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  1. homosaurus/v4/homoit0000560

     
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    Description: A socially constructed system that gives meaning to masculinity and femininity and that unevenly distributes power and opportunity according to cultural interpretations of sex. As an element of per...
  2. homosaurus/v4/homoit0000561

     
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    Description: Any of various surgeries undertaken to affirm an individual's gender. Most often applied to transgender people, but may also refer to certain procedures undergone by cisgender and intersex people.@en
  3. homosaurus/v4/homoit0000562

     
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    Description: The practice of transgressing or "bending" expected gender roles, which often involves adopting or exaggerating stereotypically feminine or masculine traits to expose them as artificial. Gender ben...
  4. homosaurus/v4/homoit0000563

     
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    Description: Cultural conceptions of gender as two distinct and opposing categories, typically man and woman or masculine and feminine.@en
  5. homosaurus/v4/homoit0000564

     
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    Description: Gender expression that involves blending dress and behaviors associated with different genders. Do not use to describe the identities of genderqueer or non-binary people.@en
  6. homosaurus/v4/homoit0000565

     
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    Description: The systematic belief that there are only two genders (men and women) and that individuals must conform to the gender they were assigned at or shortly after birth.@en
  7. homosaurus/v4/homoit0000566

     
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    Description: An umbrella term encompassing a range of gender identities.@en
  8. homosaurus/v4/homoit0000567

     
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    Description: A psychological diagnosis (replacing the outdated and offensive "gender identity disorder") used to describe the sense of unease or dissatisfaction an individual feels as a result of incongruence b...
  9. homosaurus/v4/homoit0000568

     
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    Description: Term used to describe the way individuals express their gender identity through their appearance and behaviors, including gestures, movement, dress, and grooming.@en
  10. homosaurus/v4/homoit0000569

     
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    Description: A gender identity in which an individual's gender varies over time and across circumstances; some genderfluid people may identify as a mixture of more than one gender simultaneously.@en
  11. homosaurus/v4/homoit0000570

     
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    Description: People who identify as different genders at different times, including multiple genders at once or none at all. Only use to describe people who self-identify as genderfluid.@en
  12. homosaurus/v4/homoit0000571

     
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    Description: A person’s experience of having a particular gender, which may or may not correspond with the gender or sex they were assigned at birth. Not to be used to describe solely women’s experiences or wom...
  13. homosaurus/v4/homoit0000572

     
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    Description: An obsolete psychological diagnosis that medicalizes trans identities and practices; only use in historical contexts.@en
  14. homosaurus/v4/homoit0000573

     
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    Description: Markers used to designate an individual's gender on official documentation, including passports, birth certificates, driver’s licenses, etc. Different jurisdictions vary significantly in the number...
  15. homosaurus/v4/homoit0000574

     
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    Description: People who identify outside, transgress, or do not conform to a given culture's gender roles or expectations. Only use in reference to people who self-identity as gender non-conforming. Do not use ...