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AFAB
Acronym meaning “assigned female at birth.”
Agender
Someone who doesn’t identify with the idea or experience of having a gender.
Aliagender
A nonbinary gender identity that doesn’t fit into existing gender schemas or constructs.
AMAB
Acronym meaning “assigned male at birth.”
Androgyne
Someone who has a gender presentation or identity that’s gender-neutral, androgynous, or has both masculine and feminine characteristics.
Aporagender
Both an umbrella term and nonbinary gender identity describing the experience of having a specific gender that’s different from man, woman, or any combination of the two.
Bigender
This term describes someone who identifies with two distinct genders.
Bigender indicates the
number of gender identities someone has.
It doesn’t indicate which genders someone identifies with or the level of identification they have with a particular gender (such as 50 percent male, 50 percent demigirl).
Binarism
Generally, binarism refers to the gender systems and schemas that are based on the existence of two opposing parts, such as man/woman or masculine/feminine.
More specifically, binarism is a type of sexism that erases ethnic or culture-specific nonbinary gender roles and identities.
Body dysphoria
Body dysphoria is different from body dysmorphic disorder.
It refers to a specific type of gender dysphoria that manifests as distress or discomfort with aspects of the body.
This may include anatomy, shape, size, chromosomes, secondary sex characteristics, or internal reproductive structures.
Boi
A term, primarily used in LGBTQIA+ Communities of Color, that typically describes someone who has a presentation, sexuality, or gender that’s considered “boyish.”
Butch
Primarily used in LGBTQIA+ communities, this term typically describes someone with a presentation, sexuality, or gender that’s considered masculine.
Butch doesn’t necessarily indicate the other terms that someone might use to describe their presentation, sexuality, or gender.
Cisgender
A term used to describe people who exclusively identify with the sex and gender they were assigned at birth.
Cishet
A term that refers to someone who is both cisgender and heterosexual.
Cisnormativity
The assumption that a person identifies with the sex or gender they were assigned at birth, or that having a cisgender gender identity is the norm.
Cissexism
A form of oppression that discriminates against those who aren’t cisgender.
Demiboy
This nonbinary gender identity describes someone who partially identifies with being a boy, man, or masculine.
The term demiboy tells you about someone’s gender identity but doesn’t convey any information about the sex or gender assigned to someone at birth.
A demiboy can be cisgender or trans.
Demigender
This umbrella term typically includes nonbinary gender identities and uses the prefix “demi-” to indicate the experience of having a partial identification or connection to a particular gender.
This may include:
- demigirl
- demiboy
- demienby
- demitrans
Demigirl
This nonbinary gender identity describes someone who partially identifies with being a girl, woman, womxn, or feminine.
The term demigirl tells you about someone’s gender identity but doesn’t convey any information about the sex or gender assigned to someone at birth.
A demigirl can be cisgender or trans.
Dyadic
This describes people who have sex characteristics — such as chromosomes, hormones, internal organs, or anatomy — that can be easily categorized into the binary sex framework of male or female.
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This describes people who experience their gender as feminine or femme.
Some feminine-of-center people also identify with the word “woman,” but others don’t.
The term feminine-of-center tells you about someone’s gender identity but doesn’t convey any information about the sex or gender assigned to them at birth.
Feminine-presenting
This describes people who have a gender expression or presentation that they or others categorize as feminine.
Feminine-presenting is a term that captures the part of someone’s gender that’s shown externally, either through aspects of their style, appearance, physical traits, mannerisms, or body language.
This term doesn’t necessarily indicate anything about the way someone identifies their gender or the gender or sex assigned to them at birth.
Femme
This is a label for a gender identity or expression that describes someone with a gender that is or leans toward feminine.
Some femmes also identify with the term “woman,” while many others don’t.
Femme indicates the way someone experiences or expresses their gender and doesn’t provide any information about the gender or sex assigned to them at birth.
Female-to-male (FTM)
This term is most commonly used to refer to trans males, trans men, and some transmasculine people who were assigned female at birth.
It’s important to only use this term if someone wants to be referred to this way, as some trans men and transmasculine people use terms that don’t include or indicate the sex they were assigned at birth.
Gender apathetic
This term describes someone who doesn’t strongly identify with any gender or with any gender labels.
Some gender apathetic people also use terms that indicate their relationship with the sex or gender assigned to them at birth — such as cis apathetic or trans apathetic — while others don’t.
Generally, people who are gender apathetic display an attitude of flexibility, openness, and “not caring” about how gender identity or presentation is perceived and labeled by others.
Gender binary
Also known as gender binarism, this term refers to gender classification systems — whether cultural, legal, structural, or social — that organize gender or sex into two mutually exclusive categories such man/woman or masculine/feminine.
Gender dysphoria
This is both a medical diagnosis and an informal term used to communicate challenging feelings or distress people experience in relation to gender.
The medical diagnosis of gender dysphoria refers to a conflict between someone’s assigned sex (as male, female, or intersex) and their gender identity.
When used informally, gender dysphoria describes interactions, assumptions, physical traits, or body parts that don’t feel affirming or inclusive of someone’s expressed or experienced gender.
Gender expansive
An umbrella term that’s used to refer to people who subvert or don’t conform to society’s dominant view of gender.
This could include trans people, nonbinary people, people who are gender nonconforming, and more.
Gender expression
Gender expression is the way someone expresses gender through behavior, mannerisms, interests, physical characteristics, or appearance.
It’s often but not always described using terms such as masculine, feminine, neutral, androgynous, conforming, or nonconforming.
The words used to describe someone’s gender expression are dependent upon social or cultural norms and stereotypes and may change over time.
Gender identity
This is the way someone experiences gender internally as part of their core sense of self.
Gender identity can’t be assumed based on appearance, anatomy, social norms, or stereotypes.
Gender identity isn’t determined by assigned gender or sex, and often develops or changes over time.
Gender-neutral pronouns
These pronouns aren’t stereotypically or culturally categorized as masculine or feminine or for men or women.
Gender-neutral pronouns are used by both cisgender and transgender individuals as a way to affirm and convey important information about who they are and how they want to be referred to.
Examples include:
- they/them/theirs
- ze/hir/hirs
- ze/zir/zirs
- xe/xem/xyrs
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