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* '''ace'''. Short for asexual, which see.<ref> | * '''ace'''. Short for asexual, which see.<ref name="UWM">{{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> | ||
* '''[[Sexes#Assigned gender at birth|AGAB]]'''. Assigned gender at birth. Most people are either [[Sexes#Assigned female at birth|assigned female at birth (AFAB)]] or [[Sexes#Assigned male at birth|assigned male at birth (AMAB)]]. | * '''[[Sexes#Assigned gender at birth|AGAB]]'''. Assigned gender at birth. Most people are either [[Sexes#Assigned female at birth|assigned female at birth (AFAB)]] or [[Sexes#Assigned male at birth|assigned male at birth (AMAB)]]. | ||
* '''[[Sexes#Assigned female at birth|AFAB]]'''. ''See AGAB.'' | * '''[[Sexes#Assigned female at birth|AFAB]]'''. ''See AGAB.'' | ||
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* '''[[ambonec]]'''. A nonbinary "gender identity in which you identify as both male and female, yet you also identify as neither, at the same time."<ref>http://queerascat.tumblr.com/post/94559591894/nbshadow-introducing-ambonec-an-for-short</ref><ref>"Terms." ''Queer Querys'' (blog). [http://queerquerys.tumblr.com/terms http://queerquerys.tumblr.com/terms]</ref><ref>"Ambonec." ''Mogai-Archive'' (blog). [http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/91796206149/ambonec-an-for-short http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/91796206149/ambonec-an-for-short] (dead link)</ref> | * '''[[ambonec]]'''. A nonbinary "gender identity in which you identify as both male and female, yet you also identify as neither, at the same time."<ref>http://queerascat.tumblr.com/post/94559591894/nbshadow-introducing-ambonec-an-for-short</ref><ref>"Terms." ''Queer Querys'' (blog). [http://queerquerys.tumblr.com/terms http://queerquerys.tumblr.com/terms]</ref><ref>"Ambonec." ''Mogai-Archive'' (blog). [http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/91796206149/ambonec-an-for-short http://mogai-archive.tumblr.com/post/91796206149/ambonec-an-for-short] (dead link)</ref> | ||
* '''[[androgyne]]'''. This word is used for a wide variety of [[gender nonconforming]] and non-binary gender identities and gender expressions. | * '''[[androgyne]]'''. This word is used for a wide variety of [[gender nonconforming]] and non-binary gender identities and gender expressions. | ||
* '''androphilic'''. A [[romantic orientation|romantic]] and [[sexual orientation|sexual]] orientation in which a person feels attraction to men or masculinity.<ref> | * '''androphilic'''. A [[romantic orientation|romantic]] and [[sexual orientation|sexual]] orientation in which a person feels attraction to men or masculinity.<ref name="neut_LGBT">{{Cite web |title=LGBTQ Terms |author= |work=Neutrois.com |date= |access-date=22 September 2020 |url= http://neutrois.com/definitions/terms/}}</ref> | ||
* '''angenital''' or '''ANG'''. "an identity in which you feel uncomfortable (potentially [[dysphoria|dysphoric]]) with having any sort of genitalia ([[sex]]) at all but do not mind gendered [[pronouns]] or having a gender label. You have a desire to be sexless but not necessarily genderless." Coined by uchuulien.<ref>https://queerascat.tumblr.com/post/94551662004/uchuulien-angenital-ang-for-short-ang-is-an</ref> See also [[genital nullification]]. | * '''angenital''' or '''ANG'''. "an identity in which you feel uncomfortable (potentially [[dysphoria|dysphoric]]) with having any sort of genitalia ([[sex]]) at all but do not mind gendered [[pronouns]] or having a gender label. You have a desire to be sexless but not necessarily genderless." Coined by uchuulien.<ref>https://queerascat.tumblr.com/post/94551662004/uchuulien-angenital-ang-for-short-ang-is-an</ref> See also [[genital nullification]]. | ||
* '''[[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> | ||
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* '''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. | ||
* '''FTF'''. Female to female. A term used by some trans women/[[transfeminine]] people because they feel "MTF" wrongly implies they were formerly male. People using the label FTF may not identify as [[transgender]].<ref name="yout_What">{{Cite web |title=What are MTM and FTF??? {{!}} ABC's of LGBT |last=Hardell |first=Ash |work=YouTube |date=30 August 2015 |access-date=26 April 2020 |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH12b8QGti0&feature=emb_title}}</ref><ref>[https://beyond-mogai-pride-flags.tumblr.com/post/183395584975/im-confused-how-can-someone-be-ftf-thats Anonymous asked: I'm confused. How can someone be ftf?], 11 March 2019</ref> | * '''FTF'''. Female to female. A term used by some trans women/[[transfeminine]] people because they feel "MTF" wrongly implies they were formerly male. People using the label FTF may not identify as [[transgender]].<ref name="yout_What">{{Cite web |title=What are MTM and FTF??? {{!}} ABC's of LGBT |last=Hardell |first=Ash |work=YouTube |date=30 August 2015 |access-date=26 April 2020 |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kH12b8QGti0&feature=emb_title}}</ref><ref>[https://beyond-mogai-pride-flags.tumblr.com/post/183395584975/im-confused-how-can-someone-be-ftf-thats Anonymous asked: I'm confused. How can someone be ftf?], 11 March 2019</ref> | ||
