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PFLAG National Glossary

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  • AFAB
  • Affirmed Gender
  • Agender
  • Alloromantic
  • Allosexual
  • Ally
  • AMAB
  • Androgynous
  • Aroflux
  • Aromantic
  • Asexual
  • Assigned Sex
  • Assumed Gender

B

  • Bi-curious
  • Bigender
  • Binary
  • Binding
  • Bioessentialism
  • Biological Sex
  • Biphobia
  • BIPOC
  • Biromantic
  • Bisexual
  • Bottom Surgery
  • Butch

C

  • Chosen Family
  • Cisgender
  • Cisnormativity
  • Cissexism
  • Clocking
  • Closeted
  • Coming Out
  • Culturally Queer

D

  • Deadnaming
  • Demiboy
  • Demigirl
  • Demiromantic
  • Demisexual
  • Disclosure
  • Drag
  • Dyke

E

  • Enby

F

  • Feminine
  • Femme
  • Folx
  • FTM/F2M
  • FTX/F2X

G

  • Gatekeeping
  • Gay
  • Gayby
  • Gender
  • Gender Binary
  • Gender Dysphoria
  • Gender Envy
  • Gender Euphoria
  • Gender Expansive
  • Gender Expression
  • Gender Identity
  • Gender Neutral
  • Gender Non-Conforming (GNC)
  • Gender Performance Theory
  • Gender Roles
  • Gender Socialization
  • Gender Spectrum
  • Gender Variant
  • Gender-Affirming Services
  • Gender-Affirming Surgery (GAS)
  • Gender-Critical Feminism
  • Gender-Critical Feminists
  • Gender-Neutral Salutations or Titles
  • Gendered Language
  • Genderfluid
  • Genderqueer
  • Gray Asexual
  • Grayromantic

H

  • Hermaphrodite
  • Heteroflexible
  • Heteronormativity
  • Heteroromantic
  • Heterosexual
  • Homoflexible
  • Homophobia
  • Homoromantic
  • Homosexual
  • Hormone Blockers
  • Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)
  • House-Ballroom Community
  • Hyperfemininity
  • Hypermasculinity

I

  • Internalized Homophobia
  • Intersectionality
  • Intersex

K

  • Kinsey Scale

L

  • Latinx
  • Lesbian
  • LGBTQ+
  • Lifestyle
  • Lived Experience

M

  • Masculine
  • Misgender
  • Misogynoir
  • Mispronoun
  • Mixed Pronouns
  • MLM
  • Monogamous
  • Monolith
  • Monosexism
  • Monosexual
  • MSM
  • MTF/M2F
  • MTX/M2X

N

  • Nibling
  • Nonbinary
  • Nonbinary Lesbian

O

  • Omniromantic
  • Omnisexual
  • Opposite Sex
  • Out
  • Outing

P

  • Panromantic
  • Pansexual
  • Passing
  • Polyamorous
  • Polyromantic
  • Positive
  • Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP)
  • Pre-, Post-, or Non-Operative (or -Op)
  • Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)
  • Preference
  • Privilege
  • Pronouns
  • PTP
  • Puberty Blockers

Q

  • QTPOC
  • Queer
  • Queerbaiting
  • Queerplatonic
  • Queerspawn
  • Questioning

R

S

  • Same-Gender Loving (SGL)
  • Sapphic
  • Sex
  • Sex Worker
  • Sexual Orientation
  • Social Construction Theory
  • SOGI
  • Stealth
  • Stereotype
  • Stud
  • Survival Sex

T

  • T4T
  • TERF
  • TGNC
  • Throuple
  • Top Surgery
  • Trancestors
  • Trans-antagonistic
  • Transfeminine
  • Transgender
  • Transition
  • Transmasculine
  • Transmedicalism
  • Transmisogynoir
  • Transmisogyny
  • Transpawn
  • Transphobia
  • Transromantic
  • Transsexual
  • Two-Spirit

V

  • Voguing

W

  • WLW
  • WSW