Primarily Canadian and U.S. American movement wherein police officers were banned from LGBTQ+ pride events in some locations, due to historical and contemporary mistreatment of LGBTQ+ persons, especially Black and Indigenous LGBTQ+ persons. In recent years acted as a response to the 2010-2017 Toronto serial homicides and the mishandling of the investigation by the Toronto Police Service.
No Cops at Pride movement
No Cops at Pride
No Police at Pride movement
No Police at Pride
Non-binary parents
Works consisting of sequential images often accompanied by text; use in reference to comics focusing on aromantic characters or themes.
Aromantic comics
Works consisting of sequential images often accompanied by text; use in reference to comics focusing on intersexual characters or themes.
Intersex comics
Literary work, typically written in verse, that focuses on intersex characters, themes, or identity.
Intersex poetry
Works consisting of sequential images often accompanied by text; use in reference to comics focusing on asexual characters or themes.
Asexual comics
Works consisting of sequential images often accompanied by text; use in reference to comics focusing on demisexual characters or themes.
Demisexual comics
Literary works that have erotic or sexual elements; use in reference to erotic literature focusing on asexual characters or themes.
Asexual erotic literature
Literary works that have erotic or sexual elements; use in reference to erotic literature focusing on intersex characters or themes.
Intersex erotic literature
Literary works that have erotic or sexual elements; use in reference to erotic literature focusing on demisexual characters or themes.
Demisexual erotic literature
Genre that uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting; use for fantasy fiction focusing on asexual characters or themes.
Asexual fantasy fiction
Genre that uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting; use for fantasy fiction focusing on aromantic characters or themes.
Aromantic fantasy fiction
Genre that uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting; use for fantasy fiction focusing on intersex characters or themes.
Intersex fantasy fiction
Works consisting of sequential images often accompanied by text that generally contain stand-alone stories; used in reference to graphic novels focusing on asexual characters or themes.
Asexual graphic novels
Works consisting of sequential images often accompanied by text that generally contain stand-alone stories; used in reference to graphic novels focusing on demisexual characters or themes.
Demisexual graphic novels
Works consisting of sequential images often accompanied by text that generally contain stand-alone stories; used in reference to graphic novels focusing on aromantic characters or themes.
Aromantic graphic novels
Works consisting of sequential images often accompanied by text that generally contain stand-alone stories; used in reference to graphic novels focusing on intersex characters or themes.
Intersex graphic novels
Written works of fiction intended to frighten, scare, or disgust; use in reference to horror fiction focusing on aromantic characters or themes.
Aromantic horror fiction
Written works of fiction intended to frighten, scare, or disgust; use in reference to horror fiction focusing on intersex characters or themes.
Intersex horror fiction
Written literary works about the investigation of crime or the work of detectives; use in reference to mystery and detective fiction focusing on asexual characters and themes.
Asexual mystery and detective fiction
Written literary works about the investigation of crime or the work of detectives; use in reference to mystery and detective fiction focusing on aromantic characters and themes.
Aromantic mystery and detective fiction
Written literary works about the investigation of crime or the work of detectives; use in reference to mystery and detective fiction focusing on intersex characters and themes.
Intersex mystery and detective fiction
Works of fiction revolving around romantic and/or sexual relationships between the main characters; use in reference to romance fiction focusing on asexual characters.
Asexual romance fiction
Works of fiction revolving around romantic and/or sexual relationships between the main characters; use in reference to romance fiction focusing on aromantic characters.
Aromantic romance fiction
Works of fiction revolving around romantic and/or sexual relationships between the main characters; use in reference to romance fiction focusing on intersex characters.
Intersex romance fiction
Written literary work about imaginative or futuristic concepts incorporating science, technology, space, time travel, and other speculative elements; use in reference to science fiction focusing on asexual characters or themes.
Asexual science fiction
Written literary work about imaginative or futuristic concepts incorporating science, technology, space, time travel, and other speculative elements; use in reference to science fiction focusing on aromantic characters or themes.
Aromantic science fiction
Written literary work about imaginative or futuristic concepts incorporating science, technology, space, time travel, and other speculative elements; use in reference to science fiction focusing on intersex characters or themes.
Intersex science fiction
Written literary works that are short in length and detail a self-contained incident or concept; use in reference to short stories focusing on asexual characters or themes.
Asexual short stories
Written literary works that are short in length and detail a self-contained incident or concept; use in reference to short stories focusing on aromantic characters or themes.
Aromantic short stories
Written literary works that are short in length and detail a self-contained incident or concept; use in reference to short stories focusing on intersex characters or themes.
Intersex short stories
Motion pictures, or movies, created by transgender directors, depicting transgender people, or that are regarded as important within transgender culture.
Transgender films
Motion pictures, or movies, created by queer directors, depicting queer people, or that are regarded as important within queer culture.
Queer films
Motion pictures, or movies, created by bisexual directors, depicting bisexual people, or that are regarded as important within bisexual culture.
Bisexual films
Literary works with erotic or sexual elements; use in reference to erotic literature focusing on aromantic characters or themes.
Aromantic erotic literature
Past events or accounts of the past concerning aromantic people, or people who might be perceived as aromantic if they were alive today.
Aromantic history
The study, evaluation, and interpretation of literary works focusing on aromantic characters or themes; can also include interpretation of literature through the lens and frameworks of aromantic studies.
Aromantic literary criticism
Written works describing imagined events or people; use in reference to fictional works focusing on asexual characters or themes.
Asexual fiction
Written works of fiction intended to frighten, scare, or disgust; use in reference to horror fiction focusing on asexual characters or themes.
Asexual horror fiction
Written literary works for an audience of readers from 12-18 years of age, also known as young adult literature or YA; use in reference to youth literature focusing on asexual characters or themes.
Asexual youth literature
Past events or accounts of the past concerning asexual people, or people who might be perceived as asexual if they were alive today.
Asexual history
The study, evaluation, and interpretation of literary works focusing on asexual characters or themes; can also include interpretation of literature through the lens and frameworks of asexual studies.
Asexual literary criticism
Past events or accounts of the past concerning demisexual people, or people who might be perceived as demisexual if they were alive today.
Demisexual history
Literary works with erotic or sexual elements; use in reference to erotic literature focusing on megasexual characters or themes.
Megasexual erotic literature
Written works that include magical or fantastical elements; use in reference to fantasy fiction focusing on megasexual characters or themes.
Megasexual fantasy fiction
Written works of fiction intended to frighten, scare, or disgust; use in reference to horror fiction focusing on megasexual characters or themes.
Megasexual horror fiction
Written literary works about the investigation of crime or the work of detectives; use in reference to mystery and detective fiction focusing on megasexual characters or themes.
Megasexual mystery and detective fiction
Written literary work focusing on romantic relationships and love between people; use in reference to romance fiction focusing on megasexual characters or themes.
Megasexual romance fiction
Written literary works about imaginative or futuristic concepts incorporating science, technology, space, time travel, and other speculative elements; use in reference to science fiction focusing on megasexual characters or themes.
Megasexual science fiction
Written literary works that are short in length and detail a self-contained incident or concept; use in reference to short stories focusing on megasexual characters or themes.
Megasexual short stories
Works consisting of sequential images often accompanied by text; use in reference to comics focusing on megasexual characters or themes.
Megasexual comics
Past events or accounts of the past concerning megasexual people, or people who might be perceived as megasexual if they were alive today.
Megasexual history
Ongoing connections between two or more individuals involving romantic behaviors or activities.
Romantic relationships
Literary works with erotic or sexual elements; use in reference to erotic literature focusing on greyromantic erotic literature characters or themes.
Greyromantic erotic literature
Written works that include magical or fantastical elements; use in reference to fantasy fiction focusing on greyromantic characters or themes.
Greyromantic fantasy fiction
Written works of fiction intended to frighten, scare, or disgust; use in reference to horror fiction focusing on greyromantic characters or themes.
Greyromantic horror fiction
Written literary works about the investigation of crime or the work of detectives; use in reference to mystery and detective fiction focusing on greyromantic characters or themes.
Greyromantic mystery and detective fiction
Written literary work focusing on romantic relationships and love between people; use in reference to romance fiction focusing on greyromantic characters or themes.
Greyromantic romance fiction
Written literary works about imaginative or futuristic concepts incorporating science, technology, space, time travel, and other speculative elements; use in reference to science fiction focusing on greyromantic characters or themes.
Greyromantic science fiction
Written literary works that are short in length and detail a self-contained incident or concept; use in reference to short stories focusing on greyromantic characters or themes.
Greyromantic short stories
Works consisting of sequential images often accompanied by text; use in reference to comics focusing on greyromantic characters or themes.
Greyromantic comics
Past events or accounts of the past concerning greyromantic people, or people who might be perceived as greyromantic if they were alive today.
Greyromantic history
Motion pictures, or movies, created by intersex directors, depicting intersex people, or that are regarded as important within intersex culture.
Intersex films
Motion pictures, or movies, created by aromantic directors, depicting aromantic people, or that are regarded as important within aromantic culture.
Aromantic films
Motion pictures, or movies, created by asexual directors, depicting asexual people, or that are regarded as important within asexual culture.
Asexual films
Motion pictures, or movies, created by demisexual directors, depicting demisexual people, or that are regarded as important within demisexual culture.
Demisexual films
Works consisting of sequential images often accompanied by text that generally contain stand-alone stories; used in reference to graphic novels focusing on non-binary characters or themes.
Non-binary graphic novels
Literary works that have erotic or sexual elements; use in reference to erotic literature focusing on non-binary characters or themes.
Non-binary erotic literature
Erotic or sexually explicit films featuring non-binary people.
Non-binary porn films
Written literary works that are short in length and detail a self-contained incident or concept; use in reference to short stories focusing on non-binary characters or themes.
Non-binary short stories
Works consisting of sequential images often accompanied by text; use in reference to comics focusing on non-binary characters or themes.
Non-binary comics
Literary work, typically written in verse, that focuses on non-binary characters, themes, or identity.
Non-binary poetry
A portmanteau of two reclaimed terms (queer and crip) used to indicate that a person or a thing belongs to both queer and crip communities, often used to indicate unity or shared struggles. This term may also appear as "cripqueer" to emphasize the crip identity before the queer one.
Cripqueer
Queercrip
69ing refers to an act of shared oral sex between two people simultaneously giving and receiving oral sex, said to look similar to the number 69.
69'ing
69-ing
Sixty-Nining
69ing
People with one or more queer parent or caregiver, usually for self-identification. Queerspawn is believed to have been coined in 1995 or 1996 by Stefan Lynch for use in zine published by COLAGE, a U.S. based organization dedicated to supporting people with one or more LGBTQ+ caregiver.
Queerspawn
People who have two or more LGBTQ+ parents or caregivers. Includes individuals born to or adopted by people in a heterosexual relationship who later came out as LGBTQ+, as well as individuals born to or adopted by LGBTQ+ people who came together to create their own families, such as lesbian couples who choose to conceive with friends who are gay men. For use in a Canadian and United States context.
Bothies
Term used to describe people who are LGBTQ+ and have at least one LGBTQ+ parent or caregiver.
Second generation (LGBTQ+ families)
LGBTQ+ children of LGBTQ+ parents
Refers to families with LGBTQ+ individuals in multiple generations.
LGBTQ+ family generations
People who have one or more transgender parent or caregiver.
KOT (Kids of Trans)
Kids of Trans
PTP
People with trans parents
Transpawn
People with transgender parents
Term used to describe the feeling shared by many people with queer parents or caregivers that they grew up immersed in queer culture, including queer traditions, celebrations, media, and language.
Culturally queer
Widely held but oversimplified and often offensive ideas regarding gender roles, which are socially-determined rules or standards for gendered behaviors. Use the term "Gender roles" to describe gender roles as a whole, rather than stereotypes related to them.
Gender stereotypes
Gender role stereotypes
People who are biologically related to one another through a shared donor.
Donor siblings
Siblings who are biologically related through one but not all of their parents.
Half siblings
Half-siblings
Donors whose identities are known by the people to whom they donated gametes and/or the offspring born of that donation.