* '''FTN'''. Female-to-[[neuter]] (or [[neutrois]]) transsexual (or transgender).<ref name=" | * '''FTN'''. Female-to-[[neuter]] (or [[neutrois]]) transsexual (or transgender).<ref name="neut_LGBT" /> | ||
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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 | * '''[[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 name="UWM" /> | ||
* '''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." | * '''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. | ||
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* '''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 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. | * '''[[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 | * '''gynephilic'''. A romantic or sexual orientation in which a person feels attraction to women or femininity.<ref name="neut_LGBT" /> | ||
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==S== | ==S== | ||
* '''same-gender loving.''' Romantic and/or sexual attraction to the same gender | * '''same-gender loving (SGL).''' Romantic and/or sexual attraction to the same gender. Originated in Black communities.<ref name="UWM" /> | ||
* '''secondary sex characteristics'''. "Physical characteristics that emerge with the onset of puberty, including but not limited to: facial and body hair growth, muscle development, voice changes, breast development, and the ability to reproduce."<ref name="hans" /> | * '''secondary sex characteristics'''. "Physical characteristics that emerge with the onset of puberty, including but not limited to: facial and body hair growth, muscle development, voice changes, breast development, and the ability to reproduce."<ref name="hans" /> | ||
* '''sex reassignment surgery'''. "A term used by some medical professionals to refer to a group of surgical options that alter a person’s sex to match their sex identity."<ref name="Berkeley2013" /> | * '''sex reassignment surgery'''. "A term used by some medical professionals to refer to a group of surgical options that alter a person’s sex to match their sex identity."<ref name="Berkeley2013" /> | ||
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* '''[[singular they]]'''. A gender-neutral pronoun that has been standard English for over a thousand years. During the last two centuries, grammarians dispute whether it is good grammar, or if a different word should be used as a gender-neutral pronoun instead. | * '''[[singular they]]'''. A gender-neutral pronoun that has been standard English for over a thousand years. During the last two centuries, grammarians dispute whether it is good grammar, or if a different word should be used as a gender-neutral pronoun instead. | ||
* '''[[sissy]]'''. From "sister." An offensive word for a feminine boy. Also, a trans-feminine sexual identity.<ref>"Sissy." ''Susan's Place Transgender Resource Wiki.'' [https://susans.org/wiki/Sissy]</ref> | * '''[[sissy]]'''. From "sister." An offensive word for a feminine boy. Also, a trans-feminine sexual identity.<ref>"Sissy." ''Susan's Place Transgender Resource Wiki.'' [https://susans.org/wiki/Sissy]</ref> | ||
* '''SOFFA'''. Short for Significant Others, Friends, Family, and Allies. This means people who aren't LGBT+, but who care about and help LGBT+ people.<ref | * '''SOFFA'''. Short for Significant Others, Friends, Family, and Allies. This means people who aren't LGBT+, but who care about and help LGBT+ people.<ref name="UWM" /> | ||
* '''SRS.''' Sex Reassignment Surgery. | * '''SRS.''' Sex Reassignment [[Surgery]]. | ||
* '''stealth'''. In the transgender community, this means that a transgender person is living so that other people see them as the gender they want to be, while keeping it a secret that they are transgender.<ref>"Passing." [https://susans.org/wiki/Passing]</ref> Transgender women and transgender can be closeted, out, or stealth. In a culture that doesn't recognize non-binary genders, it is impossible to be a stealth non-binary person, because that society has no non-binary role to enter. In that situation, the only two options are to be closeted (you make sure nobody knows you're nonbinary) or out (you make sure everybody knows you're nonbinary, which isn't stealth). | * '''stealth'''. In the transgender community, this means that a transgender person is living so that other people see them as the gender they want to be, while keeping it a secret that they are transgender.<ref>"Passing." ''Susan's Place Transgender Resource Wiki.'' [https://susans.org/wiki/Passing]</ref> Transgender women and transgender can be closeted, out, or stealth. In a culture that doesn't recognize non-binary genders, it is impossible to be a stealth non-binary person, because that society has no non-binary role to enter. In that situation, the only two options are to be closeted (you make sure nobody knows you're nonbinary) or out (you make sure everybody knows you're nonbinary, which isn't stealth). | ||
* '''[[stone]]'''. A certain queer sexual identity. Specific kinds include stone butch and stone femme. Some see these as | * '''[[stone]]'''. A certain queer sexual identity. Specific kinds include stone butch and stone femme. Some see these as nonbinary genders. | ||
* '''stud'''. "An African-American and/or Latina masculine lesbian."<ref | * '''stud'''. "An African-American and/or Latina masculine lesbian."<ref name="GreenPeterson" /> | ||
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