I’m really compiling this to clarify things in my head. What’s okay? What’s not okay? I’m trolling the huge book Trans Bodies, Trans Selves; A Resource for the Transgender Community, edited by Laura Erickson-Schroth, as well as any other informative publication I can find in my self-educational journey (which I’m willing to share with you but given my experience with blog avoiders of unpleasantness I’m not, as they say, holding my breath.)
Genderqueer
Genderbender
boi
Gender expression
Gender presentation
gender dissonance
transgender
gender nonconforming
gender identity
gender roles
trans guy
trans-masculine
sex
gender
bio-female/male
female/male-bodied
gender binary
female assigned at birth
trans identity
gender dissonance
gender incongruence
affirmed gender
assigned sex
TGNC – trans and gender noncnforming
MTF
trans men
female-to-male FTM/F2M)
AFAB -assigned female at birthAMAB
intesex
disorder of sex development
LBGTQI
transition
top surgery
bottom surgery
transgendered
transgender
transexual (TS)
sex reassignment surgery (SRS)
gender-affirming surgery (GAS)
pass
stealth
trans experience
affirmed male
affirmed female
sexual orientation
LGBTQIA – lesbian, gay, bi=sexual, transgender, queer, intersex and allies.
cisgender – (gender identity matches their bology
the transgender continuum