Known donors (Reproduction)
Donors who donated their gametes with the understanding that their identity and/or contact information would be released to any offspring born of that donation. The age at which the offspring receives this information varies, following the donor's preference.
Identity release donors
Willing-to-be-known donors
Open identity donors (Reproduction)
People who were conceived through IVF, or in vitro fertilization.
Test tube babies
Literary work, typically written in verse, that focuses on Māhū characters, themes, or identity.
Mahu poetry
Māhū poetry
Works consisting of sequential images often accompanied by text; use in reference to comics focusing on Māhū characters or themes.
Mahu comics
Māhū comics
Written works describing imagined events or people; use in reference to fictional works focusing on Māhū characters or themes.
Mahu fiction
Māhū fiction
Written literary works that are short in length and detail a self-contained incident or concept; use in reference to short stories focusing on Māhū characters or themes.
Mahu short stories
Māhū short stories
Erotic or sexually explicit films featuring Māhū people.
Mahu porn films
Māhū porn films
Literary works that have erotic or sexual elements; use in reference to erotic literature focusing on Māhū characters or themes.
Mahu erotic literature
Māhū erotic literature
Genre that uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting; use for fantasy fiction focusing on Māhū characters or themes.
Mahu fantasy fiction
Māhū fantasy fiction
Written literary work about imaginative or futuristic concepts incorporating science, technology, space, time travel, and other speculative elements; use in reference to science fiction focusing on Māhū characters or themes.
Mahu science fiction
Māhū science fiction
Works consisting of sequential images often accompanied by text that generally contain stand-alone stories; used in reference to graphic novels focusing on Māhū characters or themes.
Mahu graphic novels
Māhū graphic novels
Written works of fiction intended to frighten, scare, or disgust; use in reference to horror fiction focusing on Māhū characters or themes.
Mahu horror fiction
Māhū horror fiction
Written literary works about the investigation of crime or the work of detectives; use in reference to mystery and detective fiction focusing on Māhū characters and themes.
Mahu mystery and detective fiction
Māhū mystery and detective fiction
Works of fiction revolving around romantic and/or sexual relationships between the main characters; use in reference to romance fiction focusing on Māhū characters.
Mahu romance fiction
Māhū romance fiction
Literary work, typically written in verse, that focuses on Two-Spirit characters, themes, or identity.
2S poetry
Two Spirit poetry
Two Spirited poetry
Two-Spirited poetry
Two-Spirit poetry
Works consisting of sequential images often accompanied by text; use in reference to comics focusing on Two-Spirit characters or themes.
2S comics
Two Spirit comics
Two Spirited comics
Two-Spirited comics
Two-Spirit comics
Literary works that have erotic or sexual elements; use in reference to erotic literature focusing on Two-Spirit characters or themes.
2S erotic literature
Two Spirit erotic literature
Two Spirited erotic literature
Two-Spirited erotic literature
Two-Spirit erotic literature
Genre that uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting; use for fantasy fiction focusing on Two-Spirit characters or themes.
2S fantasy fiction
Two Spirit fantasy fiction
Two Spirited fantasy fiction
Two-Spirited fantasy fiction
Two-Spirit fantasy fiction
Written literary work about imaginative or futuristic concepts incorporating science, technology, space, time travel, and other speculative elements; use in reference to science fiction focusing on Two-Spirit characters or themes.
2S science fiction
Two Spirit science fiction
Two Spirited science fiction
Two-Spirited science fiction
Two-Spirit science fiction
Works consisting of sequential images often accompanied by text that generally contain stand-alone stories; used in reference to graphic novels focusing on Two-Spirit characters or themes.
2S graphic novels
Two Spirit graphic novels
Two Spirited graphic novels
Two-Spirited graphic novels
Two-Spirit graphic novels
Written works of fiction intended to frighten, scare, or disgust; use in reference to horror fiction focusing on Two-Spirit characters or themes.
2S horror fiction
Two Spirit horror fiction
Two Spirited horror fiction
Two-Spirited horror fiction
Two-Spirit horror fiction
Written literary works about the investigation of crime or the work of detectives; use in reference to mystery and detective fiction focusing on Two-Spirit characters and themes.
2S mystery and detective fiction
Two Spirit mystery and detective fiction
Two Spirited mystery and detective fiction
Two-Spirited mystery and detective fiction
Two-Spirit mystery and detective fiction
Works of fiction revolving around romantic and/or sexual relationships between the main characters; use in reference to romance fiction focusing on Two-Spirit characters.
2S romance fiction
Two Spirit romance fiction
Two Spirited romance fiction
Two-Spirited romance fiction
Two-Spirit romance fiction
Disabled non-binary people
Non-binary people with disabilities
Non-binary disabled people
Acronym used to describe Pasifika/Pacific Islander gender diverse identities as a group. The acronym includes Māhū (Hawai'i and Tahiti), Vaka sa lewa lewa (Fiji), Palopa (Papua New Guinea), Fa’afafine (Samoa), Akava’ine (Rarotonga), Fakaleitī (Tonga), Fakafifine (Niue), and more.
MVPFAFF+
A term coined by the Kānaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) queer community in the early 2000s that blends the term Māhū (for third gender indigenous people of Hawai'i and Tahiti who blend genders and often hold spiritual roles) and kāne (man).
Mahukane
Māhūkāne
A term coined by the Kānaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) queer community in the early 2000s that blends the term Māhū (for third gender indigenous people of Hawai'i and Tahiti who blend genders and often hold spiritual roles) and wahine (woman).
Mahuwahine
Māhūwahine
Collections of records and materials relating to Two-Spirit people or Two-Spirit communities; can include a variety of organizations and institutions from community to government archives.
2S archives
Two Spirit archives
Two Spirited archives
Two-Spirited archives
Two-Spirit archives
2S artists
Two Spirit artists
Two Spirited artists
Two-Spirited artists
Two-Spirit artists
Accounts of individuals' lives written by those individuals; use for autobiographies written by Two-Spirit authors.
2S autobiographies
2S autobios
2S memoirs
Two Spirit autobiographies
Two Spirit autobios
Two Spirit memoirs
Two Spirited autobiographies
Two Spirited autobios
Two Spirited memoirs
Two-Spirited authobiographies
Two-Spirited autobios
Two-Spirited memoirs
Two-Spirit autobiographies
Written accounts of the lives of individuals known to be Two-Spirit
2S biographies
Two Spirit biographies
Two Spirited biographies
Two-Spirited biographies
Two-Spirit biographies
Bookshops that sell materials intended for use by Two-Spirit people or addressing topics related to Two-Spirit experiences.
2S bookshops
Two Spirit bookshops
Two Spirited bookshops
Two-Spirited bookshops
Two-Spirit bookshops
Written literary works that are short in length and detail a self-contained incident or concept; use in reference to short stories focusing on Two-Spirit characters or themes.
2S short stories
Two Spirit short stories
Two spirited short stories
Two-Spirit short stories
Characters in creative works who are Two-Spirit
2S characters
Two Spirit characters
Two Spirited characters
Two-Spirited characters
Two-Spirit characters
Two-Spirit people who have not yet reached the age of adolescence.
2S children
Two Spirit children
Two Spirited children
Two-Spirited children
Two-Spirit children
Spaces in which people from Two-Spirit communities meet for social, education, recreational, or organizing activities.
2S community centers
Two Spirit community centers
Two Spirited community centers
Two-Spirit community centres
Two-Spirited community centers
Two-Spirit community centers
Partnerships in which both people are Two-Spirit
2S couples
Two Spirit couples
Two Spirited couples
Two-Spirited couples
Two-Spirit couples
Works of fiction written to be performed; use in reference to dramatic works focusing on Two-Spirit characters or themes.
2S drama
Two Spirit drama
Two Spirited drama
Two-Spirited drama
Two-Spirit drama
2S employment
Two Spirit employment
Two Spirited employment
Two-Spirited employment
Two-Spirit employment
Institutions providing education, support, and information about Two-Spirit issues and Two-Spirit communities to Two-Spirit people.
2S information centers
Two Spirit information centers
Two Spirited information centers
Two-Spirit information centres
Two-Spirited information centers
Two-Spirit information centers
Libraries that hold materials primarily pertaining to Two-Spirit people or intended for use by Two-Spirit people.
2S libraries
Two Spirit libraries
Two Spirited libraries
Two-Spirited libraries
Two-Spirit libraries
The study, evaluation, and interpretation of literary works focusing on Two-Spirit characters or themes; can also include interpretation of literature through the lens and frameworks of Two-Spirit studies.
2S literary criticism
Two Spirit literary criticism
Two Spirited literary criticism
Two-Spirited literary criticism
Two-Spirit literary criticism
A psychological diagnosis (replacing the outdated and offensive "gender identity disorder") used to describe the sense of unease or dissatisfaction an individual feels as a result of incongruence between their gender identity and their assigned gender, gender expression, and/or the way their gender is perceived by others. This term is also used colloquially by individuals to describe the discomfort and distress they experience as a result of this incongruence. Though gender dysphoria is often associated with trans people, people of any identity may experience gender dysphoria when they do not feel "right" in their body or the way their gender is being expressed. Use this particular term for works about children who experience or have experienced gender dysphoria.
Gender dysphoria in children
A psychological diagnosis (replacing the outdated and offensive "gender identity disorder") used to describe the sense of unease or dissatisfaction an individual feels as a result of incongruence between their gender identity and their assigned gender, gender expression, and/or the way their gender is perceived by others. This term is also used colloquially by individuals to describe the discomfort and distress they experience as a result of this incongruence. Though gender dysphoria is often associated with trans people, people of any identity may experience gender dysphoria when they do not feel "right" in their body or the way their gender is being expressed. Use this particular term for works about adolescents (people between the ages of childhood and adulthood) who experience or have experience gender dysphoria.
Gender dysphoria in adolescence
Gender dysphoria in adolescents
Gender dysphoria in youth
Umbrella term for activism focused on the rights of Two-Spirit people and issues faced by Two-Spirit communities.
2S movement
Two Spirit movement
Two Spirited movement
Two-Spirited movement
Two-Spirit movement
Institutions dedicated to the storage, exhibition, conservation, and preservation of materials relating to Two-Spirit people and Two-Spirit history.
2S museums
Two Spirit museums
Two Spirited museums
Two-Spirited museums
Two-Spirit museums
Two-Spirit people who are the romantic, sexual, or play partners of another person or people.
2S partners
Two Spirit partners
Two Spirited partners
Two-Spirited partners
Two-Spirit partners
Two-Spirit people serving in state and national armed forces.
2S people in the military
Two Spirit people in the military
Two Spirited people in the military
Two-Spirited people in the military
Two-Spirit people in the military
Companies and organizations that publish materials for Two-Spirit communities or addressing Two-Spirit issues.
2S publishers
Two Spirit publishers
Two Spirited publishers
Two-Spirited publishers
Two-Spirit publishers
Auditory content broadcast on the radio (analog or digital) about Two-Spirit people and Two-Spirit issues.
2S radio
Two Spirit radio
Two Spirited radio
Two-Spirited radio
Two-Spirit radio
Ongoing connections (romantic, sexual, or platonic) between two or more Two-Spirit people.
2S relationships
Two Spirit relationships
Two Spirited relationships
Two-Spirited relationships
Two-Spirit relationships
Legal, social, or ethical principles of freedom or entitlement held by Two-Spirit people.
2S rights
Two Spirit rights
Two Spirited rights
Two-Spirited rights
Two-Spirit rights
Colloquial or informal language related to Two-Spirit identity or used by Two-Spirit people.
2S slang
Two Spirit slang
Two Spirited slang
Two-Spirited slang
Two-Spirit slang
Academic field of research and study about Two-Spirit people, Two-Spirit identity, and Two-Spirit communities.
2S studies
Two Spirit studies
Two Spirited studies
Two-Spirited studies
Two-Spirit studies
Two-Spirit people who have experienced and survived hate crimes; follow the individual's preference for "victims" or "survivors" whenever possible.
2S survivors of hate crimes
Two Spirit survivors of hate crimes
Two Spirited survivors of hate crimes
Two-Spirited survivors of hate crimes
Two-Spirit survivors of hate crimes
Two-Spirit people who have experienced and survived rape; follow the individual's preference for "victims" or "survivors" whenever possible.
