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.
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