So I was wandering around the interwebs yesterday, and thanks to GenderFork I found this little community known as PostSecret; I browsed awhile and ended up finding this little dictionary, which is, I think, probably the most insightful and enlightening list of terms and what they mean I've ever yet come across. Ever wonder about the difference between "transgender" and "transexual"? Yeah, I know I thought they were different words for the same thing. Apparently, they aren't. And that's kinda cool. Somehow. Someway. I think.
Agender – refers to someone with no gender
Asexual -- Instead of attraction being a sexual thing, they're attracted to personalities, and they still want physical relationships (generally) but not sexual ones
Ambisexual – A person with a wide variety of sexual tastes
Androgyne -- refers to someone with aspects of both male and female genders, who identifies as somewhere in-between male and female
Androgynous -- refers to a presentation somewhere in-between masculine and feminine
Androsexual -- refers to someone who is attracted to men without referring to one's own gender
Berdache – Two-spirited; one who identifies with both a male and female soul
Bicurious -- Someone who thinks he/she may be bisexual but has not taken the plunge into acts with the same sex, therefore cannot be labeled bisexual
Bigender – The tendency to move between masculine and feminine gender-typed behavior depending on a context, expressing a male or female persona
Bisexual – A person that likes both men and women
Bear - an older, larger gay man who has a lot of body hair
Beard - A female friend of a gay man that is brought to an event, usually involving family, to keep up the pretense of heterosexuality
Breeder – A slang term for heterosexuals (Used by the LGBT Community) It is considered an “offensive” term and not politically correct to use
Butch -- refers to a masculine presentation of varying degree
Bull Dyke/Lesbian - a larger lesbian woman, typically with very short hair
Cismen -- refers to people born with male parts whose gender identity is male. In other words, non-transgendered men
Ciswomen -- refers to people born with female parts whose gender identity is female. In other words, non-transgendered women
Cispeople -- refers to people whose sex at birth and gender identity match. In other words, people who are not transgendered
Chapstick Lesbian - lesbians that don't mind wearing dresses/skirts, some make-up, etc. but are frequently found in jeans and t-shirts, or are sporty
Crossdresser – (See Drag King/Queen)
Drag King – Women who dress in men’s clothing
Drag Queen – Men who dress in women’s clothing
Eunuch – A castrated male; a legally recognised sex in some countries
Family - gay
FTH! – For the Homos! Another term from Gay God
FTM – Female to Male transition
Fagger – A follower of Matthew Lush who seeks to spread love and peace towards the LGBT community
Fag/Faggot – A term used on homosexual men, normally offensive if used by a heterosexual
Fag Hag - Deluded straight women who somehow feel that by following around gay men they can have them or female best friend of a gay man.
Feminine - Refers to a traditionally female presentation
Femme - Refers to a feminine presentation of varying degree
Fingering – A form of sex where you…use your fingers… Normally associated with the way lesbians have sex.
Fluid - Refers to someone whose gender can change over time
Fourth - Another gender completely outside the world of male and female. Like male or female, fourth cannot be defined in terms of anything other than itself
Friend of Dorothy – a term used to ask a person who’s sexual identity is unknown to another individual whether they are a gay man or not
Gay – Men who like men, or sometimes used to define women who like other women
Gay God – Matthew Lush; a well-known and highly respected pansexual of the LGBT community
Gay-Straight Alliance – A school-associated club that forms an alliance between all sexually identified students and their peers
Genderscrew -- refers to a presentation combining extremes of masculinity and femininity, such as a long beard combined with a skirt
Gender Identity -- refers to one's psychological identity as male, female, or something else. This is an intrinsic property of a person, and cannot really be quantified
Gender-queer -- refers to someone of a gender other than male or female
Gold star - never had sex with the opposite gender, only the same.