2S survivors of rape
Two Spirit survivors of rape
Two Spirited survivors of rape
Two-Spirited survivors of rape
Two-Spirit survivors of rape
Two-Spirit people who have experienced and survived sexual abuse; follow the individual's preference for "victims" or "survivors" whenever possible.
2S survivors of sexual abuse
Two Spirit survivors of sexual abuse
Two Spirited survivors of sexual abuse
Two-Spirited survivors of sexual abuse
Two-Spirit survivors of sexual abuse
Two-Spirit people who have experienced and survived war; follow the individual's preference for "victims" or "survivors" whenever possible.
2S survivors of war
Two Spirit survivors of war
Two Spirited survivors of war
Two-Spirited survivors of war
Two-Spirit survivors of war
Television shows featuring Two-Spirit characters or themes.
2S television
Two Spirit television
Two Spirited television
Two-Spirited television
Two-Spirit television
Works in the performance arts that focus on Two-Spirit characters or themes.
2S theater
Two Spirit theater
Two Spirited theater
Two-Spirited theater
Two-Spirit theater
2S theatre
Two Spirited theatre
Two-Spirit theatre
Two-Spirited theatre
Two-Spirit people who have experienced hate crimes and may or may not have survived; follow the individual's preference for "victims" or "survivors" whenever possible.
2S victims of hates crimes
Two Spirit victims of hates crimes
Two Spirited victims of hates crimes
Two-Spirited victims of hates crimes
Two-Spirit victims of hates crimes
Two-Spirit people who have experienced rape and may or may not have survived; follow the individual's preference for "victims" or "survivors" whenever possible.
2S victims of rape
Two Spirit victims of rape
Two Spirited victims of rape
Two-Spirited victims of rape
Two-Spirit victims of rape
Two-Spirit people who have experienced sexual abuse and may or may not have survived; follow the individual's preference for "victims" or "survivors" whenever possible.
2S victims of sexual abuse
Two Spirit victims of sexual abuse
Two Spirited victims of sexual abuse
Two-Spirited victims of sexual abuse
Two-Spirit victims of sexual abuse
Two-Spirit people who have experienced war and may or may not have survived; follow the individual's preference for "victims" or "survivors" whenever possible.
2S victims of war
Two Spirit victims of war
Two Spirited victims of war
Two-Spirited victims of war
Two-Spirit victims of war
Two-Spirit people’s legal rights to be informed, present, and heard within the criminal justice system after having been harmed or injured as the result of of a crime, accident, or other event.
2S victims' rights
Two Spirit victims' rights
Two Spirited victims' rights
Two-Spirited victims' rights
Two-Spirit victims' rights
Businesses focusing on Two-Spirit clientele and products related to Two-Spirit communities.
2S-focused businesses
Two Spirit-focused businesses
Two Spirited-focused businesses
Two-Spirited-focused businesses
Two-Spirit-focused businesses
2S-owned businesses
Two Spirit-owned businesses
Two Spirited-owned businesses
Two-Spirited-owned businesses
Two-Spirit-owned businesses
Works of fiction written to be performed; use in reference to dramatic works focusing on intersex characters or themes.
Intersex drama
Intersex employment
Intersex people who are fathers. Only use for people who identify as fathers.
People who act as parents to one or more intersex person. For parents who are themselves intersex, use the term "intersex parents."
Intersex people's parents
Parents of intersex people
People whose sexual, romantic, or play partner is intersex.
Partners of intersex people
Systematic mistreatment of intersex people on the basis of their sex or gender identity.
Persecution of intersex people
Sons who have one or more intersex parent. For sons who are themselves intersex, use the term "Intersex sons."
Sons of intersex people
Intersex Caucasian people
Intersex white people
White intersex people
Institutions providing education, support, and information about intersex issues and intersex communities to intersex people.
Intersex information centres
Intersex information centers
Libraries that hold materials primarily pertaining to intersex people or intended for use by intersex people.
Intersex libraries
The study, evaluation, and interpretation of literary works focusing on intersex characters or themes; can also include interpretation of literature through the lens and frameworks of intersex studies.
Intersex literary criticism
Written literary works about intersex characters or themes.
Intersex literature
Collections of records and materials relating to asexual people or asexual communities; can include a variety of organizations and institutions from community to government archives.
Asexual archives
Asexual artists
Professional or recreational sports players who self-identify as asexual.
Asexual athletes
Bookshops that sell materials intended for use by asexual people or addressing topics related to asexual experiences.
Asexual bookshops
Black people who are intersex. Use only for individuals who self-identity as Black. Follow the individual’s preference for African American or Black whenever possible.
Intersex Black people
Black intersex people
Daughters who have one or more intersex parent.
Daughters of intersex people
People who assume the role of father to intersex people. Only use to describe individuals who identify as fathers.
Fathers of intersex people
Jewish intersex people
Latin American people who are intersex; only use to describe individuals who self-identify as Latino, Latina, or Latinx. Do not conflate with Chicano/a/x or Hispanic.
Intersex Latinas
Intersex Latine people
Intersex Latinos
Intersex Latinx people
Latina intersex people
Latine intersex people
Latino intersex people
Latinx intersex people
Latino/a/x intersex people
Characters in creative works who are asexual.
Asexual characters
Asexual people who are trained, professional cooks, typically holding a leadership role in the kitchen in which they are employed.
Asexual chefs
Asexual people who have not yet reached the age of adolescence.
Asexual children
Groups of people who share the experience of being asexual.
Asexual community
Spaces in which people from asexual communities meet for social, education, recreational, or organizing activities.
Asexual community centers
Collections of records and materials relating to intersex people or intersex communities; can include a variety of organizations and institutions from community to government archives.
Intersex archives
Intersex artists
Accounts of individuals' lives written by those individuals; use for autobiographies written by intersex authors.
Intersex memoirs
Intersex autobiographies
Written accounts of the lives of individuals known to be intersex.
Intersex biographies
Partnerships in which both people are asexual.
Asexual couples
Asexual daughters
Asexual sons
Asexual employment
Asexual fathers
Institutions providing education, support, and information about asexual issues and asexual communities to asexual people.
Asexual information centres
Asexual information centers
Libraries that hold materials primarily pertaining to asexual people or intended for use by asexual people.
Asexual libraries
Asexual mothers
Umbrella term for activism focused on the rights of asexual people and issues faced by asexual communities.
Asexual movement
Institutions dedicated to the storage, exhibition, conservation, and preservation of materials relating to asexual people and asexual history.
Asexual museums
Asexual people who are the romantic, sexual, or play partners of another person or people.
Asexual partners
Asexual people serving in state and national armed forces.
Asexual people in the military
Companies and organizations that publish materials for asexual communities or addressing asexual issues.
Asexual publishers
Auditory content broadcast on the radio (analog or digital) about asexual people and asexual issues.
Asexual radio
Ongoing connections (romantic, sexual, or platonic) between two or more asexual people.
Asexual relationships
Legal, social, or ethical principles of freedom or entitlement held by asexual people.
Asexual rights
A term that encompasses testosterone, dihydrotestosterone, and other hormones primarily produced in the testes but also in the ovaries and adrenal glands.
Androgens
Chimeras, or people with chimerism, have two different sets of DNA. This happens when a person is pregnant with fraternal twins, but the embryos combine into one fetus.
Human chimeras
Chimeras
People with complete gonadal dysgenesis are born with XX or XY chromosomes and gonadal tissue that has not developed into testicles or ovaries (also known as streak gonads). They are generally born with a vulva and vagina, and they will not usually develop secondary sex characteristics at puberty because streak gonads do not produce hormones.
Pure gonadal dysgenesis
Complete gonadal dysgenesis
Patient care model developed by John Money, a New Zealand psychologist who theorized that gender was completely dependent on "nurture." This model advocates for performing genital surgery on intersex infants and raising them as girls. Money's theories have resulted in many surgically misgendered children who have had to deal with life-long gender dysphoria, depression, sexual dysfunction, bowel and urinary incontinence, and nerve pain. A patient-centered model, in which the intersex child is allowed to grow up and make their own choices regarding their gender and surgical option, is now preferred.
John Money model
Early genital surgery model
Surgical procedure to remove the gonads, including testes and ovaries.
Gonadectomy
A patient care model that gained popular usage in the 1950s. In this model, parents are used to quickly decide on a gender assignment for their intersex baby, under the assumption that the child would identify with whichever gender their parents raised them as. If a child later deviated from the assigned gender, parents were encouraged to verbally and physically "correct" the child and enforce gender norms. In practice, this resulted in life-altering, unnecessary genital surgeries, irreversible hormone treatments, and dishonesty on the parent's part. A patient-centered model, in which the intersex child is allowed to grow up and make their own choices regarding their gender and surgical option, is now preferred.
Concealment centered model
Hopkins model
The practice of weighing all options and considering evidence, alternatives, and potential risks in order to make a truly informed medical decision. Such decisions are best made over a period of time rather than under pressure.
Informed consent
This term is not common in the English language as to not confuse intersex with a gender identity or sex orientation by adding "ual" but it is used in other languages such as Spanish to mean "intersex."
Intersex
Intersexual
Non-lifesaving cosmetic procedures intended to change and "normalize" natural variations in genital appearance and/or reproductive anatomy. Intersex surgery was first developed in the early 20th century, with doctors making unresearched claims about an "urgent need" for these operations.
Intersex surgery
Academic field of research and study about Asexual people, Asexual identity, and Asexual communities.
Asexual studies
Asexual people who have experienced and survived hate crimes; follow the individual's preference for "victims" or "survivors" whenever possible.
Asexual survivors of hate crimes
Asexual people who have experienced and survived rape; follow the individual's preference for "victims" or "survivors" whenever possible.
Asexual survivors of rape
Asexual people who have experienced and survived sexual abuse; follow the individual's preference for "victims" or "survivors" whenever possible.
Asexual survivors of sexual abuse
Asexual people who have experienced and survived war; follow the individual's preference for "victims" or "survivors" whenever possible.
Asexual survivors of war
Television shows featuring asexual characters or themes.
Asexual television
Asexual people who have experienced rape and may or may not have survived; follow the individual's preference for "victims" or "survivors" whenever possible.
Asexual victims of rape
Asexual people who have experienced sexual abuse and may or may not have survived; follow the individual's preference for "victims" or "survivors" whenever possible.
Asexual victims of sexual abuse
Asexual people who have experienced war and may or may not have survived; follow the individual's preference for "victims" or "survivors" whenever possible.
Asexual victims of war
Asexual people’s legal rights to be informed, present, and heard within the criminal justice system after having been harmed or injured as the result of a crime, accident, or other event.
Asexual victims' rights
Businesses focusing on asexual clientele and products related to asexual communities.
Asexual-focused businesses
Asexual-owned businesses
People with mild androgen insensitivity syndrome (MAIS) respond to testosterone at a somewhat reduced level compared to typical levels, which means that they will usually be born with a penis (which may or may not be smaller than typical) and will later develop secondary sex characteristics associated with a typical testosterone puberty. Because their bodies convert a small amount of their naturally produced androgens into estrogen, they may have visible variations in features, such as the amount of facial hair, body hair, or muscle tone they develop. They may also experience some breast development during puberty.
MAIS
Mild androgen insensitivity syndrome
People with mixed gonadal dysgenesis are born with a mosaic (usually 45X/46XY) chromosome pattern and may develop some gonadal streak tissue and testicular tissue. They may be born with a vulva or penis, or with visible genital variations. They usually have a partially or completely developed uterus, and they may have combinations of internal reproductive structures such as a fallopian tube and a vas deferens on opposite sides of the body. In adolescence, people with mixed gonadal dysgenesis may develop some secondary sex characteristics associated with a typical testosterone puberty, depending on the amount of hormone-producing testicular tissue they have.
Partial gonadal dysgenesis
Mixed gonadal dysgenesis
People with XX chromosomes can have a broad range of variations in how their Müllerian ducts (which typically form the uterus, fallopian tubes, cervix, and upper portion of the vagina) develop. They might have a variation that causes their uterus to develop with a different shape than typical, or to be doubled. Others may have vaginal variations such as a “hemivagina” (where one side of the vagina is obstructed, which can sometimes block menstrual blood from exiting), or a band of tissue dividing the vaginal canal (known as a vaginal septum). Müllerian duct variations usually don’t cause someone to have any variations in their ovaries or hormone production.
