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We& #39;re going to talk about some shit. Why? Because I feel like it. Think of it as a vocab lesson because I& #39;m sick of explaining shit to people so I& #39;m going to just refer to this thread for future reference. Feel free to correct me through DMs of any misinformation.
1: Sex is a genetic determination of which there can be variations but stereotypically it& #39;s categorized in the binary of male and female (Remember those two words for later please). It is purely genetics based and can not be adjusted or changed in any way.
2: Gender on the other hand is based on a series of societal and psychological biases and is completely fluid. Gender is normally categorized as man or woman but enby and a ton of other variations exist.
3: Transgender is a term for people who feel as if the sex they were assigned to at birth is the opposite of their gender. There can be trans-masculine and trans-feminine existing on a scale from man to woman or outside the binary completely.
4: Transsexual is an outdated term used for post op transgender people. Some people still use it to describe themselves but I choose to call myself a Transgender woman.
5: Intersex is NOT BEING TRANS. They are totally different. I don& #39;t know if this is a good source but here is information on it from ISNA: https://isna.org/faq/what_is_intersex/">https://isna.org/faq/what_...
6: Pronouns are words that apply to the gender of a person, not the sex. Male and Female are not pronouns. Him, Her and They are though. My pronouns are She/Her.
7: TERF means Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminist and is a word I do not like. It reminds me of the boring sport of golfing. They are basically Transphobes so I call them as such. Totally different than Radical Feminism.
8: Tranny is a word I do not like, this is the only time you& #39;ll see me spell it out along with TERF from here on out. It& #39;s a derogatory term for trans people, it is mostly targeted towards trans women and used mainly by biological men to harass and objectify trans people.
9: The LGBTQIA+ Community is a group of people who don& #39;t fit in the cishet (A Word I will get to next) Norms. There are plenty of comprehensive resources if you google it that explain the community as a whole.
10: cishet is a term that means cisgender heterosexual, basically people who& #39;s gender matches with their sex and are attracted to someone of the opposite gender than their own. I don& #39;t like it because it sounds more like a fishing tool than a category of people. I don& #39;t use it.
11: TiM and TiF are derogatory terms for trans people and since transphobes don& #39;t like the words TERF and Cis they should stop using them.
12: Racism is something I do not condone, from now on if I see it you& #39;re getting blocked. No if& #39;s, and& #39;s, but& #39;s or therefore& #39;s about it.
13: FGM is Female Genital Mutilation. A very harmful and very unethical process that can be explained with this article from the End FGM EU website but please inform yourself on this very relevant topic. https://www.endfgm.eu/female-genital-mutilation/what-is-fgm/">https://www.endfgm.eu/female-ge...
14 Any form of Transphobia, Homophobia, Racism or other bigotry will not be tolerated. I will post corrections to this thread if need be and add more information in the future. Have a nice day.