Gynosexual -- refers to someone who is attracted to women without referring to one's own gender
Heteroflexible – People who identify as heterosexual, but are sometimes attracted to the same sex
Heterosexual – People who are attracted to the opposite sex only
Heterosocial - hanging around mostly with the opposite sex, regardless of attraction
Homoflexible - refers to someone attracted mainly to their own gender, but who may occasionally be attracted to people of the opposite gender
Homophobia – The insecurities of being heterosexual
Homosexual – Attraction to the same sex; men attracted to men, women attracted to women
Homosocial - hanging around with your own sex most of the time, regardless of attraction
Intersexed – People born with aspects of both male and female genitalia
Kinsey Scale – Alfred Kinsey’s attempt to describe a person’s sexual history or episodes of a person’s sexual activity at a given time, using a scale
LGBT – The abbreviation for “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered”, can be expressed as GLBT depending on the region in which you are from.
Lesbian – Women who like other women
Lesbianism – The act of being lesbian
Lipstick Lesbian - a lesbian who presents herself in a very feminine manner (like by wearing lipstick, has very long hair, higher maintenance...)
MTF – Male to Female transition
Masculine -- refers to a traditionally male presentation
Metrosexual -- usually refers to a male with a sense of style and aesthetics who is nonetheless heterosexual
Non-Op -- For non-operative, refers to a trans-person who decides not to have surgery for whatever reason (health concerns, financial reasons, not an important part of their identity, etc.)
Omnisexual – (see Pansexual)
Otter - a young gay man who has body hair
Pansexual – People who love everyone; gay, hetero, bi, Trans, etc. it doesn’t matter. They are interested in the soul of the person, not its decoration
Pass - to act in a manner that you would be perceived as something that you are not. (Often a gay person will try to pass as a straight person, so that they do not receive any form of social stigma for their orientation)
Pass - can also mean when a trans-person passes as themselves without question
Pilger – For a gay person to hook up with a heterosexual, and most likely throw for a sexual orientation loop.
Pre-Everything -- refers to a trans-person before any steps have been taken to transition
Pre-Op -- refers to a trans-person before sex reassignment surgery (what is commonly called a "sex change")
Polar Bear - the same as a Bear, but with white body hair
Post-Op -- refers to a trans-person after sex reassignment surgery
Queen - a highly femme gay male
Queer – A general umbrella term for those who don’t feel defined by any other term
Questioning – All those heterosexuals who seem to be questioning their identity and annoy the jell-o out of the LGBT community
Rainbow – Calling someone “rainbow-ish” is simply referring to his/her non-heterosexuality. This is also the representation of the LGBT community
Scissor Sisters - A slang term referring to lesbians (orig.- the position that lesbians some times make when tribbing)
SGO – Stands for “Sexual Gender Orientation”
Sexual Orientation – One’s affectional or loving attraction to another person
The Sisterhood – A slang term referring to Lesbianism, often used by lesbians
Skirt - A male friend of a lesbian that is brought to an event, usually involving family, to keep up the pretense of heterosexuality
Spectrum – Any and all sexual orientation identities, and normally someone would refer to “the other end of the spectrum” as the opposite of his/her own sexual identity
Straight – The slang word for a heterosexual person
Straight-acting - a term usually used to describe a gay man that can pass well and/or has many butch qualities and mannerisms
Straighty - Derogatory term, used often in jest, to describe heterosexuals.
Swordfight – Like Tribbing, but between males (Male is a broad term)
“That’s so straight!” – A counter expression for the saying, “That’s so gay.” It has been created to mock those of the heterosexual SGO (Translation, straights are stupid)
Toteffly – Word from the Faggers; totally + definitely
Transgender – a general term that is used by individuals that do not conform to the gender role expectations of their biological sex. It is also used by persons who may clearly identify their gender as the opposite of their biological sex. Transgender can also be used as a general term to include transsexual people
Transition Status -- refers to a trans-person's point in the process of transitioning from one physical sex to another
Transitioning -- A person who is mid-way through plans/actions to become a member of the opposite sex (i.e. make the outside look like the inside)
Transsexual – people with the biological characteristics of one sex who identify themselves as the opposite gender and have had some type of surgical alteration and/or hormone treatments that changes their bodies’ appearance in alignment with their identity
Transvestite – People who wear clothes normally worn by his/her opposite biological sex
Tribbing – When two lesbians rub their vaginas against each other (i.e. lesbian sex, other than fingering)
Trysexual – A person who is willing to and/or has tried anything sexual anyone can think of with any other person or animal or inanimate object, male or female
