Glossary
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Anxiety
a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome.
Archaic
very old or old-fashioned.
Attempted Suicide
Attempted Suicide is an attempt where a person tries to terminate their own life, but does not succeed.
Bigotry
a person who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to their own opinions and prejudices; especially : one who regards or treats the members of a non-ideology based group with hatred and intolerance.
Binary
relating to, composed of, or involving two things.
Biology
the study of living organisms, divided into many specialized fields that cover their morphology, physiology, anatomy, behavior, origin, and distribution.
Brain Mapping
Brain mapping is a set of neuroscience techniques predicated on the mapping of (biological) quantities or properties onto spatial representations of the (human or non-human) brain resulting in maps.
Cisgender
A term used to describe people who are not transgender. "Cis-" is a Latin prefix meaning "on the same side as," and is therefore an antonym of "trans-."
Community
a group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common.
Condemn
To express complete disapproval.
Conform
To behave, and appear according to socially acceptable conventions or standards.
Depression
Feelings of severe despondency and dejection.
Diagnosis
the identification of the root of an illness or other problem by examination of the symptoms.
Fact
Something that actually exists; reality; truth.
Factually Sound
The quality of being logical or valid; soundness or cogency.
Gender
The state of being gender non-binary, male, and or female, or some do not subscribe to any gender at all!
Gender Dysphoria
A state of unease or generalized dissatisfaction with life, caused by wide spread misconceptions, about gender, and sex, that lead to unfounded mass societal prejudice, disrespect, and ridicule of those who are gender variant.
Gender Identity Disorder (G.I.D.)
In 2013, the American Psychiatric Association replaced the outdated entry "Gender Identity Disorder" with Gender Dysphoria, and changed the criteria for diagnosis. "G.I.D." is no longer a recognized diagnosis for being transgender, or gender variant in any way.
Gender Non-binary
Non-binary gender (see also genderqueer) describes any gender identity which does not fit the male and female binary.
Gender Nonconforming
denoting or relating to a person whose behavior or appearance does not conform to prevailing cultural and social expectations about what is appropriate to their gender.
Gender Variant
People who exhibit gender variance may be called gender variant, gender non-conforming, gender diverse, or genderqueer, and may be transgender or otherwise variant in their gender identity. In the case of transgender people, they may be perceived, or perceive themselves as, gender nonconforming before transitioning, but might not be perceived as such after transitioning. Some intersex people may also exhibit gender variance.
Genderqueer
Genderqueer is an umbrella term with a similar meaning to non-binary. It can be used to describe any gender identities other than man and woman, thus outside of the gender binary.
Genetics
The study of heredity and the variation of inherited characteristics.
Homophobia
The feeling of discomfort, inability to share spaces with peacefully, and the nonacceptance and prejudice against homosexual, and bisexual people.
Ignorance
Lack of knowledge or information.
Intersex
Intersex is a term that refers to someone who has chromosome variations other than XX or XY, and or someone who's physical sex does not align with the stereotypical notion of chromosome and physical characteristics, and or has both a penis and vagina, or a sex organ between the legs that is not characterized as a penis, or vagina.
Mental Disorder
Any of a broad range of medical conditions (such as major depression, schizophrenia, obsessive compulsive disorder, or panic disorder) that are marked primarily by sufficient disorganization of personality, mind, or emotions to impair normal psychological functioning and cause marked distress or disability and that are typically associated with a disruption in normal thinking, feeling, mood, behavior, interpersonal interactions, or daily functioning.
Natural
Having or constituting a classification based on features existing in nature.
Naturally Occurring
Existing by nature and without artificial aid.
Neuroscience
A branch (as neurophysiology) of the life sciences that deals with the anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, or molecular biology of nerves and nervous tissue and especially with their relation to behavior and learning.
Prejudice
An adverse opinion and or bias, formed without just grounds, or a tangible evidence based standpoint.
Ridicule
The subjection of someone or something to contemptuous and dismissive language or behavior.
Science
The intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment.
Sex
A person's sex is a combination of bodily characteristics including: chromosomes, brain anatomy, hormones, internal and external reproductive organs, and secondary sex characteristics.
Society
The situation of being in the company of other people.
Spectrum
A continuous sequence or range.
Stress
a state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or very demanding circumstances.
Suicide
The act or an instance of taking one's own life voluntarily and intentionally.
Trans
Used as shorthand to mean transgender or transsexual - or sometimes to be inclusive of a wide variety of identities under the transgender umbrella.
Transgender
denoting or relating to a person whose self-identity does not conform unambiguously to conventional notions of male or female gender.
Transmisogyny
Transmisogyny is the intersection of transphobia and misogyny. It was coined by Julia Serano in her 2007 book Whipping Girl and used to describe the unique discrimination faced by trans women because of "the assumption that femaleness and femininity are inferior to, and exist primarily for the benefit of, maleness and masculinity",and the way that transphobia intensifies the misogyny faced by trans women (and vice versa).
Transphobia
Nonacceptance, prejudice, discomfort, and inability to peacefully share spaces with people who are transgender, and sometimes other branches of the gender variant community.
Transsexual
Preferred by some people who have permanently changed - or seek to change their bodies through medical interventions (including but not limited to hormones and/or surgeries). Unlike transgender, transsexual is not an umbrella term.
Variant
Varying from what is perceived to be the standard form.
Variations
Something (as an individual or group) that exhibits variation.
Violence
The use of physical force so as to injure, abuse, damage, or destroy.