Archives: Glossary Terms

A medical doctor specially trained in the study of hormones and their actions and disorders in the body.

Surgeries that feminize the face, which include Adam’s apple reduction, nose feminization, facial bone reduction, face lift, eyelid rejuvenation, and hair reconstruction.

These are typically considered to be derogatory terms for gay men. Some gay men have chosen to reclaim these words and use […]

A sex, usually assigned at birth, and based on chromosomes (e.g. XX), gene expression, hormone levels and function, and reproductive/sexual anatomy (e.g. […]

May refer to a person assigned female at birth whose gender is male all or part of the time; transitioning-to-male; female-to-male spectrum.

Describes socially and culturally constructed aspects of gender (e.g. roles, behaviour, expression, identity) typically associated with girls and women.

The use of medications (e.g. Oestrogen, anti-androgens, progestins) to develop physical characteristics that are in line with one’s gender or gender expression, […]

Gender-affirming surgical procedures that create physical characteristics reflective of one’s gender identity and/or gender expression, including breast augmentation, vaginoplasty, facial feminization surgery, […]

Describes gender expressions and/or social and relationship roles that are perceived as being feminine, or refers to a person who embodies these […]

A garment that flattens the lower part of your body, concealing the penis and the testes.

Men who form their primary loving and sexual relationships with other men.

Range of surgeries that create physical characteristics that are in line with one’s gender identity, including vaginoplasty, breast augmentation, chest surgery, and […]

A view that there are only two genders (girls/women and boys/men) that are separate and unchanging.

Refers to people, often children, who identify and express their gender in ways that differ from societal and cultural expectations.

Gender roles and/or gender expression that do not match social and cultural expectations; gender non-conforming; gender variant.

Gender fluidity conveys a wider, more flexible range of gender expression, with interests and behaviours that may even change from day to […]

A term some people use for sex marker on identification/documents.

This term refers to people who do not confirm to society’s expectations for their gender roles or gender expression. Another term used […]

The process by which an individual reassigns their gendered appearance.