Glossary of English gender and sex terminology: Difference between revisions

* '''[[femme]], fem'''. A queer feminine gender identity or expression, which some see as a nonbinary gender.

* '''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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719161743/https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=femboy&oldid=58188238|archive-date=19 July 2023|url-status=bot: unknown}}</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. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230719161743/https://transfemscience.org/articles/nonbinary-transfem-overview/ |archive-date=19 July 2023 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</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.

* '''[[Fluid Gender|fluid gender]]'''. A gender identity that changes.

* '''FMS'''. Acronym for [[facial surgery|facial masculinization surgery]].<ref name="plumefs" />