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* '''GAAB.''' Gender Assigned At Birth. Most people are either Assigned Female At Birth (FAAB) or Assigned Male At Birth (MAAB). See also: AGAB, CAGAB, DGAB.
* '''GAAB.''' Gender Assigned At Birth. Most people are either Assigned Female At Birth (FAAB) or Assigned Male At Birth (MAAB). See also: AGAB, CAGAB, DGAB.
* '''gaff'''. An undergarment that helps with tucking, which see.
* '''gaff'''. An undergarment that helps with tucking, which see.
* '''[[gatekeeper]] system'''. In the transgender community, this is slang for the system of health providers that decide whether to allow a transgender person to get gender-validating health care.<ref>"Trans, genderqueer, and queer terms glossary." [http://lgbt.wisc.edu/documents/Trans_and_queer_glossary.pdf]</ref>
* '''[[gatekeeper]] system'''. In the transgender community, this is slang for the system of health providers that decide whether to allow a transgender person to get gender-validating health care.<ref>{{cite web|title=Trans, genderqueer, and queer terms glossary|author=University of Wisconsin-Madison: Gender and Sexuality Campus Center | url=http://lgbt.wisc.edu/documents/Trans_and_queer_glossary.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170210021940/https://lgbt.wisc.edu/documents/Trans_and_queer_glossary.pdf|archive-date=10 February 2017}}</ref>
* '''girl mode'''. In transgender and nonbinary communities, this means using [[clothes]] and other [[gender cues]] in order to be read as a female. Example usage: "I had to go to the interview in girl mode" or "Today was my first day going girl mode in public."
* '''[[gender binary]]'''. A model of gender that classifies all people into one of two genders, female or male.
* '''[[gender binary]]'''. A model of gender that classifies all people into one of two genders, female or male.
* '''gender dissonance'''. Gender dysphoria, which see.
* '''gender dissonance'''. Gender dysphoria, which see.
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* '''[[genderflux]]'''. A gender identity that often changes in intensity, so that a person may feel one day as though they have almost no gender, or none at all, and another day they feel very gendered. "Whereas genderfluidity is a shift between different genders, genderflux is more like varying intensity." <ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92281884804/genderflux http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92281884804/genderflux]</ref>
* '''[[genderflux]]'''. A gender identity that often changes in intensity, so that a person may feel one day as though they have almost no gender, or none at all, and another day they feel very gendered. "Whereas genderfluidity is a shift between different genders, genderflux is more like varying intensity." <ref>[http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92281884804/genderflux http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/92281884804/genderflux]</ref>
* '''[[genderfuck]]'''. A gender expression that intentionally mixes feminine gender markers with masculine.
* '''[[genderfuck]]'''. A gender expression that intentionally mixes feminine gender markers with masculine.
* '''gender hoarder'''. "When your gender is fluid or flux, but you can’t find just a few terms to describe what your fluctuating gender is, so you 'hoard' gender terms that fit you."<ref>https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Gendercollector-Genderhoarder-Hoardgender-570940853?q=sort%3Atime%20%28%28drakefluid%29%20AND%20%28by%3APride-Flags%29%29&qo=0</ref>
* '''gender hoarder'''. "When your gender is fluid or flux, but you can’t find just a few terms to describe what your fluctuating gender is, so you 'hoard' gender terms that fit you."<ref>[https://www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Gendercollector-Genderhoarder-Hoardgender-570940853 Gendercollector / Genderhoarder / Hoardgender by Pride-Flags]. 8 November 2015</ref>
* '''[[gender identity]]'''. "An individual’s internal sense of gender, which may or may not be the same as one’s gender assigned at birth."<ref name="Berkeley2019" /> Most people identify as the gender that they were assigned at birth. They are described as '[[cisgender]]'.
* '''[[gender identity]]'''. "An individual's internal sense of gender, which may or may not be the same as one’s gender assigned at birth."<ref name="Berkeley2019" /> Most people identify as the gender that they were assigned at birth. They are described as '[[cisgender]]'.
* '''[[Gender Identity Disorder]] (GID)'''. "The medical diagnosis in the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostics and Statistics Manual IV (DSM4) used to describe a person who experiences significant gender dysphoria (lack of identification with one’s sex and/or gender assigned at birth)."<ref name="Berkeley2013" />
* '''[[Gender Identity Disorder]] (GID)'''. "The medical diagnosis in the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostics and Statistics Manual IV (DSM4) used to describe a person who experiences significant gender dysphoria (lack of identification with one’s sex and/or gender assigned at birth)."<ref name="Berkeley2013" />
* '''[[genderism]]'''. "The system of belief that there are only two genders (men and women) and that gender is inherently tied to one’s sex assigned at birth. It holds cisgender people as superior to transgender people, and punishes or excludes those who don't conform to society’s expectations of gender."<ref name="Berkeley2013" /> See [[cissexism]] and [[nonbinary erasure]]. ''Note:'' when used by [[Feminism#Transgender-exclusionary feminists|TERFs]], "genderist" is a disparaging term for a person who "believes in gender ideology" (i.e. respects gender as self-identified, not based on biology).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=433662447121753&id=368260636995268&__tn__=H-R|date=21 July 2018|author=trans autistica|title=there really needs to be more information about terf tactics}}</ref>
* '''[[genderism]]'''. "The system of belief that there are only two genders (men and women) and that gender is inherently tied to one’s sex assigned at birth. It holds cisgender people as superior to transgender people, and punishes or excludes those who don't conform to society’s expectations of gender."<ref name="Berkeley2013" /> See [[cissexism]] and [[nonbinary erasure]]. ''Note:'' when used by [[Feminism#Transgender-exclusionary feminists|TERFs]], "genderist" is a disparaging term for a person who "believes in gender ideology" (i.e. respects gender as self-identified, not based on biology).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=433662447121753&id=368260636995268&__tn__=H-R|date=21 July 2018|author=trans autistica|title=there really needs to be more information about terf tactics}}</ref>
* '''[[Gender nonconformity|gender non-conformity]] (GNC)'''. Regardless of gender identity or whether one is cisgender or transgender, resistance to conforming to a female or male gender expression.