MRKH
Müllerian agenesis
Müllerian duct anomalies
Müllerian duct variations
Non-classical congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH), a subtype of CAH, does not usually become apparent until later in childhood, adolescence, or even young adulthood.
Late-onset congenital adrenal hyperplasia
Non-classical congenital adrenal hyperplasia
The steroidogenic factor 1 (SF-1) protein is a transcription factor involved in sex determination. The SF-1 protein controls the activity of genes related to the gonads and adrenal glands.
SF-1 protein
Steroidogenic factor 1 protein
Minimally developed gonadal tissue that is present in place of either testes or ovaries. Streak gonads are more common in certain intersex variations such as Swyer syndrome.
Streak gonads
Gender markers that indicate a person is NOT cisgender. X gender markers may be assigned to or adopted by intersex people or transgender people.
X gender markers
Asexual people who belong to one or more of the various Indigenous peoples of Australia; do not use to refer to the Indigenous people of the Torres Strait Islands, who are considered ethnically and culturally distinct. Only use to describe people who identify as Aboriginal Australian.
Aboriginal asexual people
Asexual Aboriginal Australian people
Asexual Aboriginal Australians
Aboriginal Australian asexual people
Asexual people of African descent born in Canada or asexual people born in African countries who live in or have a strong connection to Canada. Use for individuals who self-identify as Afro-Canadian.
Afro-Canadian asexual people
Asexual people of African descent born in the Caribbean or asexual people born in African countries who live in or have a strong connection to the Caribbean. Only use for individuals who self-identify as Afro-Caribbean.
Afro-Caribbean asexual people
Asexual people who have experienced hate crimes and may or may not have survived; follow the individual's preference for "victims" or "survivors" whenever possible.
Asexual victims of hate crimes
Asexual people of African descent born in European countries or asexual people born in African countries who live in or have a strong connection to Europe. Only use for individuals who self-identify as Afro-European.
Afro-European asexual people
The unjust or prejudicial treatment of asexual people due to their sexual identity; may include the denial of legal rights, employment, and housing.
Anti-asexual discrimination
Behavior involving physical force intended to harm or kill asexual people on the basis of their identity.
Anti-asexual violence
Asexual people who do not identify as such to others.
Closeted asexual people
Daughters who have one or more asexual parent.
Daughters of asexual people
People who assume the role of father to asexual people. Only use to describe individuals who identify as fathers.
Fathers of asexual people
Jewish asexual people
A person who assumes the role of mother to an asexual person; use only for individuals who self-identify as mothers.
Mothers of asexual people
People who act as parents to one or more asexual person. For parents who are themselves asexual, use the term "Asexual parents."
Parents of asexual people
People whose sexual, romantic, or play partner is asexual.
Partners of asexual people
Systematic mistreatment of asexual people on the basis of their sexual identity.
Persecution of asexual people
Asexual people who are Romani, or part of the traditionally nomadic Indo-European people.
Romani asexual people
Sons who have one or more asexual parent. For sons who are themselves asexual, use the term "Asexual sons."
Sons of asexual people
White asexual people
Intersex people who are mothers. Only use to describe individuals who identify as mothers.
Intersex mothers
Institutions dedicated to the storage, exhibition, conservation, and preservation of materials relating to intersex people and intersex history.
Intersex museums
Serialized print or digital periodicals created by or for intersex people, often with the purpose of sharing news and information related to intersex communities and intersex issues.
Intersex newsletters
Serialized print or digital publications about intersex issues (and typically produced by intersex people or intersex organizations) that contain news, articles, columns, correspondence, and advertisements.
Intersex newspapers
Intersex people who are the romantic, sexual, or play partners of another person or people.
Intersex partners
Intersex people serving in state and national armed forces.
Intersex people in the military
Intersex people with significant or total hearing loss. Some but not all Deaf people prefer to capitalize Deaf in recognition of the cultural and linguistic identity they share with other Deaf people.
Deaf intersex people
Intersex Deaf people
Groups of people who share the experience of being intersex.
Intersex community
Academic field of research and study about intersex people, intersex identity, and intersex communities.
Intersex studies
Intersex people of African descent born in the United States or intersex people born in African countries who live in or have a strong connection to the United States. Use for individuals who self-identity as African American. Follow the individual’s preference for African American or Black whenever possible.
Intersex African American people
Intersex African Americans
African American intersex people
A practice in which law enforcement agents or agents of the state coerce an LGBTQ+ person to commit a "crime" they would have otherwise been unlikely or unwilling to commit. Legal definitions of entrapment vary widely depending on the jurisdiction, but the term is often used colloquially to refer to police acting dishonestly or in bad faith, as well as policing focused on anticipating and inducing crime, rather than responding to reports of crime.
Police entrapment of LGBTQ+ people
Criminalization of existing or identifying as an LGBTQ+ person, being perceived as LGBTQ+, or engaging in any of various actions considered to be linked to LGBTQ+ status.
LGBTQ+ criminalization
Criminalization of acts considered to be sexual or romantic between individuals perceived as being of the same gender category in a given sociocultural context.
Criminalization of same-gender relations
Criminalization of same-sex relations
Criminalization of homosexuality
Unexpected and unannounced entry into and searches of bathouses, saunas, or spas owned or frequented by LGBTQ+ people by law enforcement officers with the aim of using surprise to seize evidence or arrest suspects. Police raids may be undertaken legally using a search warrant or through exigent circumstances, such as probable cause, though the latter is highly subjective and civilians often have little resources to appeal illegal raids.
Police raids on LGBTQ+ bathhouses
Unexpected and unannounced entry into and searches of meeting places owned or frequented by LGBTQ+ people, including individuals' residences, businesses, and other institutions, by law enforcement officers with the aim of using surprise to seize evidence or arrest suspects. Police raids may be undertaken legally using a search warrant or through exigent circumstances, such as probable cause, though the latter is highly subjective and civilians often have little resources to appeal illegal raids.
Police raids on LGBTQ+ meeting places
Unexpected and unannounced entry into and searches of drinking establishments owned or frequented by LGBTQ+ people by law enforcement officers with the aim of using surprise to seize evidence or arrest suspects. Police raids may be undertaken legally using a search warrant or through exigent circumstances, such as probable cause, though the latter is highly subjective and civilians often have little resources to appeal illegal raids.
Police raids on LGBTQ+ bars
Unexpected and unannounced entry into and searches of nightclubs owned or frequented by LGBTQ+ people by law enforcement officers with the aim of using surprise to seize evidence or arrest suspects. Police raids may be undertaken legally using a search warrant or through exigent circumstances, such as probable cause, though the latter is highly subjective and civilians often have little resources to appeal illegal raids.
Police raids on LGBTQ+ nightclubs
Criminalization of any expression of gender considered to be nonconforming in a given sociocultural context.
Criminalization of gender non-conformity
Criminalization of any expression of gender considered to be cross-dressing in a given sociocultural context.
Criminalization of cross-dressing
Primarily a U.S. American and Canadian movement which supports divesting funds from, or abolition of, police departments (and often police structures generally) and reallocating them to non-policing forms of public safety and community support, such as social services, youth services, housing, education, healthcare and other community resources.
Defund the Police
Movement to defund police
Defund the police movement
A primarily U.S. American and Canadian political movement that advocates replacing policing with other systems of public safety. Police abolitionists believe that policing, as a system, is inherently flawed and cannot be reformed—a view that rejects the ideology of police reformists. While reformists seek to address the ways in which policing occurs, abolitionists seek to transform policing altogether through a process of disbanding, disempowering, and disarming the police. Abolitionists argue that the institution of policing is deeply rooted in a history of white supremacy and settler colonialism and that it is inseparable from a pre-existing racial capitalist order, and thus believe a reformist approach to policing will always fail.
Abolishing the police movement
Police abolitionist movement
Identification of LGBTQ+ people, or people believed to be LGBTQ+, by police using digital tools, such as phone records, mobile applications, facial identification algorithms, and artificial intelligence technologies. Such data is then used to entrap and prosecute LGBTQ+ persons, especially in areas where being LGBTQ+ is still criminalized.
Digital stop and search to identify LGBTQ+ people
Identification of LGBTQ+ people by police using phone data
Police use of digital tools to identify LGBTQ+ people
Digital identification of LGBTQ+ people by police
Attitudes and assessments of feelings, relationships, and interactions between LGBTQ+ people and police.
Perceptions of police by LGBTQ+ communities
Attitudes of LGBTQ+ people toward police
Shooting of LGBTQ+ individuals or individuals perceived as being LGBTQ+ by police officers.
Shootings of LGBTQ+ people by police
LGBTQ+ activism undertaken by police organizations and institutions which intends to increase the social capital of such institutions, rather than to actually serve LGBTQ+ communities.
Gay copaganda
LGBTQ+ copaganda
Pinkwashing by police officers
Pride patches on police uniforms
Rainbow colored patrol cars
Rainbow hate crime cars
Rainbow-hued police cars
Rainbow-painted police cars
Rainbow-washing by police officers
Performative LGBTQ+ activism by police
A primarily U.S. American and Canadian decentralized political and social movement advocating for non-violent civil disobedience in protest against incidents of police brutality and all racially motivated violence against Black people. The broader movement and its related organizations typically advocate against police violence towards Black people, as well as for various other policy changes considered to be related to Black liberation.
BLM
Black Lives Matter
BlackLivesMatter
Movement for Black Lives
Black Lives Matter movement
A part of the Black Lives Matter movement which specifically advocates for Black trans people (especially Black trans women) and fights for racial equity and Black liberation.
BTLM Movement
BTLM
Black Trans Lives Matter movement
Literary work, typically written in verse, that focuses on aromantic characters, themes, or identity.
Aromantic poetry
Literary work, typically written in verse, that focuses on asexual characters, themes, or identity.
Asexual poetry
Genre that uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting; use for fantasy fiction focusing on demisexual characters or themes.
Demisexual fantasy fiction
Written works of fiction intended to frighten, scare, or disgust; use in reference to horror fiction focusing on demisexual characters or themes.
Demisexual horror fiction
Written literary works about the investigation of crime or the work of detectives; use in reference to mystery and detective fiction focusing on demisexual characters and themes.
Demisexual mystery and detective fiction
Works of fiction revolving around romantic and/or sexual relationships between the main characters; use in reference to romance fiction focusing on demisexual characters.
Demisexual romance fiction
Written literary work about imaginative or futuristic concepts incorporating science, technology, space, time travel, and other speculative elements; use in reference to science fiction focusing on demisexual characters or themes.
Demisexual science fiction
Written literary works that are short in length and detail a self-contained incident or concept; use in reference to short stories focusing on demisexual characters or themes.
Demisexual short stories
Works in the performance arts that focus on aromantic characters, communities, or issues.
Aromantic theater
Aromantic people who are between the ages of childhood and adulthood.
Aromantic youth
Written literary works for an audience of readers from 12-18 years of age, also known as young adult literature or YA; use in reference to youth literature focusing on aromantic characters or themes.
Aromantic youth literature
Accounts of individuals' lives written by those individuals; use for autobiographies written by aromantic authors.
Aromantic autobiographies
Accounts of individuals' lives written by those individuals; use for biographies written by aromantic authors.
Aromantic biographies
Works in the performance arts that focus on asexual characters, communities, or issues.
Asexual theater
Accounts of individuals' lives written by those individuals; use for autobiographies written by asexual authors.
Asexual autobiographies
Accounts of individuals' lives written by those individuals; use for biographies written by asexual authors.
Asexual biographies
Works in the performance arts that focus on demisexual characters, communities, or issues.
Demisexual theater
Demisexual people between the ages of childhood and adulthood.
Demisexual youth
Written literary works for an audience of readers from 12-18 years of age, also known as young adult literature or YA; use in reference to youth literature focusing on demisexual characters or themes.
