KinkFactor Dictionary
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A2 terms
- AFAB A clinical, yet necessary, term to describe the sex you were labeled with when you were born. It's a crucial piece of language in trans and Non-Binar… Identity & Community
- AMAB The counterpart to AFAB, this is the label slapped on you at birth based on your genitals. For trans women, Non-Binary folks, and anyone who doesn't… Identity & Community
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- TGNC Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming. An inclusive umbrella term that covers both transgender people and anyone else who doesn't conform to traditio… Identity & Community
- Trans Umbrella term for people whose gender identity and/or expression differs from sex assigned at birth. May include transsexual, transgender, cross-dres… Identity
- Transgender Term for people whose gender identity and/or expression differs from sex assigned at birth; often used broadly, overlapping with “trans.” Identity
- Transition Social and/or medical steps to live in one’s identified gender (e.g., coming out, name/legal changes, clothing/presentation, hormones, surgeries). Tr… Medical & Health
- Transphobia Negative cultural and personal beliefs, attitudes, and behaviours based on prejudice, disgust, fear, and/or hatred of trans people or gender diversit… Bias & Phobia
- TS Transsexual. An older, more clinical term for a transgender person, particularly one who has undergone or desires to undergo medical transition. Many… Identity & Community