* '''[[Gender nonconformity|gender non-conformity]] (GNC)'''. Regardless of gender identity or whether one is cisgender or transgender, resistance to conforming to a female or male gender expression.
* '''genderpunk'''. Another term for [[genderfuck]].<ref>https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/genderpunk</ref>
* '''gender presentation'''. All the signs of a person's gender that other people can see.<ref>"Gender presentation." ''Susan's Place Transgender Resource Wiki.'' [https://susans.org/wiki/Gender_presentation]</ref>
* '''gender presentation'''. All the signs of a person's gender that other people can see.<ref>"Gender presentation." ''Susan's Place Transgender Resource Wiki.'' [https://susans.org/wiki/Gender_presentation]</ref>
[[File:Genderqueer.png|thumb|[[Genderqueer flag]] by Marilyn Roxie in 2011. Lavender, as a mix of pink and blue, is for [[androgyne|androgynes]] and [[MOGII]]. White is for [[agender]]. Dark chartreuse green (the inverse of lavender) is for [[gender]] outside the [[gender binary]].<ref>[http://genderqueerid.com/about-flag http://genderqueerid.com/about-flag]</ref>]]
[[File:Genderqueer.png|thumb|[[Genderqueer flag]] by Marilyn Roxie in 2011. Lavender, as a mix of pink and blue, is for [[androgyne|androgynes]] and [[MOGII]]. White is for [[agender]]. Dark chartreuse green (the inverse of lavender) is for [[gender]] outside the [[gender binary]].<ref>[http://genderqueerid.com/about-flag http://genderqueerid.com/about-flag]</ref>]]
* '''[[genderqueer]]'''. An umbrella term covering non-normative gender identity and gender expression. Genderqueer can also be a specific identity.
* '''[[genderqueer]]'''. An umbrella term covering non-normative gender identity and gender expression. Genderqueer can also be a specific identity.
* '''gender role.''' A society's norms for how to divide labor by gender.
* '''gender role.''' A society's norms for how to divide labor by gender.
* '''gender variant, gender variance'''. Gender expression that is different from Western cultural norms. Can mean gender non-conforming and/or transgender, as well as some non-Western gender roles.<ref>"Gender variance." [https://susans.org/wiki/Gender_variance]</ref>
* '''gender variant, gender variance'''. Gender expression that is different from Western cultural norms. Can mean gender non-conforming and/or transgender, as well as some non-Western gender roles.<ref>"Gender variance." ''Susan's Place Transgender Resource Wiki.'' [https://susans.org/wiki/Gender_variance]</ref>
* '''genetic boy'''. A less correct term for an AMAB person, which see.
* '''genetic boy'''. A less correct term for an AMAB person, which see.
* '''genetic girl'''. A less correct term for an AFAB person, which see.
* '''genetic girl'''. A less correct term for an AFAB person, which see.
* '''gray-asexual,''' or '''grey-romantic.''' A romantic or sexual orientation that ''partly'' lacks attraction to people of any gender.<ref name="hallelujah-labels"/>
* '''gray-asexual,''' or '''grey-romantic.''' A romantic or sexual orientation that ''partly'' lacks attraction to people of any gender.<ref name="hallelujah-labels"/>
* '''[[graygender]]''', or '''greygender.''' Coined by Invernom. A non-binary gender identity that is between agender and some other gender, so that it is difficult to place, and not fully the absence or presence of a gender.<ref>Invernom, "Identifying as graygender." [http://invernom.tumblr.com/post/80158494356/identifying-as-graygender-greygender]</ref> Compare demi-gender.
* '''[[graygender]]''', or '''greygender.''' Coined by Invernom. A nonbinary gender identity that is between agender and some other gender, so that it is difficult to place, and not fully the absence or presence of a gender.<ref>Invernom, "Identifying as graygender." [http://invernom.tumblr.com/post/80158494356/identifying-as-graygender-greygender]</ref> Compare demi-gender.
* '''gynephilic'''. A romantic or sexual orientation in which a person feels attraction to women or femininity.<ref>"LGBTQ Terms." ''Neutrois.com.'' [http://neutrois.com/definitions/terms]</ref>
* '''gynephilic'''. A romantic or sexual orientation in which a person feels attraction to women or femininity.<ref>"LGBTQ Terms." ''Neutrois.com.'' [http://neutrois.com/definitions/terms]</ref>


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