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+* '''womxn'''. A [[feminist]] spelling of "woman" which is meant to A) avoid containing the word "[[men]]" and B) highlight the inclusion of women of color, [[trans women]], [[nonbinary women]], and otherwise LGBTQ+ women.<ref name="Mosher-womxn">{{Cite web |title=BWW Interview: Karen Cecilia of The Womxn Poetry/Storytellers Evening at Bar Bayeux |last=Mosher |first=Stephen |work=BroadwayWorld.com |date=14 August 2020 |access-date=26 August 2020 |url= https://www.broadwayworld.com/cabaret/article/BWW-Interview-Karen-Cecilia-of-The-Womxn-PoetryStorytellers-Evening-at-Bar-Bayeux-20200814|quote=By using the X in womxn it is to means to recognise "women" to be inclusive of transgender, nonbinary, women of color and part of the LBGTQ+ community.}}</ref><ref>https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/womxn</ref> Coined by Ebony Miranda, a feminist in Seattle, who defined it as including "women and those affected by [[misogyny]]".<ref name="Kerr2019">{{Cite web |title=What Do Womxn Want? |last=Kerr |first=Breena |work=New York Times |date=14 March 2019 |access-date=1 August 2020 |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/14/style/womxn.html}}</ref> This word has received criticism for excluding queer women and women of color from the word "woman".{{citation needed}}
+* '''womyn'''. A variant spelling of "woman" or "women", pronounced the same way, but without including the words "man" or "men". The term "womyn" was promulgated in lesbian journals of the 1970s, but fell out of favor in the 21st century due to becoming associated with [[TERF]]s.<ref name="Gory">{{Cite web |title=How The Letter "X" Creates More Gender-Neutral Language |author=Gory, Rory |work=Dictionary.com |date=6 August 2019 |access-date=11 February 2021 |url= https://www.dictionary.com/e/letter-x-gender-neutral-language/}}</ref>
 * '''womyn-born womyn'''. A euphemism for "[[cis]] woman". Some groups of women use this term to highlight the biological and social experience of growing up as and living as an AFAB (assigned female at birth) person.
-* '''womxn'''. A [[feminist]] spelling of "woman" which is meant to A) avoid containing the word "[[men]]" and B) highlight the inclusion of women of color, [[trans women]], [[nonbinary women]], and otherwise LGBTQ+ women.<ref name="Mosher-womxn">{{Cite web |title=BWW Interview: Karen Cecilia of The Womxn Poetry/Storytellers Evening at Bar Bayeux |last=Mosher |first=Stephen |work=BroadwayWorld.com |date=14 August 2020 |access-date=26 August 2020 |url= https://www.broadwayworld.com/cabaret/article/BWW-Interview-Karen-Cecilia-of-The-Womxn-PoetryStorytellers-Evening-at-Bar-Bayeux-20200814|quote=By using the X in womxn it is to means to recognise "women" to be inclusive of transgender, nonbinary, women of color and part of the LBGTQ+ community.}}</ref><ref>https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/womxn</ref> Coined by Ebony Miranda, a feminist in Seattle, who defined it as including "women and those affected by [[misogyny]]".<ref name="Kerr2019">{{Cite web |title=What Do Womxn Want? |last=Kerr |first=By Breena |work=New York Times |date=14 March 2019 |access-date=1 August 2020 |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/14/style/womxn.html}}</ref> This word has recieved criticism for excluding queer women and women of color from the word "woman."
+* '''WSW'''. Short for women who have sex with women. They may or may not identify as bisexual or lesbian.<ref name="JHUglossary">{{Cite web |title=LGBT Glossary |author= |publisher=Johns Hopkins University |access-date=11 February 2021 |url= http://web.jhu.edu/LGBTQ/glossary.html}}</ref>
-* '''WSW'''. Short for women who have sex with women. They may or may not identify as bisexual or lesbian.<ref>"LGBT Glossary." [http://web.jhu.edu/LGBTQ/glossary.html]</ref>
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