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* '''tranny.''' An offensive word for a transgender woman. This word should be reclaimed only by trans women. Other people shouldn't use it. | * '''tranny.''' An offensive word for a transgender woman. This word should be reclaimed only by trans women. Other people shouldn't use it. | ||
* '''trans'''. Short for transgender or transsexual. | * '''trans'''. Short for transgender or transsexual. | ||
* '''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/}}</ref> | |||
* '''transactivism'''. The movement for rights for transgender people.<ref>"LGBTQI Terminology." [http://www.lgbt.ucla.edu/documents/LGBTTerminology.pdf]</ref> | * '''transactivism'''. The movement for rights for transgender people.<ref>"LGBTQI Terminology." [http://www.lgbt.ucla.edu/documents/LGBTTerminology.pdf]</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;">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. | * '''[[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;">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. | ||