Last Thursday, Facebook added 56 new custom gender terms, in addition to its traditional “male” and “female” options. Although all the terms are now available for use, Facebook has not released an official list on its website. To select one of these new terms, users must type in the term they wish to use and hope its exists on the website, rather than have the option to select a term from a drop-down menu. To help with the confusion, here is a list of all the new terms with a brief description of what each means.
Agender: no gender preference
Androgyne: a woman who neither identifies with, nor presents as, a man or woman
Androgynous: a man who neither identifies with, nor presents as, a man or woman
Bigender: identifies as both a man and woman
Cis: identifies with his/her birth sex
Cisgender: identifies with his/her birth sex
Cis Female: a female who identifies as a woman
Cis Male: a male who identifies as a man
Cis Man: a male who identifies as a man
Cis Woman: a female who identifies as a woman
Cisgender Female: a female who identifies as a woman
Cisgender Male: a male who identifies as a man
Cisgender Man: a male who identifies as a man
Cisgender Woman: a female who identifies as a woman
Female to Male: a person assigned as female sex, who identifies and lives and a man
FTM: a person assigned as female sex, who identifies and lives and a man
Gender Fluid: gender identity and presentation are not confined to one category
Gender Nonconforming: does not conform to any gender identity
Gender Questioning: may be questioning personal gender identity
Gender Variant: anyone who does not identify as cisgender
Genderqueer: anyone who identifies out of “male/female” binary
Intersex: anyone whose anatomy does not conform to expected “male/female” gender binary
Male to Female: a person assigned as male sex, who identifies and lives as a woman
MTF: a person assigned as male sex, who identifies and lives as a woman
Neither: no gender label
Neutrois: blanket term for anyone who does not identify with binary gender system
Non-Binary: gender is outside binary system
Other: anyone who chooses not to describe gender by any commonly recognized terms
Pangender: identifies as many, or all, genders, challenging binary gender system
Trans: anyone whose gender does not match assigned sex
Trans*: blanket term for the many ways one transcends gender norms
Trans Female: a person assigned as male sex, who identifies and lives as a woman
Trans* Female: a person assigned as male sex, who identifies and lives as a woman
Trans Male: a person assigned as female sex, who identifies and lives and a man
Trans* Male: a person assigned as female sex, who identifies and lives and a man
Trans Man: a person assigned as female sex, who identifies and lives and a man
Trans* Man: a person assigned as female sex, who identifies and lives and a man
Trans Person: anyone whose gender does not match assigned sex
Trans* Person: anyone whose genders do not match assigned sex
Trans Woman: a person assigned as male sex, who identifies and lives as a woman
Trans* Woman: a person assigned as male sex, who identifies and lives as a woman
Transfeminine: a person assigned as male sex, who identifies as feminine, but not fully female
Transgender: anyone whose gender does not match assigned sex
Transgender Female: a person assigned as male sex, who identifies and lives as a woman
Transgender Male: a person assigned as female sex, who identifies and lives and a man
Transgender Man: a person assigned as female sex, who identifies and lives and a man
Transgender Person: anyone whose gender do not match assigned sex
Transgender Woman: a person assigned as male sex, who identifies and lives as a woman
Transmasculine: a person assigned as female sex, who identifies as masculine, but not fully male
Transsexual: anyone who’s made lasting physical changes to their body to match gender identity
Transsexual Female: a person assigned as male sex, who identifies as female, and has used medical/surgical efforts to make their anatomy match their gender identity
Transsexual Male: a person assigned as female sex, who identifies as male, and has used medical/surgical efforts to make their anatomy match their gender identity
Transsexual Man: a person assigned as female sex, who identifies as male, and has used medical/surgical efforts to make their anatomy match their gender identity
Transsexual Person: anyone who’s made lasting physical changes to their body to match gender identity
Transsexual Woman: a person assigned as male sex, who identifies as female, and has used medical/surgical efforts to make their anatomy match their gender identity
Two-Spirit: a person who has both masculine and feminine characteristics and presentations, who identifies as a third gender
Written by Elliot Nick’14
