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LGBTQIA2S+ - 6 / 3 / 2024
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
Gender Wiki - gender terms defined
LGBTQIA+ Wiki - gender terms defined
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