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~ Androgyne Studies - Glossary of Terms ~
Agender - Without gender.
Androgyne (AG) - An individual with a psychological gender is ambivalent, indeterminate, intergender, transcendent, or neuter.
Adrophile - One who has romantic/sexual attraction to adult males. (Compare to 'Gynophile')
Androgynous - External appearances and characteristics that are neither masculine nor feminine, or a simultaneous combination of both masculine and feminine.
Androgyny - The state of being neither clearly masculine nor clearly feminine in appearance or behaviour, or simultaneously masculine and feminine.
Bigenderist - An individual who maintains two separate gendered personas, one male and one female.
Cisgender - A psychological and physical condition in an individual where their birth sex matches their gender identity. The opposite of Transsexual.
Crossdresser (CD) - An individual who finds pleasure and/or comfort in periodically dressing as a member of the opposite sex. Transvestite.
Gender Euphoria - A positive feeling about one's cross-gender activities. The opposite of "gender dysphoria".
Gender Transcendent - The psychological condition of an Androgyne individual which exceeds or passes beyond the limits of gender.
Gender - The social and psychological phenomena associated with being male or female.
Gender Identity - The inner sense that one is a member of, or belongs to, a particular sex.
Gender Identity Disorder (GID) - A dysphoric psychological condition referring to a gender identity that is at odds with one's biological sex.
Gender Fluid - To experience mental osculations of or between male and female genders.
Genderfuck - To present with strong visible elements of both sexes with the purpose to intentionally provoke others to reconsider gender roles.
Gender Role - The behaviors, traits, thoughts, clothing, and presentation expected by a culture of the members of a particular sex.
Gender Schema - A specific, consistent, internalized pattern of gender responses.
GG - Genetic Girl. One who is a natal female. Born female. May also refer to Genetic Guy.
Gynophile - One who has romantic/sexual attraction to adult females. (Compare to 'Adrophile')
Intergender (IG) - The psychological condition of an Androgyne individual in which their gender identity is midway between male and female.
Intersex (IS) - The physiological condition referring to reproductive organs, genitalia and/or sex chromosomes that are indeterminately male or female.
Neutrois (FtN, MtN) - An non-gendered individual with GID who desires to have some or all of their body's sexual characteristics removed.
Pansexuality - The potential romantic/sexual attraction to others regardless of their gender identity or biological sex
Third gender - A category independent of male and female gender and/or sex. Neither man nor woman.
Transgenderist - An individual, without the desire for sex-change surgery, who lives as a part-time or full-time member of the opposite sex.
Transsexual (TS, MtF, FtM) - An individual who desires to live as, and be accepted as, a member of the opposite sex. One who is cross-gendered.
-Emerald 
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I am an Androgyne.
I am not Cisgendered, not Cross-gendered, not Bi-gendered, not Neutrois, not a Crossdresser, not Genderqueer.
I'm something else entirely...
Something that existed beyond and before the creation of the binary genders.
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