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  Gender
 
Gender, Sexuality and Romantic Orientation are NOT the same
    Gender — an internal, deeply-held sense of one's gender (if any)
        [See below]
    Sexuality — sexual attractions (if any) toward others
         Asexual,  Abrosexual, Bisexual, Demisexual, Omnisexual, Pansexual, Gay, Lesbian, Queer
    Romantic Orientation — A person's romantic attractions (if any) toward others
         Aromantic, Abroromantic, Biromantic, Demiromantic, Omniromantic, Panromantic
Assigned At Birth
    AFAB — assigned female at birth
    AMAB — assigned male at birth
    not everyone has an obvious sexual identity at birth [see Intersex]
Gender As 3-D Spectrum
    not just male/female linear polarities but rather plotted on a two dimensional plane
    and with the addition of various agender identities expanded to a three dimensional space
Gender Identity — the gender (or genders) a person identifies with
    a person may have more than one gender identity
    gender identity may change
        over time
        within a short span of time
Gender Expression — how a person expresses their gender identity
    clothing and shoes
    hairstyle
    makeup
    actions
    relationships
        social
        sexual preferences
    pronouns preferred
Lesbian
    more a sexual orientation
    Lesbiangender or Lesbigender — gender in which one's gender is their lesbianism
    or when lesbianism is so intrinsically tied to gender that a person cannot separate them
    usually female to female
        can be transfem to transfem
        or female to transfem / transfem to female
        or bisexual
Gay
    more a sexual orientation
    Gaygender or Vinciangender — gender in which one's gayness or vincian identity is their gender
    or when gayness or vincian identity is intrinsically tied to gender and a person can't separate them
    usually male to male
        can be transmale to transmale
        or male to transmale / tranmale to male
        or bisexual
    broadly used for people who identify as homosexual
Bisexual
    more a sexual orientation
    Bigender — gender identity in which people experience exactly two gender identities
    attracted to other genders
    usually male and females
        but can be transmales and transfemales
        or any combination
Transgender — umbrella term for those who identify with a gender not the sex tassigned at birth
    Transfemale
        AMAB identifying as female
        Transfeminine — used to describe transgender people with
            gender identity that is mainly feminine
        Transfem
        Transfemme
   Transmale
        AFAB identifying as male
        Transmasculine — used to describe transgender and/or non binary people with
            gender identity that is mainly masculine
        Transmasc
    Transneutral — transgender people who identifies fully or partially as a neutral,
        abinary, or any unaligned gender
        FtN, F2N — female to neutral
        MtN, M2N — male to neutral
    Transandrogynous — used to describe transgender individuals that identify fully or
        partially as androgyne or another androgynous gender
        Transandro
        Transdrogynous
    Transxenine — used to describe transgender people who are fully or partially as xenine/xenic
        FtX, F2X — female to xenine
        MtX, M2X — male to xenine
    not all trans had or can have surgery
        obstacals to transitioning — the transitioning process, age, family, work and/or legal
Queer / Questioning
    Queer
        originally used as a hate term
        some people want to reclaim the word, while others find it offensive
        it can be a political statement
            suggest that someone doesn't want to identify with binaries
                (e.g. male or female, homosexual or straight)
        or that they don't want to label themselves only by their sexual activity
    Questioning
        a person who is still exploring their sexuality or gender identity
Intersex — people born with genitlia that make identification difficult
    hermaphordites
    people with other than XX oy XY chromosomes
Agender / Asexual
    Agender
        people who don't use gender identity when thinking of themselves
    Asexual
        people who don't identify themselves by their sexuality
        people who are not sexually attacted to anyone
Two Spirit
    usually only applied to First Nations indigenous groups
    berdache — coined by western anthropologists and used until the late 20th century
        mainly to describe feminine Native Americans assigned male at birth
        however berdache is inaccurate and can be considered offensive
Plus
    people who have a gender identity that doesn't fall into one of the other categories
    Demigender
        Deminonbinary — non-binary gender identity in which one is partially non-binary,
            and partially another gender
            DemiNB
            DemiNon-binary
        Demigirl — gender is partially female, and partially another gender(s)
            Demiwoman
            Demifemale
            Demilady
            Demifemme
        Demiboy — gender is partially male, and partially another gender(s)
            Demiguy
            Demiman
            Demimale
