Transgender Man
A man who was assigned female sex at birth but whose true gender is male.
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Trans-antagonism
A broad range of hostile acts intended to invalidate, intimidate, and/or provoke transgender people, including but not limited to the use of slurs, anti-trans jokes, and cissexist and/or transmisogynistic statements (see: transphobia).
Transmisogyny
Anti-transgender bigotry—including individual and state-sanctioned acts of violence—directed specifically at transgender women, transfeminine people, and/or gender non-conforming people whose gender expression and/or identity falls on the feminine end of the gender spectrum. While many transgender people will likely experience transphobia at some point in their lives, not all will necessarily confront transmisogyny, a particular kind of marginalization that targets people based on being both female and transgender.
Legal Transition
Refers to one or several processes related to changing one’s name and gender marker on government-issued documents, such as driver’s licenses, birth certificates, and passports. Part of Larry’s legal transition involved applying for a court-ordered name change. The name on his driver’s license now accurately reflects his identity.
Transition
See: Gender Transition.
Latinx
A gender-neutral term referring to Latin-American individuals. Another alternative is Latine. Both terms replace the letters “a” and “o” as feminine and masculine identifiers.
Labiaplasty
A form of bottom surgery typically performed following a vaginoplasty, intended to enhance some characteristics of the labia minora and/or major.
Intersex
An umbrella term for a wide spectrum of natural variations in sex characteristics involving chromosomal, hormonal, endocrinological, and/or anatomical configurations that do not appear to fit the standard definitions of female and male (Serano, 2018). Shawn has XXY chromosomes, a relatively common intersex variation. Serano, Julia. “Julia’s Trans, Gender, Sexuality, and Activism Glossary.” Juliaserano.com, 2019.