Demisexual youth literature
The study, evaluation, and interpretation of literary works focusing on demisexual characters or themes; can also include interpretation of literature through the lens and frameworks of demisexual studies.
Demisexual literary criticism
Works in the performance arts that focus on megasexual characters, communities, or issues.
Megasexual theater
Megasexual people between the ages of childhood and adulthood.
Megasexual youth
Written literary works for an audience of readers from 12-18 years of age, also known as young adult literature or YA; use in reference to youth literature focusing on megasexual characters or themes.
Megasexual youth literature
The study, evaluation, and interpretation of literary works focusing on megasexual characters or themes; can also include interpretation of literature through the lens and frameworks of megasexual studies.
Megasexual literary criticism
Works in the performance arts that focus on greyromantic characters, communities, or issues.
Greyromantic theater
Gay Armenians
Armenian gay men
Lesbian Armenians
Armenian lesbians
Bisexual people who are ethnically Armenian.
Bisexual Armenians
Armenian bisexual people
Queer people who are ethnically Armenian.
Queer Armenians
Armenian queer people
Transgender people who are ethnically Armenian.
Transgender Armenians
Armenian transgender people
Intersex people who are ethnically Armenian.
Intersex Armenians
Armenian intersex people
Asexual people who are ethnically Armenian.
Asexual Armenians
Armenian asexual people
Greyromantic people between the ages of childhood and adulthood.
Greyromantic youth
Written literary works for an audience of readers from 12-18 years of age, also known as young adult literature or YA; use in reference to youth literature focusing on greyromantic characters or themes.
Greyromantic youth literature
The study, evaluation, and interpretation of literary works focusing on greyromantic characters or themes; can also include interpretation of literature through the lens and frameworks of greyromantic studies.
Greyromantic literary criticism
Erotic or sexually explicit films featuring Two-Spirit people.
2S porn films
Two Spirit porn films
Two spirited porn films
Two-Spirit porn films
Motion pictures, or movies, created by Two-Spirit directors, depicting Two-Spirit people, or that are regarded as important within Two-Spirit culture.
2S films
Two Spirit films
Two Spirited films
Two-Spirited films
Two-Spirit films
Written works of fiction revolving around romantic and/or sexual relationships between the main characters; use in reference to romance fiction focusing on non-binary characters.
Non-binary romance fiction
Written literary works about the investigation of crime or the work of detectives; use in reference to mystery and detective fiction focusing on non-binary characters or themes.
Non-binary mystery and detective fiction
Written works of fiction intended to frighten, scare, or disgust; use in reference to horror fiction focusing on non-binary characters or themes.
Non-binary horror fiction
Written literary work about imaginative or futuristic concepts incorporating science, technology, space, time travel, and other speculative elements; use in reference to science fiction focusing on non-binary characters or themes.
Non-binary science fiction
Genre that uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting; use for fantasy fiction focusing on non-binary characters or themes.
Non-binary fantasy fiction
A form of cultural appropriation involving identification with Two-Spirit identity by people who cannot claim citizenship, belonging, and/or descent from Indigenous people in North America.
Appropriation of Two-Spirit identity
Falsely claiming belonging to a marginalized group (including, but not limited to: disability, ethnicity, race, and sexuality).
Appropriation of marginalized identities
The phenomenon in which lesbians internalize or adopt lesbophobic beliefs (i.e., negative perceptions of and intolerance toward lesbians and lesbianism) as a result of being raised or socialized within a lesbophobic environment or culture.
Internalized lesbophobia
The phenomenon in which bisexual people internalize or adopt biphobic beliefs (i.e., negative perceptions of and intolerance toward bisexual people and bisexuality) as a result of being raised or socialized within a biphobic environment or culture.
Internalized biphobia
The phenomenon in which transgender people internalize or adopt transphobic beliefs (i.e., negative perceptions of and intolerance toward transgender people and trans identities) as a result of being raised or socialized within a transphobic environment or culture.
Internalized transphobia
The phenomenon in which queer people internalize or adopt queerphobic beliefs (i.e., negative perceptions of and intolerance toward queer people and queerness) as a result of being raised or socialized within a queerphobic environment or culture.
Internalized queerphobia
The phenomenon in which intersex people internalize or adopt intersexphobic beliefs (i.e., negative perceptions of and intolerance toward intersex people and intersex variations) as a result of being raised or socialized within a intersexphobic environment or culture.
Internalized interphobia
Internalized intersexphobia
Term for different forms of creative activity, including visual, material, and performing arts, by transgender artists or about transgender topics and communities.
Transgender art
Term for different forms of creative activity, including visual, material, and performing arts, by Two-Sprit artists or about Two-Spirit topics and communities.
2S art
Two Spirit art
Two Spirited art
Two-Spirited art
Two-Spirit art
Umbrella term for different forms of creative activity, including visual, material, and performing arts, by gay artists or about gay topics and communities. Use a more specific term if possible.
Gay art
Term for different forms of creative activity, including visual, material, and performing arts, by lesbian artists or about lesbian topics and communities.
Lesbian art
Term for different forms of creative activity, including visual, material, and performing arts, by bisexual artists or about bisexual topics and communities.
Bisexual art
Term for different forms of creative activity, including visual, material, and performing arts, by queer artists or about queer topics and communities.
Queer art
Term for different forms of creative activity, including visual, material, and performing arts, by intersex artists or about intersex topics and communities.
Intersex art
Term for different forms of creative activity, including visual, material, and performing arts, by aromantic artists or about aromantic topics and communities.
Aromantic art
Term for different forms of creative activity, including visual, material, and performing arts, by asexual artists or about asexual topics and communities.
Asexual art
Term for different forms of creative activity, including visual, material, and performing arts, by demisexual artists or about demisexual topics and communities.
Demisexual art
People who donated their gametes with the understanding that their identity would remain unknown by any potential offspring.
Anonymous donors (Reproduction)
The introduction of semen into the cervical opening, uterus, or fallopian tube using assistance from reproductive technology. Some choose not to use this term due to the implications of the word "artificial."
Artificial insemination
An umbrella term used to describe all methods of conception beyond sexual intercourse, including but not limited to donor insemination, artificial insemination, surrogacy, egg donation, and IVF.
Assisted reproductive technology
Surro baby
Surrogate babies
Surro babies
Direct action and organizing to achieve political or social change and acceptance for Two-Spirit people.
2S activism
Two Spirit activism
Two Spiritied activism
Two-Spirited activism
Two-Spirit activism
Two-Spirit people working to bring about political or social change through public organizing.
2S political activists
Two Spirit political activists
Two Spirited political activists
Two-Spirited political activists
Two-Spirit political activists
Gay men whose brains process, learn, and/or behave differently from what is considered typical by society. Some of these neurological differences can present as learning disabilities, medical disorders, and other conditions.
Neurodivergent gay people
Gay neurodivergent people
Lesbians whose brains process, learn, and/or behave differently from what is considered typical by society. Some of these neurological differences can present as learning disabilities, medical disorders, and other conditions.
Lesbian neurodivergent people
Bisexual people whose brains process, learn, and/or behave differently from what is considered typical by society. Some of these neurological differences can present as learning disabilities, medical disorders, and other conditions.
Bisexual neurodivergent people
Transgender people whose brains process, learn, and/or behave differently from what is considered typical by society. Some of these neurological differences can present as learning disabilities, medical disorders, and other conditions.
Neurodivergent transgender people
Transgender neurodivergent people
Queer people whose brains process, learn, and/or behave differently from what is considered typical by society. Some of these neurological differences can present as learning disabilities, medical disorders, and other conditions.
Neurodivergent queer people
Queer neurodivergent people
Lesbians with autism
Lesbian autistic people
Gay people with autism
Gay autistic people
Bisexual people with autism
Bisexual autistic people
Transgender people with autism
Transgender autistic people
Autistic queer people
Queer people with autism
Queer autistic people
Autistic non-binary people
Non-binary people with autism
Non-binary autistic people
Asexual autistic people
Two-Spirit people with significant or total loss of vision.
2S blind people
Blind 2S people
Blind Two Spirit people
Blind Two Spirited people
Blind Two-Spirited people
Two Spirit blind people
Two Spirited blind people
Two-Spirited blind people
Two-Spirit blind people
Two-Spirit people with significant or total hearing loss. Some but not all Deaf people prefer to capitalize Deaf in recognition of the cultural and linguistic identity they share with other Deaf people.
2S Deaf people
Deaf 2S people
Deaf Two Spirit people
Deaf Two Spirited people
Deaf Two-Spirited people
Two Spirit Deaf people
Two Spirited Deaf people
Two-Spirited Deaf people
Two-Spirit Deaf people
Two-Spirit people with significant or total hearing loss who may or may not consider themselves d/Deaf.
2S hard of hearing people
Two Spirit hard of hearing people
Two Spirited hard of hearing people
Two-Spirited hard of hearing people
Two-Spirit hard of hearing people
Two-Spirit people who have long-term health conditions that require continued medical attention and/or significantly impact or limit daily life; some but not all people with chronic illnesses consider themselves disabled.
2S people with chronic illnesses
Chronically ill 2S people
Chronically ill Two Spirit people
Chronically ill Two Spirited people
Chronically ill Two-Spirited people
Two Spirit people with chronic illnesses
Two Spirited people with chronic illnesses
Two-Spirited people with chronic illnesses
Two-Spirit people with chronic illnesses
2S wheelchair users
Two Spirit wheelchair users
Two Spirited wheelchair users
Two-Spirited wheelchair users
Two-Spirit wheelchair users
Gay people who seek to entertain an audience by making them laugh, through jokes, slapstick, employing prop comedy, or other amusing means.
Gay comics (Persons)
Gay comedians
Lesbians who seek to entertain an audience by making them laugh, through jokes, slapstick, employing prop comedy, or other amusing means.
Lesbian comics (Persons)
Lesbian comedians
Bisexual people who seek to entertain an audience by making them laugh, through jokes, slapstick, employing prop comedy, or other amusing means.
Bisexual comics (Persons)
Bisexual comedians
Transgender people who seek to entertain an audience by making them laugh, through jokes, slapstick, employing prop comedy, or other amusing means.
Transgender comics (Persons)
Transgender comedians
Queer people who seek to entertain an audience by making them laugh, through jokes, slapstick, employing prop comedy, or other amusing means.
Queer comics (Persons)
Queer comedians
Intersex people who seek to entertain an audience by making them laugh, through jokes, slapstick, employing prop comedy, or other amusing means.
Intersex comics (Persons)
Intersex comedians
Asexual people who seek to entertain an audience by making them laugh, through jokes, slapstick, employing prop comedy, or other amusing means.
Asexual comics (Persons)
Asexual comedians
Two-Spirit people who seek to entertain an audience by making them laugh, through jokes, slapstick, employing prop comedy, or other amusing means.
2S comedians
2S comics (Persons)
Two Spirited comedians
Two Spirited comics (Persons)
Two-Spirited comedians
Two-Spirited comics (Persons)
Two-Spirit comedians
Written literary works about Two-Spirit characters or themes.
2S literature
Two Spirit literature
Two Spirited literature
Two-Spirited literature
Two-Spirit literature
Two-Spirit people who are between the ages of childhood and adulthood.
2S adolescents
2S teenagers
2S teens
2S youth
Two Spirit adolescents
Two Spirit teenagers
Two Spirit teens
Two Spirit youth
Two Spirited adolescents
Two Spirited teenagers
Two Spirited teens
Two Spirited youth
Two-Spirited adolescents
Two-Spirited teenagers
Two-Spirited teens
Two-Spirited youth
Two-Spirit youth
Serialized print or digital periodicals created by or for Two-Spirit people, often with the purpose of sharing news and information related to Two-Spirit communities and Two-Spirit issues.
2S newsletters
Two Spirit newsletters
Two Spirited newsletters
Two-Spirited newsletters
Two-Spirit newsletters
Serialized print or digital publications about transgender people or Two-Spirit issues (and typically produced by Two-Spirit people or Two-Spirit organizations) that contain news, articles, columns, correspondence, and advertisements.
2S newspapers
Two Spirit newspapers
Two Spirited newspapers
Two-Spirited newspapers
Two-Spirit newspapers
Direct action and organizing to achieve political or social change, bodily autonomy, and acceptance for intersex people.
