ''Susan's Place Transgender Resource Wiki.'' [https://susans.org/wiki/Misgender]</ref>

*'''[[Mx]]'''. Coined in 1982 or earlier.<ref>Nat Titman, "When was the Mx gender-inclusive title created?" August 28, 2014. [http://practicalandrogyny.com/2014/08/28/when-was-the-mx-gender-inclusive-title-created/]</ref> Pronounced ''mux, mix, mixture,'' or ''mixter.'' A gender-neutral title.

*'''[[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]</ref>

*'''out'''. If someone is said to be out, that means they are open about their LGBT+ identity. If someone is said to have been outed, that means that their LGBT+ identity was made public by someone else, against their will.<ref name="GreenPeterson">{{cite web|title=LGBTTSQI Terminology|date=2006|last1=Green|first1=Eli R.|last2=Peterson|first2=Eric N.|url=http://www.trans-academics.org/lgbttsqiterminology.pdf|work=Trans-Academics.org}}</ref>

*'''[[pangender]]'''. A nonbinary gender identity that is made of a mix of all genders<ref name="gender-word">{{Cite web |title=By the end of this post, "gender" may not look like a real word anymore |author=Cottle, J.M. |work=A Fine Line |date=12 June 2011 |access-date=7 May 2020 |url= https://jmcottle.com/by-the-end-of-this-post-gender-may-not-look-like-a-real-word-anymore/}}</ref>. Or a fluid gender that could potentially be any gender. However, "all" and "any" don't include genders that belong only to certain cultures or ethnic groups to which the person isn't entitled.

*'''passing'''. When a person is seen by others as their true gender, not as the gender they were assigned at birth. Some transgender people dislike this word, saying it gives the idea that they are being dishonest, when they are trying to be seen as they really are.<ref>"Passing." [https://susans.org/wiki/Passing]</ref>

*'''perisex'''. Adjective meaning "not [[intersex]]".<ref name="Lanquist">{{Cite web |title=Definitions |author=Lanquist, L.A. |work=Trans Narrative |date= |access-date=19 June 2020 |url= https://lalanquist.com/definitions/}}</ref><ref name="themeaningofbi">{{Cite web |title=What tf is perisex |author= |work=Correcting Bisexuality Definitions One at a Time |date=17 July 2016 |access-date=19 June 2020 |url= https://themeaningofbisexuality.tumblr.com/post/147553978486/what-tf-is-perisex}}</ref> Synonyms: endosex, dyadic.

*'''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</ref>

*'''[[sissy]]'''. From "sister." An offensive word for a feminine boy. Also, a [[transfeminine|trans-feminine]] sexual identity.<ref>"Sissy." ''Susan's Place Transgender Resource Wiki.'' [https://susans.org/wiki/Sissy]</ref>

*'''stealth'''. In the transgender community, this means that a transgender person is living so that other people see them as the gender they want to be, while keeping it a secret that they are transgender.<ref>"Passing." ''Susan's Place Transgender Resource Wiki.'' [https://susans.org/wiki/Passing]</ref> Transgender women and transgender can be closeted, out, or stealth. In a culture that doesn't recognize nonbinary genders, it is impossible to be a stealth nonbinary person, because that society has no nonbinary role to enter. In that situation, the only two options are to be closeted (you make sure nobody knows you're nonbinary) or out (you make sure everybody knows you're nonbinary, which isn't stealth).

*'''TMA'''. Stands for "[[transmisogyny]] affected". Used in social justice discussions as a descriptor for people who experience transmisogyny.<ref name="DSJG">{{Cite web |title=Diversity and Social Justice Glossary {{!}} Multicultural Affairs |author= |work=UMass Lowell |date= |access-date=22 September 2020 |url= https://www.uml.edu/student-services/Multicultural/Programs/dpe-glossary.aspx}}</ref>