            Demidude
            Demimasc
        Demitransgender — gender which is partially, but not completely, as transgender,
            due to being part assigned gender at birth, and part something else
            Demitrans
    Genderfluid — people with two or more gender identities
        also an umbrella term for:
            genderfaunet
            genderfaer
            genderfloren
            genderfrith
            genderspirit
            genderfruc
        Perifluid — genderfluid identity in which one is fluid between mingenders, fingenders,
            genderlessness, and/or neutral genders
        Cassfluid — gender identity in which one feels they're indifferent towards their gender,
            but they know that their gender is fluid in some way
        Demifluid — demigender and genderfluid identity in which one's gender is partially fluid,
            and the other part is a static (unchanging) gender
            Demigenderfluid
        Xenofluid — form of genderfluid that experiences fluidity exclusively or majority between
            xenogenders or xenic adjacent (or aligned) genders
    Genderflux — gender identity or identities that varies in intensity over time
        Nonbinaryflux — gender identity in which one's gender exists outside the binary but
            experiences fluctuating intensity
            Nonbinaryflux
            Enbyflux or Nbyflux
        Girlflux — gender which fluctuates in intensity of womanhood/femaleness
            Womanflux
            Galflux
            Femmeflux
        Boyflux — gender which fluctuates in intensity of manhood
            Manflux
            Guyflux
        Demiflux — one gender identity is static, while another gender fluctuates in intensity
    Non-binary
        Agender — gender identity defined as lacking or having very little gender
            Neutrois or neutrally gendered
            Libragender feeling mostly agender but with a partial connection to another gender
            genderless or lacking gender
            gender neutral in the sense of being neither man or woman yet still having a gender
            gaving an unknown or undefinable gender; not aligning with any binary or non-binary gender
            gaving no other words that fit their gender identity
            not knowing or not caring about gender, as an internal identity and/or as an external label
            deciding not to label their gender
            identifying more as an individual than any gender at all
        Androgyne — non-binary gender identity in which one is simultaneously a man and a woman,
             or in between the two
            femandrogyne
            mascandrogyne
            versandrogyne
            androgyneflux
            neutrandrogyne
            demiandrogyne
        Aporagender — non-binary gender identity
            umbrella term for gender separate from male, female and anything between them while
                still having a very strong and specific gendered feeling
        Cassgender — gender identity in which one feels their gender is unimportant, or
            is indifferent from the idea of gender
            cassflux
            cassfluid
            cassfluidflux
            demicass
        Genderqueer — umbrella term with a similar meaning to non-binary
            a combination of genders
            neither man nor woman (Genderless, Agender, Neutrois)
            moving between genders (Gender-fluid, Oriengender)
            third gender or other-gender
            those who do not or cannot place a name to their gender
            having an overlap or blurred lines between gender identity
            preferring to dress as the opposite gender
        Gendervoid — gender identity in which one feels nothing where gender should be
        Leptrality — an attempt to bring mathematical and linguistic understanding of
            genders, with aspects of relational algebra
        Neutrois — leptrois identity in which one's gender is neutral or null
        Xenogender — non-binary identity and umbrella term in which gender goes "beyond
            human understandings of gender", and is crafted by other methods of gender categorization
            Neurogender — a gender identity and an umbrella term to describe when
                someone's gender is linked to one's neurotype, mental illness, or neurological conditions
                ADHDgender
                Autigender
                Neuroboy
                Neurogirl
                Neurobxy
                Neurogxrl
                Neuroflux
                Neurobinary
                Bipolargender
            Gastrogender — gender identity in which one's gender is generally related to food or drinks
                Gastrongender
            Aestheigender — gender identity in which one's gender is either derived from, an
                embodiment of, similar to, or shares qualities of an aesthetic or other sensory experience
                Aesthetgender
                Aesthetegender
                Videgender
    Pangender — gender identity defined as many or all genders
        number of genders experienced may be unknown or may fluctuate
        may be experienced one at a time or simultaneously

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