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* '''FAAB.''' ''See GAAB.''
* '''FAAB.''' ''See GAAB.''
* '''[[Binary genders#Female|female]]'''. Anyone with a female gender identity is female. Regardless of what gender she was assigned at birth, or what kind of body parts she has or wants to have, if she identifies as female, then she is a woman or girl.
* '''[[Female]]'''. Anyone with a female gender identity is female. Regardless of what gender she was assigned at birth, or what kind of body parts she has or wants to have, if she identifies as female, then she is a woman or girl.
* '''female to male transsexual (FTM).''' A [[Gender binary#Transgender men|trans man]]. This term was coined by trans man Lou Sullivan, "in response to the custom of medical doctors and psychologists labeling us 'female transsexuals.'"<ref>Zander, "Coming of age." 2013-02-28. [http://www.genderodyssey.org/blog/coming-of-age-by-zander]</ref> FTM can also mean nonbinary people who transition in a way similar to trans men, and describe themselves as being on the FTM spectrum. Abbreviated FTM, F2M.
* '''female to male transsexual (FTM).''' A [[Gender binary#Transgender men|trans man]]. This term was coined by trans man Lou Sullivan, "in response to the custom of medical doctors and psychologists labeling us 'female transsexuals.'"<ref>Zander, "Coming of age." 2013-02-28. [http://www.genderodyssey.org/blog/coming-of-age-by-zander]</ref> FTM can also mean nonbinary people who transition in a way similar to trans men, and describe themselves as being on the FTM spectrum. Abbreviated FTM, F2M.
* '''[[femme]], fem'''. A queer feminine gender identity or expression, which some see as a non-binary gender.
* '''[[femme]], fem'''. A queer feminine gender identity or expression, which some see as a nonbinary gender.
* '''FFS'''. Acronym for [[Facial surgery|facial feminization surgery]].
* '''[[Fluid Gender|fluid gender]]'''. A gender identity that changes.
* '''[[Fluid Gender|fluid gender]]'''. A gender identity that changes.
* '''FT*'''. Female to unspecified transgender. This term includes all transgender people who were assigned female at birth.
* '''FT*'''. Female to unspecified transgender. This term includes all transgender people who were assigned female at birth.
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