Gender Harmony related glossary

Enter terms and proposed definition and source. This is a draft starting point ONLY.

2021.03.08 - List contributed by G,I,A Sub-committee members: Clair Kronk  &  Andrea Downey except where noted.

administrative gender (Comment #224)

assigned gender at birth (abbr. AGAB)

assigned sex at birth (abbr. ASAB)

cisgender (syn. non-transgender)

all concept codes in value sets (Comment #177)

dyadic (Comment #47)

deadnaming (Comment #47)

FTM

gender  (Comment #224)

gender affirming surgery (abbr. GAS)

gender diverse (Comment #47)

gender dysphoria

gender expression (Comment #224, #243)

gender identity (Comment #224, #243)

gender identity disorder

gender incongruence

gender modality

gender nonconformity

gender role

gender self identity (per Comment #215 contributed by Allyson Rigel 2021.03.03)

gender transition

genderqueer

Iintersex (Comment # 47)

misgendering (Comment #177)

MTF

nonbinary (Comment #224)

patient sexual orientation (per Comment #215 - contributed by Allyson Rigel 2021.03.03)

perisex (syn. endosex, dyadic, non-intersex)

recorded sex & gender (Comment #224)

sex (Comment #224)

sex assigned at birth (abbr. SAAB) (Comment #47)

sex for clinical use (abbr. SFCU) (Comment #47, #224) 

sexual orientation and gender identity (abbr. SOGI) 

trans

transgender (Comment #47) 

transgenderism

transsexual

transsexualism

Two-Spirit

Additional Vocabulary Resources

• Gender, Sex, and Sexual Orientation (GSSO) Ontology (http://www.obofoundry.org/ontology/gsso.html)
• GLAAD Media Reference Guide (https://www.glaad.org/reference/)
• Glossary of English gender and sex terminology @ Nonbinary Wiki (https://nonbinary.wiki/wiki/Glossary_of_English_gender_and_sex_terminology)
• Homosaurus (https://homosaurus.org/)
• The Trans Language Primer (https://www.translanguageprimer.org/)