an identity used to describe individuals who consider themselves to be more masculine than feminine and may encompass a range of other identities (e.g. butch, dominant, transmasculine), but do not necessarily describe themselves as men.

a description for someone who describes themselves as being more masculine than feminine in the way they present themselves.

An initialism of male to female.

A term used to describe a transgender individual who manages to “pass” as their gender identity; that is, a trans woman who manages to “pass” as a cisgender woman, or a trans man who manages to “pass” as a cisgender man. However, the use of the term is problematic; particularly as it suggests that a […]

The act of deliberately referring to someone by their deadname, that is, the name they may have been born with or previously known by.

An individual’s preference for pronouns; e.g. their desire to be referred to as he/him, she/her, they/them, etc. To deliberately neglect to use a person’s preferred pronouns – that is, to deliberately refer to them using pronouns they do not prefer – is considered transphobic in much the same way deadnaming someone is.

A name in which a person may previously have been known. This may be particularly pertinent, but not exclusive to, transgender and nonbinary individuals who may have been born with a name different to the name they now go by. For example, a man who was assigned female at birth may have been born with […]

A subcategory of nouns that refer to a person or thing – traditionally, he/him, she/her, it/its, they/them. Traditionally, males are referred to as he/him (e.g. he hurt himself on his table), and females by she/her (e.g. she hurt herself on her table), but the discussion around preferred pronouns has meant that individuals may ask to […]

The sex assigned to an individual when born; that is, typically, male or female as it may appear on one’s birth certificate. A transgender individual is somebody who identifies their gender differently to their sex assigned at birth. By comparison, someone whose sex assigned at birth is the same as their gender (that is, their […]