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Glossary of English gender and sex terminology: Difference between revisions

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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'''. A [[romantic orientation|romantic]] and [[sexual orientation|sexual]] orientation in which a person doesn't feel attraction.
* '''asexuality'''. A [[sexual orientation|sexual]] orientation in which a person doesn't feel sexual attraction to people of any gender.


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