Subversive Words and Phrases for Queer Genders and Sexes
Here is a list of 115 (or so) words that i've been compiling to describe folks' funky genders, in something that should vaguely approximate alphabetical order. I've gathered these words from a variety of sources -- books, speakers i've heard, things i've read online or IRL, even some stuff that i made up myself. Pretty much all of them are used both as words of pride and self-identity and as slurs; i've culled all of them from places where they were used as the former. So if i haven't seen a word (re)claimed, it's not here.
Clearly, this is still not "all of it," though. For instance, despite all the words that are here, i haven't yet found one that i feel captures me. (Okay, why do i need to be captured by one word? Good question. But i think that humans' propensity to label themselves and each other is a whole 'nother discussion.) If you know of a term that's not here, please let me know! I want this thing to be as complete, creative, and subversive as possible. As usual, i'm at hugdyke @ gmail.com.
I hope you find this list to be inspiring or thought-provoking. And if you find something here that fits you, all the better! We have moved so far past that boring ol' male/female, masculine/feminine binary!
Agendered Ambigendered AndroButch AndroDyke AndroFag AndroFem AndroFemButch Androgyne Androgynous Bear Bearded female Bigendered Bless-gendered Boi Boidyke Boy dyke Boy girl Boychick Butch Butch dyke Byke Chick with a dick Cross-dresser Crossgendered Drag king Drag queen Drag queer Epicene Eunuch Female guy Female impersonator Femme Femme queen FTF/F2F FTM/F2M FTMTF (female to male to female) Gender-atypical Gender-bender Gender blender Gender-blessed Gender complex Gender-confused Gender-confusing Gender-deviant Gender-different Gender-enhanced Gender-fluid Gender-gifted Gender fucked Gender outlaw Gender subversive Gender-variant Gender warrior Genderfree Genderfucker Genderqueer Gendertrash Girl boy Girlfag Guydyke He-she Herm Hermaphrodite Intergendered Intersexed Intersexual Liminal-gendered Male lesbian Man/boy with vagina Midgendered More-gendered More-than-gendered MTF/M2F MTM/M2M Nelly fag New man New woman No-ho Non-op Omnigendered Othergendered Pangendered Passing woman/girl Polygendered Post-op Pre-op QuasiFemale QuasiMale Shape-shifter She-bear She-male Stone butch Supragendered T-girl Third-gendered Tomboy Tranny Trannydyke Trannyfag Trannyqueer Trans Trans-something Transboy Transdyke Transensual Transexual Transfag Transfolk Transgendered Transgenderist Transgirl Transkid Transman Transperson Transqueer Transsexual Transvestite Transwoman Tranz Trisexual Two Spirit Ungendered X-tra/Extra-gendered