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* '''TG'''. Short for transgender. | * '''TG'''. Short for transgender. | ||
* '''[[third gender]]'''. In anthropology, an umbrella term for ethnic non-cisgender/non-heterosexual gender roles, which may be analagous to transgender and sometimes non-binary genders. Some consider this phrase offensive, and people should reclaim it only with caution. | * '''[[third gender]]'''. In anthropology, an umbrella term for ethnic non-cisgender/non-heterosexual gender roles, which may be analagous to transgender and sometimes non-binary genders. Some consider this phrase offensive, and people should reclaim it only with caution. | ||
* '''top surgery'''. In the transgender community, euphemism for any gender-validating surgery on a transgender person's breasts. | * '''[[top surgery]]'''. In the transgender community, euphemism for any gender-validating surgery on a transgender person's breasts/chest. | ||
* '''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. | ||
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* '''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. | ||
* ''' | * '''[[transfeminine]]'''. A transgender person who transitions in a feminine direction, but who doesn't necessarily identify as female. They may have a non-binary 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. | * '''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. | ||
[[File:Trans Pride Flag.png|thumb|[[Transgender]] flag designed by trans woman Monica Helms in 1999. Stripes for male (blue), female (pink), and [[other gender|other]] or [[transition|transitioning]] (white).]] | [[File:Trans Pride Flag.png|thumb|[[Transgender]] flag designed by trans woman Monica Helms in 1999. Stripes for male (blue), female (pink), and [[other gender|other]] or [[transition|transitioning]] (white).]] | ||
* '''[[transgender]]'''. An umbrella term for those with gender identities that don't match the genders they were assigned at birth. | * '''[[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. | * '''[[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. | ||
* '''trans man'''. The correct term for a transgender person who has a male gender identity. | * '''[[trans man]]'''. The correct term for a transgender person who has a male gender identity. | ||
* ''' | * '''[[transmasculine]]'''. A transgender person who transitions in a masculine direction, but who doesn't necessarily identify as male. They may have a non-binary gender identity. | ||
* '''[[transsexual]]''', or '''transexual'''. A kind of transgender person who wants to physically transition to a different gender than they were assigned at birth. | * '''[[transsexual]]''', or '''transexual'''. A kind of transgender person who wants to physically transition to a different gender than they were assigned at birth. | ||
* '''TS'''. Short for transsexual. | * '''TS'''. Short for transsexual. | ||
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* '''[[Cissexism#Transphobia|transphobia]]'''. Discrimination and hate crimes against transgender people. | * '''[[Cissexism#Transphobia|transphobia]]'''. Discrimination and hate crimes against transgender people. | ||
* '''transvestite''' or '''TV'''. Coined by sexologist and openly gay man Magnus Hirschfeld in 1910.<ref>Trans Health editors, “Timeline of gender identity research.” 2002-04-23. [http://www.trans-health.com/2002/timeline-of-gender-identity-research/ http://www.trans-health.com/2002/timeline-of-gender-identity-research/] </ref> A clinical word for a [[cross-dresser]]. Some see "transvestite" as an offensive word, so it should be reclaimed with caution. The meaning of this word has changed a lot since it was coined. Some early sources use this word for transgender and transsexual people: "As late as 1951 many clinicians still used the term 'transvestism' to identify patients with profound gender pathology who requested SRS (Hertz et al., 1961)."<ref>Lothstein, p. 55-56.</ref> | * '''transvestite''' or '''TV'''. Coined by sexologist and openly gay man Magnus Hirschfeld in 1910.<ref>Trans Health editors, “Timeline of gender identity research.” 2002-04-23. [http://www.trans-health.com/2002/timeline-of-gender-identity-research/ http://www.trans-health.com/2002/timeline-of-gender-identity-research/] </ref> A clinical word for a [[cross-dresser]]. Some see "transvestite" as an offensive word, so it should be reclaimed with caution. The meaning of this word has changed a lot since it was coined. Some early sources use this word for transgender and transsexual people: "As late as 1951 many clinicians still used the term 'transvestism' to identify patients with profound gender pathology who requested SRS (Hertz et al., 1961)."<ref>Lothstein, p. 55-56.</ref> | ||
* '''trans woman'''. The correct term for a transgender person who has a female gender identity. | * '''[[trans woman]]'''. The correct term for a transgender person who has a female gender identity. | ||
* '''[[tri-gender]]'''. Having three different gender identities, or a mix of them, or changing between them.<ref name="hallelujah-labels"/> | * '''[[tri-gender]]'''. Having three different gender identities, or a mix of them, or changing between them.<ref name="hallelujah-labels"/> | ||
* '''truscum'''. In the 2010s, a movement of transsexuals (mostly trans men) who argue that a person is only really trans if they meet the diagnostic criteria of gender dysphoria, because they see transsexuality as only a medical condition.<ref name="Molay2010">{{Cite web |title=Transgender, Genderqueer and Transsexual Glossary |last=Molay |first=Jack |work=CrossDreamers.com |date=25 January 2010 |access-date=27 April 2020 |url= https://www.crossdreamers.com/2010/01/transgender-and-transsexual-glossary.html}}</ref>> Truscum also believe that people with nonbinary genders are pretenders who make true trans people look ridiculous. Because this is a reclaimed slur, people who aren't transgender shouldn't use this word, and should instead say "[[transmedicalism|trans medicalist]]" or "transmed" for short. Transgender people reacting to the truscum movement decided to call themselves "tucutes". Tucutes are opposed to dividing the transgender community into "true" and "fake" trans people. | * '''truscum'''. In the 2010s, a movement of transsexuals (mostly trans men) who argue that a person is only really trans if they meet the diagnostic criteria of gender dysphoria, because they see transsexuality as only a medical condition.<ref name="Molay2010">{{Cite web |title=Transgender, Genderqueer and Transsexual Glossary |last=Molay |first=Jack |work=CrossDreamers.com |date=25 January 2010 |access-date=27 April 2020 |url= https://www.crossdreamers.com/2010/01/transgender-and-transsexual-glossary.html}}</ref>> Truscum also believe that people with nonbinary genders are pretenders who make true trans people look ridiculous. Because this is a reclaimed slur, people who aren't transgender shouldn't use this word, and should instead say "[[transmedicalism|trans medicalist]]" or "transmed" for short. Transgender people reacting to the truscum movement decided to call themselves "tucutes". Tucutes are opposed to dividing the transgender community into "true" and "fake" trans people. | ||