Story: Kat's terminology listing (all chapters)
Authors: Shinigami_Shimai
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Chapter 1
Title: Sexuality Terms
Kat’s Gay/Lesbian/Canadian terminology list.
This is a list of Terms that tend to show up in my stories and my life. Seeing as so many people are confused by all of these terms I thought I would list some of them here for those interested, as well as list some words that I commonly use that might confuse some. I hope this list will be useful to some. This is related to my writing and worlds so if you disagree with some of these terms then don’t come yelling at me, this comes from my experience in the gay community and just a reference for my works for the most part. I’ve also added in some common Canadian/British words that I tend to use that some seem confused by.
Sexual related terms
Sexuality - Is your sexual preference and the types of things that attract someone. Not to be confused with gender, which is the gender of which a person is inside.
Homosexual - someone who is sexually attracted to the same sex.
Lesbian - A homosexual woman.
Dyke - a more masculine lesbian
Bisexual - someone who is attracted to both sexes.
Gay - Homosexual male
Asexual - not sexual attracted to anyone
Baby Dyke - Someone who has just discovered they are a lesbian or just entered the gay community, also a pet name for a young lesbian.
Transsensual - Someone who is sexually attracted to Transsexuals.
Pansexual - Someone who is sexually attracted to all sexes. Also used to denote an event which people of all sexes are welcome.
Butch/Femme - a relationship between a masculine and a feminine lesbian couple. This structure used to be strictly enforced back in the early 70s, but not anymore. Now butch-on butch and femme-on-femme are no longer discriminated against. However some groups of extreme feminist lesbians are still against the dynamic and more so butch women. There is still some anti-butch/femme sentiment in the community.
Lipstick Les - A lesbian who behaves in a feminine manner
Diesel Dyke - a very truck-driver-like butch
Chapter 2
Title: Gender related terms
Gender related Terms
Gender - is the social, mental and emotional state equated with sex (sex is purely physical) and sex role stereotypes.
Sex - the physical make up of our bodies.
Trans - a catchall term for anyone crossing gender or sex boundaries.
Transgender - A person who lives most of the time or completely as the opposite gender of their born sex.
Transsexual - A person who takes the step to change their physical sex to match their internal gender. Taking hormones or completed sexual reassignment surgery.
Transvestite - A person who cross dresses for pleasure and not because their body is different then their mind set.
Boi - A very boiish girl who dresses and acts like a boy, but is still a girl underneath. Also associated with Andro.
Andro - Someone who looks both male and female at the same time. Also associated with Boi and Birl.
Birl - A girl who looks like a boy.
Butch - A masculine woman.
Intersex - Someone born with ambiguous genitalia that make it hard to distinguish if they are male or female. They end up having a bit of both sexes in their bodies.
Fag Boi - A girl who takes male hormones in order to look more male, but still feels female.
Gender Queer - Someone who does not associate with the genders of Male or Female.
FtM - Short for Female to Male, usually referring to a Transsexual.
MtF - Short for Male to Female, usually referring to a Transsexual.
Gender Bending - To cause gender confusion.
Post-op - A transsexual who has completed all of the surgeries they intended to have.
Pre-op - A transsexual who had not yet had any surgeries, but intends to do so.
Hym/Hir - genderless pronouns use by those who do not like the usual she/he ones that most of society use.
Drag King - A female who cross-dresses in order to entertain others.
Drag Queen - a male who cross-dresses in order to entertain others.
S/he - gender-neutral pronoun.
Packing - the act of stuffing a bra to appear to have breast or stuffing pants to appear to have a penis.
Passing - the act of dressing as ones desired gender to the point of being seen as that gender.
Chapter 3
Title: Canadian terms and Katisms
[Author's notes: This is a list of words that commonly used in Canada or by me personally.]
Canadian terms and Katisms
Other words that people have questioned in my stories, most have to do with Canadian words or British in some cases.
Idiodicy - A journey into stupidity.
Prince - A very boiish girl who is chased by many girls, including straight girls.
Princess - Usually refers to a very feminine or shy/fragile girl. It can also refer to a girl who is too pushy, but for the most part in my worlds it is used for shy girls.
Niner, Tener, Elevener - This is referring to the grade of a person. A Niner is someone in Grade Nine, A Tener in grade ten and so on and so forth. Usually starts when one hits grade nine, or if there is junior high school then grade seven.
Fiver - This refers to a Five Dollar bill.
Ten Spot - Is a Ten Dollar Bill.
Loonie - a Canadian Dollar Coin
Twoonie - A Candian Two-Dollar Coin.
Tarmac - A flat surface usually made of Asphalt, usually used as a play area for kids.
Eavestrough - A shallow Trough attached to eaves of a building to collect runoff from the roof, aka; a rain gutter.
KD/ Kraft Dinner - Macaroni and Cheese
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