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* '''[[aporagender]]'''. Coined in 2014, from Greek ''apo, apor'' "separate" + "gender".<ref>http://aporagender.tumblr.com/post/88346079784/could-i-ask-the-etymology-of-the-prefix-apora</ref> A [[nonbinary]] [[gender identity]] and [[umbrella term]]<ref>http://aporagender.tumblr.com/aporagender</ref> 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>http://aporagender.tumblr.com/aporagender</ref> | * '''[[aporagender]]'''. Coined in 2014, from Greek ''apo, apor'' "separate" + "gender".<ref>http://aporagender.tumblr.com/post/88346079784/could-i-ask-the-etymology-of-the-prefix-apora</ref> A [[nonbinary]] [[gender identity]] and [[umbrella term]]<ref>http://aporagender.tumblr.com/aporagender</ref> 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>http://aporagender.tumblr.com/aporagender</ref> | ||
* '''aromantic'''. A [[romantic orientation]] in which a person doesn't feel romantic attraction to people of any gender.<ref>Jillian Cottle, "Hallelujah, it's raining labels." [http://jilliancottle.com/hallelujah-its-raining-labels]</ref> | * '''aromantic'''. A [[romantic orientation]] in which a person doesn't feel romantic attraction to people of any gender.<ref>Jillian Cottle, "Hallelujah, it's raining labels." [http://jilliancottle.com/hallelujah-its-raining-labels]</ref> | ||
* '''[[Asexuality|asexuality]]'''. A [[sexual orientation]] in which a person doesn't feel sexual attraction to | * '''[[Asexuality|asexuality]]'''. A [[sexual orientation]] in which a person doesn't feel sexual attraction to people of any gender. | ||
* '''autoandrophilia'''. To feel sexually aroused by the thought of being or [[clothing|dressing]] like a [[male|man]]. Some see this as an offensive word.<ref>Jack Molay. "Transgender and transsexual glossary." January 25, 2010. [http://www.crossdreamers.com/2010/01/transgender-and-transsexual-glossary.html]</ref> | * '''autoandrophilia'''. To feel sexually aroused by the thought of being or [[clothing|dressing]] like a [[male|man]]. Some see this as an offensive word.<ref>Jack Molay. "Transgender and transsexual glossary." January 25, 2010. [http://www.crossdreamers.com/2010/01/transgender-and-transsexual-glossary.html]</ref> | ||
* '''autogynephilia'''. To feel sexually aroused by the thought of being or dressing like a [[female|woman]]. Some see this as an offensive word, because it pathologizes and invalidates the experiences of [[Transgender women|trans women]] in an attempt to divide them from [[cross-dressing]] men.<ref>Jack Molay. "Transgender and transsexual glossary." January 25, 2010. [http://www.crossdreamers.com/2010/01/transgender-and-transsexual-glossary.html]</ref> | * '''autogynephilia'''. To feel sexually aroused by the thought of being or dressing like a [[female|woman]]. Some see this as an offensive word, because it pathologizes and invalidates the experiences of [[Transgender women|trans women]] in an attempt to divide them from [[cross-dressing]] men.<ref>Jack Molay. "Transgender and transsexual glossary." January 25, 2010. [http://www.crossdreamers.com/2010/01/transgender-and-transsexual-glossary.html]</ref> | ||