Gender Identities
Binary Genders and Other Important TermsCisgender: 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 FluidityGender 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
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Non-Binary GendersAgender: 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
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