Gender Identities

Binary Genders and Other Important Terms

Cisgender: identifies as the gender assigned at birth
[example: assigned female at birth; identifies as female]

Transgender: identifying as a gender other than the one assigned at birth
[example: assigned male at birth; identifies as female or agender]

Binary Genders: male and female

Female:

Male:

AFAB/FAAB: Assigned Female At Birth / Female Assigned At Birth

AMAB/MAAB: Assigned Male At Birth / Male Assigned At Birth

FTM: female to male transgender

MTF: male to female transgender

Intersex: biological sex is not fully male or female, not a gender identity
[correct me if I could phrase this better]

Gender Fluid: a non-binary gender identity changes often. Can be between any combination of genders

Crystagender: gender randomly changes, often feels broken or fractured between multiple genders

Mutogender: subset of genderfluid; gender changes depending on the situation

Alexigender: subset of gender fluid where you're aware your gender is changing but cannot label each individual gender

Agender: gender identity in which you feel you have no gender / are genderless

Bigender: gender identity in which you feel you are two genders, either at once or fluidly

Pangender: gender identity in which you feel you are all genders, either at once or fluidly

Demigirl: gender identity that is partially female and partially something else (often agender)

Demiboy: gender identity that is partially male and partially something else (often agender)

Neutrois: gender identity that is neutral

Androgyne:

Androgynous: adjective describing