Intersex activism
Direct action and organizing to achieve political or social change and acceptance for asexual people.
Asexual activism
Asexual people with significant or total loss of vision.
Blind asexual people
Asexual blind people
Asexual people who have long-term health conditions that require continued medical attention and/or significantly impact or limit daily life; some but not all people with chronic illnesses consider themselves disabled.
Chronically ill asexual people
Asexual people with chronic illnesses
Asexual wheelchair users
Cultural experiences shared by members of asexual communities or products of asexual culture (e.g., art and media created by and for asexual people, activism focused on asexual issues, slang commonly used in asexual communities, etc.).
Asexual culture
Colloquial or informal language related to asexual identity or used by asexual people.
Asexual slang
Serialized print or digital periodicals created by or for asexual people, often with the purpose of sharing news and information related to asexual communities and asexual issues.
Asexual newsletters
Serialized print or digital publications about asexual people or asexual issues (and typically produced by asexual people or asexual organizations) that contain news, articles, columns, correspondence, and advertisements.
Asexual newspapers
Asexual people working to bring about political or social change through public organizing.
Asexual political activists
Gay men or mascs who are candidates for public office, are currently holding public office, or have held political positions. Politicians can be elected by public election or otherwise appointed.
Gay public officials
Gay politicians
Lesbians who are candidates for public office, are currently holding public office, or have held political positions. Politicians can be elected by public election or otherwise appointed.
Lesbian public officials
Lesbian politicians
Bisexual people who are candidates for public office, are currently holding public office, or have held political positions. Politicians can be elected by public election or otherwise appointed.
Bisexual public officials
Bisexual politicians
Queer people who are candidates for public office, are currently holding public office, or have held political positions. Politicians can be elected by public election or otherwise appointed.
Queer public officials
Queer politicians
Transgender people who are candidates for public office, are currently holding public office, or have held political positions. Politicians can be elected by public election or otherwise appointed.
Transgender public officials
Transgender politicians
Intersex people who are candidates for public office, are currently holding public office, or have held political positions. Politicians can be elected by public election or otherwise appointed.
Intersex public officials
Intersex politicians
Asexual people who are candidates for public office, are currently holding public office, or have held political positions. Politicians can be elected by public election or otherwise appointed.
Asexual public officials
Asexual politicians
Two-Spirit people who are candidates for public office, are currently holding public office, or have held political positions. Politicians can be elected by public election or otherwise appointed.
2S politicians
2S public officials
Two Spirited politicians
Two Spirited public officials
Two-Spirit public officials
Two-Spirited public officials
Two-Spiritied politicians
Two-Spirit politicians
People with 17-beta hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 3 deficiency, abbreviated as "17-beta," have XY chromosomes and testes, but their bodies do not have one of the enzymes needed to synthesize testosterone. Most people with 17-beta are born with a vulva and vagina, and their testes are most often undescended. Some people with 17-beta will be born with genitals that do not clearly resemble a typical penis or a typical vulva. Some will have a penis that may be smaller than typical (known as a micropenis), and the urethra may open on the underside of the penis rather than at the tip (known as hypospadias). In adolescence, people with 17-beta will often develop some secondary sex characteristics associated with a typical testosterone puberty.
17-beta
17-beta hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 3 deficiency
A term used to describe a birth variation in which the outer genitals do not have the typical appearance of those associated with either boys or girls. This is often the first sign many doctors and parents see that indicate their child has an intersex variation. Ambiguous genitalia can be caused by a variety of variations and rarely require immediate surgical intervention as long as the child is able to excrete and urinate without complications. Many intersex people find this term stigmatizing, so it should not be used unless the individual uses it to describe themselves.
Ambiguous genitalia
A person with anorchia has 46 XY chromosomes and is born without testes. As a result, they do not produce typical levels of testosterone. Someone with anorchia will usually have a typical-appearing penis and scrotum because these organs are already formed by the stage of fetal development when the testes disappear.
Anorchia
People with aromatase deficiency do not have the enzyme responsible for converting androgens into estrogen. At birth, someone with aromatase deficiency and XX chromosomes may have a larger-than-typical clitoris and partially or completely fused labia (resembling the appearance of a scrotum). At puberty, they may not develop breasts, may not begin menstruating, and may develop some secondary sex characteristics associated with a typical testosterone puberty. They may also develop multiple cysts on their ovaries. People with XY chromosomes can also have aromatase deficiency, but they do not typically experience variations in their sex characteristics, though they may grow taller than is typical because estrogen is usually responsible for closing the bone growth plates.
Aromatase deficiency
People with aromatase excess have increased production of aromatase, which converts androgens (like testosterone) into estrogen. People with XY chromosomes and aromatase excess syndrome will therefore have more active estrogen in their bodies than is typical. As a result, they will often stop growing at a shorter height and/or develop breasts in adolescence along with features associated with a typical testosterone puberty. People with XX chromosomes can also have aromatase excess, but it doesn't usually cause their sex characteristics to vary from what is considered typical for those assigned female at birth, though they may also experience breast enlargement and short stature, along with menstrual irregularities.
Familial gynecomastia
Hyperestrogenism
Aromatase excess syndrome
People with bladder exstrophy are born with their urinary bladder exposed (through an open abdominal wall) or outside of the body. They may also have an open pelvis (resulting from the pubic bones not joining together), which causes genital differences. People with bladder exstrophy and XY chromosomes often have a shorter-than-typical penis with epispadias (meaning the urethra opens on the top surface of the penis instead of at the tip) and undescended testes. People with XX chromosomes and bladder exstrophy often have a urethra that is placed higher than usual, widely spaced labia (due to the wide spacing of their pubic bones), and a clitoris formed in two halves with a split in the middle.
Bladder exstrophy
Term used to describe the variation in which a person is born with two or more different sets of DNA. This can occur when multiple zygotes (such as fraternal twins) combine and develop into one fetus. Sex-chromosome discordant chimerism occurs when at least one embryo with XX chromosomes fuses with at least one embryo with XY chromosomes. A person who develops this way would have sets of both XX and XY chromosomes, or a chromosome pattern of 46XX/46XY, and could have a wide variety of different possible sex characteristics. Many people with chimerism and XX/XY chromosomes have both ovarian and testicular tissue, while others have only testes or only ovaries, and still others have gonadal dysgenesis. Some have noticeable genital differences and others do not.
Chimerism
People who have classical congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH), a subtype of CAH, have more pronounced issues with cortisol and/or aldosterone production. This variation is likely to be noticed at birth or shortly after.
Classical congenital adrenal hyperplasia
People born with cloacal exstrophy are born with an open abdominal wall exposing their colon, bladder, and sometimes other abdominal organs. Their organs may also be positioned outside of the body at birth. The bladder is often split into two halves, and the colon and bladder may be connected. The anal opening may be blocked or not have been formed. The pubic bones do not join together, resulting in an open pelvis with noticeable genital differences. People with XY chromosomes and cloacal exstrophy may have a smaller-than-typical penis that is flat or split into two halves with an epispadic urethra (opening on the top of the penis rather than at the tip) and undescended testes. Someone with XX chromosomes and cloacal exstrophy usually has a clitoris that is split into two halves, and they may have two vaginal openings.
Cloacal exstrophy
People with complete androgen insensitivity syndrome (CAIS) have no response to androgens and are born with a vulva and clitoris, as well as a shorter-than-typical vagina and undescended testes. In adolescence, they will develop breasts and other features associated with a typical estrogen puberty due to the body’s natural conversion of testosterone to estrogen. However, people with CAIS do not menstruate because they do not have a uterus or ovaries.
CAIS
Complete androgen insensitivity syndrome
People born with congenital chordee have a penis that curves upward or downward or bends to one side, usually due to bands of fibrous tissue that pull the penis in a particular direction. People with congenital chordee often have hypospadias, meaning that their urethral opening is not at the tip of the penis.
Congenital chordee
An intersex variation in which one or both of the testes do not descend from the abdomen into the scrotum. If both testes are undescended, this is known as "bilateral cryptorchidism," whereas "unilateral cryptorchidism" occurs when only one the testes does not descend.
Undescended testes
Undescended testicles
Cryptorchidism
De la Chapelle syndrome causes people with XX chromosomes to be born with a penis and testes. This usually happens because a particular gene typically seen on Y chromosomes (known as the SRY gene) ends up on one of their X chromosomes and causes their genitals and internal reproductive organs to develop as they typically would in someone with XY chromosomes. People with de la Chapelle might have testes that are smaller than typical or that are undescended, and they are often infertile. In adolescence, they may experience breast growth, and they might not develop the characteristics that are usually associated with a typical testosterone puberty.
XX male syndrome
De la Chapelle syndrome
People with epispadias are born with a urinary opening located on the upper surface of their penis rather than at the tip (similar to the more common variation hypospadias). People with vulvas can also be born with epispadias, in which case the urethral opening is wider and located higher than typical. The clitoris may also be split into two halves. Epispadias is usually present whenever bladder exstrophy or cloacal exstrophy develop, but epispadias can also occur by itself.
Anaspadias
Epispadias
People with estrogen insensitivity syndrome (EIS) have a genetic variation in which their bodies do not respond to estrogen. People with XX chromosomes and EIS are usually born with a vulva and vagina, may have a small uterus and enlarged ovaries that later develop multiple cysts, and may produce very high levels of estrogen that their bodies do not recognize. In adolescence, they will most likely not experience the changes associated with a typical estrogen puberty such as breast development or menstruation. They may instead develop pubic hair and acne due to the influence of androgens. People with XY chromosomes can also be born with EIS, and they may or may not experience variations in their other hormone production, testicular development, and development of secondary sex characteristics as a result.
EIS
Estrogen insensitivity syndrome
People with follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) insensitivity have a genetic variation where their bodies do not respond to FSH. People with XX chromosomes and FSH insensitivity will usually be born with a vulva, vagina, and ovaries. Their ovaries may produce lower amounts of estrogen than is considered typical, and they may not produce fertile follicles (eggs). In adolescence, they may not develop secondary sex characteristics associated with a typical estrogen puberty and may not menstruate. People with XY chromosomes and FSH insensitivity may develop smaller-than-typical testes, may produce fewer sperm than usual, and may not be fertile.
FSH
FSH insensitivity
Follicle-stimulating hormone insensitivity
People with Fraser syndrome are usually born with differences in the development of their eyelids, fingers, and toes. They may also have variations in their sex characteristics, such as a larger-than-typical clitoris or undescended testes. They may develop without one or both kidneys, and other parts of the urinary system can additionally be affected.
Fraser syndrome
People with hyperandrogenism have higher-than-typical levels of testosterone and/or other androgens. In people with XX chromosomes, hyperandrogenism can result in the development of secondary sex characteristics that are associated with the influence of testosterone (such as facial and body hair) to varying degrees. Hyperandrogenism may or may not be the result of an underlying intersex variation, but it is common in several variations (including CAH and PCOS). People with hyperandrogenism who aren’t intersex will nonetheless often have many experiences in common with intersex people, such as encountering exclusion and discrimination in sex-segregated contexts like sports.
Hyperandrogenism
People with hypogonadism produce lower-than-typical levels of hormones like testosterone and estrogen, or none at all. This can affect how a person’s secondary sex characteristics develop as well as their fertility. Hypogonadism can be a result of a difference in how someone’s brain signals for their gonads to produce (or not produce) hormones, or it can be a feature of their gonads directly. Hypogonadism is not always caused by an intersex variation, but can be related to Klinefelter syndrome, Turner syndrome, and several other variations.
Hypogonadism
People with isolated 17,20-lyase deficiency (ILD) have one of several specific variations in their genes that cause their bodies to make lower-than-typical amounts of testosterone. They may be born with genitals that do not appear quite like a typical penis, and their testes may be descended or undescended. In adolescence, they may not experience all of the changes related to a typical testosterone puberty because their variation impacts their hormone production.
ILD
Isolated 17,20-lyase deficiency
People with Jacobs syndrome develop with an extra Y chromosome. They might not have any obvious physical variations as a result, or they may be taller than usual or have other identifiable differences that do not relate to sex characteristics. Some people with Jacobs syndrome may also have a smaller-than-typical penis or scrotum, hypospadias, and/or undescended testicles.
