Glossary of English gender and sex terminology: Difference between revisions

==A==

* '''[[Sexes#Assigned gender at birth|AGAB]]'''. Assigned gender at birth. Most people are either [[Sexes#Assigned female at birth|assigned female at birth (AFAB)]] or [[Sexes#Assigned male at birth|assigned male at birth (AMAB)]].

* '''[[Sexes#Assigned female at birth|AFAB]]'''. ''See AGAB.''

* '''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 [https://web.archive.org/web/20200925142733/https://queerascat.tumblr.com/post/94551662004/uchuulien-angenital-ang-for-short-ang-is-an Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> See also [[genital nullification]].

* '''[[aporagender]]'''. Coined in 2014, from Greek ''apo, apor'' "separate" + "gender".<ref name="apora-etymology">{{cite web |title=Anonymous said: could i ask the etymology of the prefix apora- ? |date=10 June 2014 |archive-date= 11 August 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160811080852/http://aporagender.tumblr.com/post/88346079784/could-i-ask-the-etymology-of-the-prefix-apora| url= http://aporagender.tumblr.com/post/88346079784/could-i-ask-the-etymology-of-the-prefix-apora}}</ref> A [[nonbinary]] [[gender identity]] and [[umbrella term]] for "a gender separate from male, female, and anything in between while still having a very strong and specific gendered feeling" (that is, not an [[agender|absence of gender]]).<ref name="aporagender">{{cite web |archive-date= 27 September 2014 |url=http://aporagender.tumblr.com/aporagender |archive-url=https://archive.ph/qGmTX |title= Aporagender }}</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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230613211934/https://web.jhu.edu/LGBTQ/glossary.html |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

* '''a-spec''' or '''a-spectrum'''. The community of anyone who is in some way asexual or aromantic.

* '''enbies'''. ''See enby''.

* '''enby'''. Created in 2013 by a nonbinary person named vector (revolutionator).<ref name=":0">vector (revolutionator). Untitled post. 10 September 2013. Archive: https://www.gendercensus.com/wp-content/uploads/2013-09-10_Coiner_of_enby.pdf Linked from ''<nowiki/>'[https://www.gendercensus.com/results/2020-enby-and-age/ On “enby” and age]''' (2020-06-15).</ref> Based on an initialism of "nonbinary," "NB". A proper noun for a person with a nonbinary gender identity. This is the nonbinary gender equivalent of the proper nouns "boy" or "girl." Plural: enbies.

* '''enbyfriend'''. A nonbinary gender romantic partner. The nonbinary gender equivalent of a boyfriend or girlfriend. See ''enby''.<ref name=":0" />

* '''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/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230304091433/https://ihra.org.au/18106/what-is-intersex/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</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/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213103039/https://anunnakiray.com/2019/12/12/biological-and-anatomical-sex-endosex-intersex-altersex/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> Synonyms: dyadic, perisex.

* '''en homme'''. In cross-dressing communities, this means dressed as a man.

* '''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 [https://web.archive.org/web/20230518101013/https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/eonism Archived] on 17 July 2023</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)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230523082859/https://exorsexistbullshit.tumblr.com/post/146314687718/whats-exorsexism-mean-sorry-i-keep-seeing-it|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</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 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719161724/https://theeverydaymagazine.co.uk/opinion/gender-fluidity-101 |archive-date=19 July 2023 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>

* '''FAAB.''' ''See GAAB.''

* '''[[Female]]'''. Anyone with a female gender identity is female. Regardless of what gender she was assigned at birth, or what kind of body parts she has or wants to have, if she identifies as female, then she is a woman or girl.

* '''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] [https://web.archive.org/web/20230701111011/https://genderodyssey.org/blog/coming-of-age-by-zander/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</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.

* '''[[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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719162317/https://www.facebook.com/login/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fpermalink.php%3Fstory_fbid%3D433662447121753%26id%3D368260636995268%26__tn__%3DH-R|archive-date=19 July 2023|access-date=5 July 2020|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref>

* '''[[Gender nonconformity|gender non-conformity]] (GNC)'''. Regardless of gender identity or whether one is cisgender or transgender, resistance to conforming to a female or male gender expression.

* '''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] [https://web.archive.org/web/20201030225551/https://susans.org/wiki/Gender_presentation Archived] on 17 July 2023</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] [https://web.archive.org/web/20230625010700/https://genderqueerid.com/about-flag Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>]]

*'''[[transfeminine]]'''. A transgender person who transitions in a feminine direction, but who doesn't necessarily identify as female. They may have a nonbinary gender identity.

*'''trans-feminism''', or '''transfeminism'''. The creation of this word in the late 1990s is credited to Diana Courvant and Emi Koyama.<ref>Alissa Quart, ''Republic of Outsiders: The Power of Amateurs, Dreamers and Rebels.'' p. 36.</ref> A [[feminism|feminist]] movement that takes into account transgender experience and rights.

*'''[[transgender]]'''. An umbrella term for those with gender identities that don't match the genders they were assigned at birth.

*'''[[transition]]'''. The process that individuals typically experiencing gender dysphoria go through to reach their desired social gender role, and/or physicality. There is no one definition of transition, as the term is based on the unique requirements of each individual.

==External links==

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120229202924/http:/aetherlumina.com/gnp/listing.html Gender Neutral Pronoun FAQ.]

*[https://web.archive.org/web/20210428101535/https://jmcottle.com/hallelujah-its-raining-labels/ J.M. Cottle, "Hallelujah, it's raining labels."]