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* '''pansexual''' The sexual orientation of being attracted to all genders.
* '''pansexual''' The sexual orientation of being attracted to all genders.
* '''passing'''. When a person is seen by others as their true gender, not as the gender they were assigned at birth. Some transgender people dislike this word, saying it gives the idea that they are being dishonest, when they are trying to be seen as they really are.<ref>"Passing." [https://susans.org/wiki/Passing]</ref>
* '''passing'''. When a person is seen by others as their true gender, not as the gender they were assigned at birth. Some transgender people dislike this word, saying it gives the idea that they are being dishonest, when they are trying to be seen as they really are.<ref>"Passing." [https://susans.org/wiki/Passing]</ref>
* '''passing woman'''. A historical term that describes [[cisgender]] women who presented themselves as men "in order to have access to a career or way of living that was available only to men."<ref>{{cite journal|title=A Transgender Dictionary |last=Molina |first=Nora Gabriella |journal=Focus: A Guide to AIDS Research and Counseling |date=January 1998 |volume=13 |number=2}}</ref>
* '''perisex'''. Adjective meaning "not [[intersex]]".<ref name="Lanquist">{{Cite web |title=Definitions |author=Lanquist, L.A. |work=Trans Narrative |date= |access-date=19 June 2020 |url= https://lalanquist.com/definitions/}}</ref><ref name="themeaningofbi">{{Cite web |title=What tf is perisex |author= |work=Correcting Bisexuality Definitions One at a Time |date=17 July 2016 |access-date=19 June 2020 |url= https://themeaningofbisexuality.tumblr.com/post/147553978486/what-tf-is-perisex}}</ref>
* '''perisex'''. Adjective meaning "not [[intersex]]".<ref name="Lanquist">{{Cite web |title=Definitions |author=Lanquist, L.A. |work=Trans Narrative |date= |access-date=19 June 2020 |url= https://lalanquist.com/definitions/}}</ref><ref name="themeaningofbi">{{Cite web |title=What tf is perisex |author= |work=Correcting Bisexuality Definitions One at a Time |date=17 July 2016 |access-date=19 June 2020 |url= https://themeaningofbisexuality.tumblr.com/post/147553978486/what-tf-is-perisex}}</ref>
* '''polyamory.''' A long-term romantic and/or sexual relationship between more than two people at the same time, all of whom consent to the arrangement.<ref name="hallelujah-labels"/>
* '''polyamory.''' A long-term romantic and/or sexual relationship between more than two people at the same time, all of whom consent to the arrangement.<ref name="hallelujah-labels"/>
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