XYY syndrome
Jacobs syndrome
Kallmann syndrome can occur in people with XX or XY chromosomes and is a form of hypogonadism. People with Kallmann syndrome and XY chromosomes are often born with a smaller-than-typical penis and undescended testes. In adolescence, most people with Kallmann syndrome will either start puberty later than usual or not experience typical pubertal changes (such as developing facial hair and a deeper voice for people with XY chromosomes or developing breasts and starting to menstruate for people with XX chromosomes) unless they receive hormone therapy. Kallmann syndrome also affects someone’s sense of smell.
Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism
Kallmann syndrome
People with XY chromosomes and luteinizing hormone insensitivity develop the variation Leydig cell hypoplasiae. Because people with XX chromosomes do not typically produce Leydig cells to begin with, someone with XX chromosomes who has a genetic insensitivity to luteinizing hormone will not be affected in the same way. A person with XX chromosomes whose body does not respond to luteinizing hormone will not usually have any noticeable differences at birth, but their ovaries may not produce fertile follicles (eggs), and they may not menstruate.
Luteinizing hormone insensitivity
People with penoscrotal transposition are born with a different genital configuration than typical, with their penis located below or in the middle of their scrotum instead of above it. Their scrotum might be bifid (split into two halves), and they may also have hypospadias and/or chordee.
Penoscrotal transposition
People with Persistent Müllerian duct syndrome (PMDS) have XY chromosomes, male-typical reproductive organs and external genitalia, and some component(s) of a female-typical reproductive tract, such as a uterus, fallopian tubes, and/or upper vaginal canal. PMDS occurs when the Müllerian ducts—internal structures that ordinarily break down in an XY fetus—remain and develop as they would in an XX fetus. PMDS is ordinarily not diagnosed at birth, and individuals with this variation often have a male gender identity.
PMDS
Persistent Müllerian duct syndrome
People with this variation have XX chromosomes and are generally born with a vulva and vagina, a uterus, and ovaries. Later in life, their ovaries often produce higher-than-typical levels of androgens like testosterone. Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) can also result in the development of characteristics such as facial and body hair, and it can interfere with the process of ovulation. This in turn can cause irregular periods or no periods, and people with PCOS may struggle to become pregnant. Some people with PCOS have small cysts (fluid-filled sacs) on their ovaries, but some do not. Signs of PCOS generally will not show up until a person starts menstruating, or later in life.
PCOD
PCOS
Polycystic ovarian disease
Polycystic ovarian syndrome
Polycystic ovary syndrome
A term previously used in medical contexts to refer to different groups of intersex variations, usually divided into categories of “male pseudohermaphroditism” and “female pseudohermaphroditism” on the basis of the person’s chromosomes. People may still find these terms used in their medical records or in medical journal articles when researching their variation, but they are often considered highly stigmatizing in addition to being vague and inaccurate. Do not use this term to describe a person's variation unless they do so themselves.
Female pseudohermaphroditism
Male pseudohermaphroditism
Pseudohermaphroditism
People who have salt-wasting congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH), a subtype of classical CAH, experience "salt-wasting," a dangerous scenario a person's low levels of aldosterone cause their body to lose too much sodium. They may experience life-threatening adrenal crises, especially when their body is under stress.
Salt-wasting congenital adrenal hyperplasia
A term sometimes used in medical contexts to refer to different variations in which a person is born with XY chromosomes and a vulva and vagina or XX chromosomes and a penis.
Sex reversal syndrome
People with Trisomy X are born with 47XXX chromosomes rather than the typical 46XX. If they receive the additional X chromosome from their parent's original sperm or egg cell, they will have 47XXX chromosomes in all their cells. If the additional chromosome appears during the embryo's development process, however, only some cells will have 47XXX chromosomes and the person will be born with a mosaic chromosome pattern. Most people with 47XXX chromosomes do not develop any variations in their other sex characteristics but some may have ovaries that stop producing hormones at an earlier-than-typical age and some may not menstruate.
Triple XXX syndrome
Trisomy X
People with Type 1 Leydig cell hypoplasia (LCH) produce almost no testosterone and will usually be born with a vulva and vagina and undescended testes. They are usually assigned female at birth, often without their variation being recognized until adolescence, at which point they generally will not develop any secondary sex characteristics or experience other changes typically associated with puberty.
Type 1 LCH
Type 1 Leydig cell hypoplasia
People with Type 1 Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome typically have only the differences associated with MRKH syndrome.
Type 1 MRKH
Type 1 Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome
People with Type 2 Leydig cell hypoplasia (LCH) have some response to luteinizing hormone and produce lower-than-typical amounts of testosterone, but more than people with Type 1 LCH. At birth, their testes may be descended or undescended, and they may have a smaller-than-typical penis, often with other noticeable differences such as hypospadias. In adolescence, they will often develop some characteristics associated with a typical testosterone puberty.
Type 2 LCH
Type 2 Leydig cell hypoplasia
People with Type 2 Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome have both the differences associated with MRKH syndrome and additional differences in other parts of their body, such as their fallopian tubes, kidneys, spine, or heart. A specific example of Type 2 MRKH known as Müllerian agenesis, Renal agenesis, Cervicothoracic Somite (MURCS) association, occurs when someone’s kidneys do not develop typically. They may have scoliosis or fused vertebrae in addition to the usual features of MRKH.
Type 2 MRKH
Type 2 Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome
People with this variation may be born without a vaginal opening, a shallow “dimple” where an opening would typically be, or a vaginal opening that is fused or blocked by fibrous tissue. People with vaginal atresia often have a typical upper vaginal canal (along with a typical uterus, cervix, fallopian tubes, and ovaries) with differences in the lower portion of the vagina only.
Vaginal atresia
People with XXYY syndrome are born with an extra copy of both an X and Y chromosome, resulting in an 48XXYY chromosome pattern instead of the typical 46XY. People with XXYY chromosomes may have undescended testes and produce lower-than-typical amounts of testosterone, which can cause them to start puberty at a later age than typical and develop less pronounced secondary sex characteristics like muscle tone and facial hair. They may also experience breast growth. People with XXYY syndrome often have other physical features that are similar to those developed by people with Klinefelter syndrome (47XXY).
XXYY syndrome
Operas created by gay directors, depicting gay men, or that are regarded as important within gay culture.
Gay operas
Operas created by bisexual directors, depicting bisexual individuals, or that are regarded as important within bisexual culture.
Bisexual operas
Operas created by transgender directors, depicting transgender individuals, or that are regarded as important within transgender culture.
Transgender operas
Operas created by asexual directors, depicting asexual individuals, or that are regarded as important within asexual culture.
Asexual operas
Operas created by intersex directors, depicting intersex individuals, or that are regarded as important within intersex culture.
Intersex operas
Latin American people who are asexual; only use to describe individuals who self-identify as Latino, Latina, or Latinx. Do not conflate with Chicano/a/x or Hispanic.
Latino/a/x asexual people
Asexual people of African descent born in Latin American countries or asexual people born in African countries who live in or have a strong connection to Latin America. Only use for individuals who self-identify as Afro-Latin American.
Afro-Latin American asexual people
Asexual people who belong to two or more racial groups.
Multiracial asexual people
Asexual people who are Inuit, or part of several Indigenous peoples inhabiting the Inuit homeland in the Arctic and subarctic regions of Greenland, Canada, and Alaska. Only use for people who identify as Inuit.
Inuit asexual people
People who are part of the Native peoples of the continental United States and Canada (excluding Inuit people) and self-identity as asexual. Use more specific terms when available.
Native American asexual people
Asexual people who identify as both Pacific Islanders (or of Pacific Islander ancestry) and American.
Pacific Islander asexual people
Pacific Islander American asexual people
Asexual people who are Papuan, or part of the Indigenous peoples of new Guinea; only use for people who identify as Papuan.
Papuan asexual people
Intersex people who have long-term health conditions that require continued medical attention and/or significantly impact or limit daily life; some but not all people with chronic illnesses consider themselves disabled.
Chronically ill intersex people
Intersex people with chronic illnesses
Intersex people with significant or total loss of vision.
Blind intersex people
Intersex blind people
Intersex people working to bring about political or social change through public organizing.
Intersex political activists
Any of various forms of inappropriate conduct, illegal actions, or abuses of power undertaken by law enforcement agents or agents of the state against Black LGBTQ+ members of the public. This includes but is not limited to racial, ethnic, and other forms of profiling; unwarranted surveillance, searches, and seizure; selective enforcement; excessive use of force; sexual misconduct; intimidation and witness tampering; falsification of evidence; coerced confessions; false arrests and imprisonment; and bribing or lobbying.
Police harassment of Black LGBTQ+ people
Any of various forms of inappropriate conduct, illegal actions, or abuses of power undertaken by law enforcement agents or agents of the state against Indigenous LGBTQ+ members of the public. This includes but is not limited to racial, ethnic, and other forms of profiling; unwarranted surveillance, searches, and seizure; selective enforcement; excessive use of force; sexual misconduct; intimidation and witness tampering; falsification of evidence; coerced confessions; false arrests and imprisonment; and bribing or lobbying.
Police harassment of Indigenous LGBTQ+ people
Identification of LGBTQ+ people, or people believed to be LGBTQ+, by police using any of various tools and mechanisms, many of which are pseudoscientific in nature. Such data is then used to entrap and prosecute LGBTQ+ persons, especially in areas where being LGBTQ+ is still criminalized.
Identification of LGBTQ+ people by police
Historical and contemporary linkages between white supremacist ideologies and modern policing institutions, primarily discussed within the context of the countries of Canada and the United States.
Infiltration of police by white supremacists
Police officer ties with white supremacists
White supremacy in policing
Literary work, typically written in verse, that focuses on demisexual characters, themes, or identity.
Demisexual poetry
Written literary works about aromanticism, aromantic characters, or aromantic themes.
Aromantic literature
Works of fiction written to be performed; use in reference to dramatic works focusing on aromantic characters or themes.
Aromantic drama
Written literary works about asexuality, asexual characters, or asexual themes.
Asexual literature
Works of fiction written to be performed; use in reference to dramatic works focusing on asexual characters or themes.
Asexual drama
Works of fiction written to be performed; use in reference to dramatic works focusing on demisexual characters or themes.
Demisexual drama
Accounts of individuals' lives written by those individuals; use for autobiographies written by demisexual authors.
Demisexual autobiographies
Written accounts of the lives of people known to be demisexual.
Demisexual biographies
Works of fiction written to be performed; use in reference to dramatic works focusing on megasexual characters or themes.
Megasexual drama
Accounts of individuals' lives written by those individuals; use for autobiographies written by megasexual authors.
Megasexual autobiographies
Accounts of individuals' lives written by those individuals; use for biographies written by megasexual authors.
Megasexual biographies
Works of fiction written to be performed; use in reference to dramatic works focusing on greyromantic characters or themes.
Greyromantic drama
Literary works, typically written in verse, that focus on greyromantic characters, themes, or identity.
Greyromantic poetry
Accounts of individuals' lives written by those individuals; use for autobiographies written by greyromantic authors.
Greyromantic autobiographies
Written accounts of the lives of individuals known to be greyromantic.
Greyromantic biographies
Erotic films or movies, created by lesbian directors, depicting lesbian people, or that are regarded as important within lesbian culture.
Lesbian erotic films
Erotic films or movies, created by gay directors, depicting gay people, or that are regarded as important within gay culture.
Gay erotic films
Erotic films or movies, created by bisexual directors, depicting bisexual people, or that are regarded as important within bisexual culture.
Bisexual erotic films
Erotic films or movies, created by transgender directors, depicting transgender people, or that are regarded as important within transgender culture.
Transgender erotic films
Erotic films or movies, created by queer directors, depicting queer people, or that are regarded as important within queer culture.
Queer erotic films
Erotic or sexually explicit films featuring intersex people.
Intersex porn films
Erotic or sexually explicit films featuring aromantic people.
Aromantic porn films
Erotic or sexually explicit films featuring asexual people.
Asexual porn films
Erotic or sexually explicit films featuring demisexual people.