*'''trans*'''. The asterisk is meant to include both transsexual and transgender, and/or to indicate the inclusion of nonbinary identities.<ref name="Steinmetz">{{Cite web |title=The OED Just Added the Word 'Trans*.' Here's What It Means |last=Steinmetz |first=Katy |work=Time |date=3 April 2018 |access-date=27 May 2020 |url= https://time.com/5211799/what-does-trans-asterisk-star-mean-dictionary/}}</ref><ref name="Killermann">{{Cite web |title=What does the asterisk in “trans*” stand for? |author=Killermann, Sam |work=It's Pronounced Metrosexual |date= |access-date=27 May 2020 |url= https://www.itspronouncedmetrosexual.com/2012/05/what-does-the-asterisk-in-trans-stand-for/}}</ref> Considered offensive by some trans people.<ref name="Garvin">{{Cite web |title=What’s the asterisk in “trans*” mean and why do some find it offensive? |last=Garvin |first=Patrick |work=The LGBTQ+ Experiment |date=18 February 2019 |access-date=27 May 2020 |url= https://lgbtqexperiment.com/2019/02/18/is-there-a-difference-between-trans-and-trans-is-trans-offensive/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210618020758/https://lgbtqexperiment.com/2019/02/18/is-there-a-difference-between-trans-and-trans-is-trans-offensive/ |archive-date=18 June 2021}}</ref>

*'''[[Cissexism#Transgender-exclusionary feminists|Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminists (TERFs)]]'''. A movement of cisgender women who fight against transgender rights, because they believe that transgender people are dangerous.<ref><strong style="color: red; --darkreader-inline-color: #ff1a1a;" data-darkreader-inline-color="">WARNING</strong>: Contains unpleasant verbal content. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/08/04/woman-2</ref> They don't call themselves TERFs, but they do call themselves gender critical or gender abolitionists.

*'''transvestite''' or '''TV'''. Coined by sexologist and openly gay man Magnus Hirschfeld in 1910.<ref>Trans Health editors, “Timeline of gender identity research.” 2002-04-23. http://www.trans-health.com/2002/timeline-of-gender-identity-research/ </ref> A clinical word for a [[cross-dresser]]. Some see "transvestite" as an offensive word, so it should be reclaimed with caution. The meaning of this word has changed a lot since it was coined. Some early sources use this word for transgender and transsexual people: "As late as 1951 many clinicians still used the term 'transvestism' to identify patients with profound gender pathology who requested SRS (Hertz et al., 1961)."<ref>Lothstein, p. 55-56.</ref>

* '''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}}</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.

*'''ultergender'''. A proposed term describing "[[intersex]] people who identify as a gender other than their assigned gender at birth, but do not feel the term 'transgender' describes them"<ref>{{cite web |date=12 October 2017 | title=Ultergender |author=intersex-education |url=https://ultergender.tumblr.com/post/166332955580/ultergender}}</ref>

*'''womxn'''. A [[feminist]] spelling of "woman" which is meant to A) avoid containing the word "[[men]]" and B) highlight the inclusion of women of color, [[trans women]], [[nonbinary women]], and otherwise LGBTQ+ women.<ref name="Mosher-womxn">{{Cite web |title=BWW Interview: Karen Cecilia of The Womxn Poetry/Storytellers Evening at Bar Bayeux |last=Mosher |first=Stephen |work=BroadwayWorld.com |date=14 August 2020 |access-date=26 August 2020 |url= https://www.broadwayworld.com/cabaret/article/BWW-Interview-Karen-Cecilia-of-The-Womxn-PoetryStorytellers-Evening-at-Bar-Bayeux-20200814|quote=By using the X in womxn it is to means to recognise "women" to be inclusive of transgender, nonbinary, women of color and part of the LBGTQ+ community.}}</ref><ref>https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/womxn</ref> Ebony Miranda, a nonbinary feminist in Seattle, defined it as including "women and those affected by [[misogyny]]".<ref name="Kerr2019">{{Cite web |title=What Do Womxn Want? |last=Kerr |first=Breena |work=New York Times |date=14 March 2019 |access-date=1 August 2020 |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/14/style/womxn.html}}</ref> This word has received criticism for excluding queer women and women of color from the word "woman".<ref name="katg_Thel">{{Cite web |title=The label “Womxn” is doing the opposite of what you want. — Kat Griffin |author=Griffin, Kat |date=1 July 2020 |access-date=9 March 2021 |url= https://www.katgriffin-actor.com/kat-writes/2020/7/1/the-label-womxn-is-doing-the-opposite-of-what-you-want}}</ref>

*'''womyn'''. A variant spelling of "woman" or "women", pronounced the same way, but without including the words "man" or "men". The term "womyn" was promulgated in lesbian journals of the 1970s, but fell out of favor in the 21st century due to becoming associated with [[TERF]]s.<ref name="Gory">{{Cite web |title=How The Letter "X" Creates More Gender-Neutral Language |author=Gory, Rory |work=Dictionary.com |date=6 August 2019 |access-date=11 February 2021 |url= https://www.dictionary.com/e/letter-x-gender-neutral-language/}}</ref>