Demisexual porn films
A form of cultural appropriation and race shifting involving false claims of citizenship, belonging, and/or descent from Indigenous people in North America. Not to be confused with disconnected or reconnecting descendants.
Pretendians
Appropriation of Indigenous identity
Erotic art, created by Two-Spirit artists, depicting Two-Spirit people, or that are regarded as important within Two-Spirit culture.
2S erotic art
Two Spirit erotic art
Two Spirited erotic art
Two-Spirited erotic art
Two-Spirit erotic art
The process by which donated sperm is placed inside a person with a uterus to induce pregnancy.
Donor insemination
The process by which a person donates their eggs for reproduction.
Egg donation
The process by which a person donates their sperm for reproduction.
Sperm donation
The process by which a person becomes pregnant using a donated egg.
Gestational surrogacy
Asexual people whose brains process, learn, and/or behave differently from what is considered typical by society. Some of these neurological differences can present as learning disabilities, medical disorders, and other conditions.
Asexual neurodivergent people
Intersex people whose brains process, learn, and/or behave differently from what is considered typical by society. Some of these neurological differences can present as learning disabilities, medical disorders, and other conditions.
Neurodivergent Intersex people
Intersex neurodivergent people
Two-Spirit people whose brains process, learn, and/or behave differently from what is considered typical by society. Some of these neurological differences can present as learning disabilities, medical disorders, and other conditions.
2S neurodivergent people
Two Spirit neurodivergent people
Two Spirited neurodivergent people
Two-Spirited neurodivergent people
Two-Spirit neurodivergent people
Autistic intersex people
Intersex people with autism
Intersex autistic people
Written literary works for an audience of readers from 12-18 years of age, also known as young adult literature or YA; use in reference to youth literature focusing on Two-Spirit characters or themes.
2S youth literature
Two Spirit youth literature
Two Spirited youth literature
Two-Spirited youth literature
Two-Spirit youth literature
Newspapers, magazines, or other publishing outlets aimed at Two-Spirit audiences and/or operated by Two-Spirit people.
2S press
Two Spirit press
Two Spirited press
Two-Spirited press
Two-Spirit press
Intersex people who are not white and who identify as people of color.
Intersex people of colour
Intersex people of color
Intersex people of Asian heritage or descent born in the United States or born in Asian countries who live in or have a strong connection to the United States. Only use for individuals who self-identify as Asian American.
Intersex Asian American people
Intersex Asian Americans
Asian American intersex people
Intersex individuals of Asian heritage or descent, living in Asia or part of the Asian diaspora. Only use for people who self-identify as Asian.
Intersex Asian people
Intersex Asians
Asian intersex people
Asexual people with significant or total hearing loss. Some but not all Deaf people prefer to capitalize Deaf in recognition of the cultural and linguistic identity they share with other Deaf people.
Deaf asexual people
Asexual Deaf people
Asexual people with significant or total hearing loss who may or may not consider themselves d/Deaf.
Asexual hard of hearing people
Newspapers, magazines, or other publishing outlets aimed at asexual audiences and/or operated by asexual people.
Asexual press
Asexual individuals of Asian heritage or descent, living in Asia or part of the Asian diaspora. Only use for people who self-identify as Asian.
Asian asexual people
Asexual people of Asian heritage or descent born in the United States or born in Asian countries who live in or have a strong connection to the United States. Only use for individuals who self-identify as Asian American.
Asian American asexual people
Biracial asexual people
Asexual people who are part of the Indigenous people of Mokupuni o Hawai‘i, or the Hawaiian Islands; only use to refer to people who identify as Kanaka Maoli.
Asexual Indigenous Hawaiians
Asexual Kānaka Maoli
Asexual Kānaka ʻŌiwi
Asexual Native Hawaiians
Indigenous Hawaiian asexual people
Native Hawaiian asexual people
Kānaka Maoli asexual people
Intersex disabled people
Any of various forms of inappropriate conduct, illegal actions, or abuses of power undertaken by law enforcement agents or agents of the state against LGBTQ+ members of the public. This includes but is not limited to racial, ethnic, and other forms of profiling; unwarranted surveillance, searches, and seizure; selective enforcement; excessive use of force; sexual misconduct; intimidation and witness tampering; falsification of evidence; coerced confessions; false arrests and imprisonment; and bribing or lobbying.
Mistreatment of LGBTQ+ people by police
Harassment of LGBTQ+ people by police
Police brutality toward LGBTQ+ people
Police misconduct toward LGBTQ+ people
Police mistreatment of LGBTQ+ people
Police harassment of LGBTQ+ people
Any of various forms of police violence aimed toward LGBTQ+ people.
Police abuse toward LGBTQ+ people
Police torture of LGBTQ+ people
Police violence toward LGBTQ+ people
Written works describing imagined events or people; use in reference to fictional works focusing on megasexual characters or themes.
Megasexual fiction
Literary works, typically written in verse, that focus on queer characters, themes, or identity.
Megasexual poetry
Written works describing imagined events or people; use in reference to fictional works focusing on greyromantic characters or themes.
Greyromantic fiction
Erotic films or movies, created by Two-Spirit directors, depicting Two-Spirit people, or that are regarded as important within Two-Spirit culture.
2S erotic films
Two Spirit erotic films
Two Spirited erotic films
Two-Spirited erotic films
Two-Spirit erotic films
Erotic films or movies, created by intersex directors, depicting intersex people, or that are regarded as important within intersex culture.
Intersex erotic films
Erotic films or movies, created by aromantic directors, depicting aromantic people, or that are regarded as important within aromantic culture.
Aromantic erotic films
Erotic films or movies, created by asexual directors, depicting asexual people, or that are regarded as important within asexual culture.
Asexual erotic films
Erotic films or movies, created by demisexual directors, depicting demisexual people, or that are regarded as important within demisexual culture.
Demisexual erotic films
Erotic art, created by lesbian artists, depicting lesbian people, or that are regarded as important within lesbian culture.
Lesbian erotic art
Erotic art, created by gay artists, depicting gay people, or that are regarded as important within gay culture.
Gay erotic art
Erotic art, created by bisexual artists, depicting bisexual people, or that are regarded as important within bisexual culture.
Bisexual erotic art
Erotic art, created by transgender artists, depicting transgender people, or that are regarded as important within transgender culture.
Transgender erotic art
Erotic art, created by queer artists, depicting queer people, or that are regarded as important within queer culture.
Queer erotic art
2S autistic people
2S people with autism
Two Spirit autistic people
Two Spirit people with autism
Two Spirited autistic people
Two Spirited people with autism
Two-Spirited autistic people
Two-Spirited people with autism
Two-Spirit autistic people
People with Leydig cell hypoplasia (LCH) have XY chromosomes and a genetic insensitivity to luteinizing hormone. LCH can be either complete (known as LCH Type 1) or partial (known as LCH Type 2). Luteinizing hormone is typically responsible for the development of Leydig cells in the testicles and for signaling for those cells to produce androgens like testosterone. Someone with LCH will develop few or no Leydig cells and therefore will produce less testosterone than is typical.
LCH
Leydig cell hypoplasia
Written literary works about demisexuality, demisexual characters, or demisexual themes.
Demisexual literature
Written literary works about megasexuality, megasexual characters, or megasexual themes.
Megasexual literature
Written literary works about greyromanticism, greyromantic characters, or greyromantic themes.
Greyromantic literature
Erotic art, created by intersex artists, depicting intersex people, or that are regarded as important within intersex culture.
Intersex erotic art
Erotic art, created by aromantic artists, depicting aromantic people, or that are regarded as important within aromantic culture.
Aromantic erotic art
Erotic art, created by asexual artists, depicting asexual people, or that are regarded as important within asexual culture.
Asexual erotic art
Erotic art, created by demisexual artists, depicting demisexual people, or that are regarded as important within demisexual culture.
Demisexual erotic art
Asexual people who are not white and who identify as people of color.
Asexual people of colour
Asexual people of color
Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser (MRKH) syndrome occurs when a person's Müllerian ducts, which typically become the uterus and upper portion of the vagina during fetal development, do not develop in the typical way. People with MRKH have XX chromosomes and are usually born with a vulva and either a vagina that is shorter than typical or no vagina. They usually do not have a cervix and may have a partial uterus (uterine remnant) or no uterus. They often do not mensturate but may experience cyclic pain if they have a uterine remnant with endometrial lining, and they can develop menstruation-related conditions like endometriosis.
MRKH syndrome
Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome
Unexpected and unannounced entry into and searches of establishments owned or frequented by LGBTQ+ people by law enforcement officers with the aim of using surprise to seize evidence or arrest suspects. Police raids may be undertaken legally using a search warrant or through exigent circumstances, such as probable cause, though the latter is highly subjective and civilians often have little resources to appeal illegal raids.
Anti-LGBTQ+ police raids
Police raids on LGBTQ+ establishments
Police raids on LGBTQ+ venues
Police raids to LGBTQ+ venues
Police raids on LGBTQ+-related establishments
Written works describing imagined events or people; use in reference to fictional works focusing on non-binary characters or themes.
Non-binary fiction
The phenomenon in which someone in a marginalized group internalizes or adopts oppressive beliefs (i.e., negative perceptions of and intolerance toward any marginalized identities they hold) as a result of being raised or socialized within an oppressive environment or culture.
Internalized oppression
Long-form musical performances combining singing, orchestral music, and often ballet, typically set to a dramatic narrative or libretto and presented on a theater stage centered on LGBTQ+ characters or themes.
LGBTQ+ operas
Asexual people who are part of an Indigenous people, or culturally distinct ethnic group whose members are directly descended from the earliest known inhabitants of a particular region and, to some extent, maintain the language and culture of those people. Only use to describe people who identify as Indigenous; use more specific terms whenever possible.
Asexual Indigenous people
Indigenous asexual people
Umbrella term including any of various forms of interactions between police and LGBTQ+ individuals or communities.
Police treatment of LGBTQ+ people
Policing and the LGBTQ+ community
Police interactions with LGBTQ+ people
Creators of written works who are known to be demisexual.
Demisexual authors
Creators of written works who are known to be megasexual.
Megasexual authors
Creators of written works who are known to be greyromantic.
Greyromantic authors
The process by which a fetus is conceived through donor insemination, egg donation, surrogacy, IVF, and/or other reproductive technologies.
Assisted reproduction
2S disabled people
Disabled 2S people
Disabled Two Spirit people
Disabled Two-Spirited people
Two Spirit disabled people
Two Spirited disabled people
Two-Spirited disabled people
Two-Spirit disabled people
Asexual people with disabilities
Disabled asexual people
Asexual disabled people
LGBTQ+ people who are ethnically Armenian.
LGBTQ+ Armenians
Armenian LGBTQ+ people
Written works describing imagined events or people; use in reference to fictional works focusing on demisexual characters or themes.
Demisexual fiction
LGBTQ+ people who seek to entertain an audience by making them laugh, through jokes, slapstick, employing prop comedy, or other amusing means.
LGBTQ+ comics (Persons)
LGBTQ+ comedians
LGBTQ+ people who are candidates for public office, are currently holding public office, or have held political positions. Politicians can be elected by public election or otherwise appointed.
LGBTQ+ public officials
LGBTQ+ politicians
LGBTQ+ people whose brains process, learn, and/or behave differently from what is considered typical by society. Some of these neurological differences can present as learning disabilities, medical disorders, and other conditions.
LGBTQ+ neurodivergent people
LGBTQ+ people with autism
LGBTQ+ autistic people
Erotic films or movies, created by LGBTQ+ directors, depicting LGBTQ+ people, or that are regarded as important within LGBTQ+ culture. Use a more specific narrower term where applicable.
LGBTQ+ erotic films
Umbrella term for different forms of creative activity dealing with or engaging with erotic themes, including visual, material, and performing art, by LGBTQ+ artists or about LGBTQ+ topics and communities. Use a more specific term if possible.
LGBTQ+ erotic art
Term used to refer to a wide range of variations in sex characteristics. The term "intersex conditions" is a pathologizing term used to mean people born with variations in their physical sex characteristics also known as intersex traits.
Intersex conditions
Intersex variations