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LGBTQ slang, LGBTQ speak, queer slang, or gay slang is a set of English slang lexicon used predominantly among LGBTQ people. It has been used in various languages since the early 20th century as a means by which members of the LGBTQ community identify themselves and speak in code with brevity and speed to others. [1] [2]
The term trans * (with an asterisk) emerged in the 1990s as an inclusive term used to encompass a wide range of non-cisgender identities. The asterisk represents a wildcard , indicating the inclusion of various identities, beyond just transgender and transsexual, such as gender-fluid or agender , within the transgender umbrella.
FLINTA* is a German abbreviation that stands for "Frauen, Lesben, Intergeschlechtliche, nichtbinäre, trans und agender Personen", meaning women, lesbians, intersex, non-binary, trans and agender people. The asterisk represents all non-binary gender identities.
Here's everything you need to know about the meaning behind the colors of the trans flag for Pride.
Polari, a jargon that began in European ports and evolved into a shorthand used in gay subcultures, influences much of today's slang in words like "zhuzh," "drag," "camp" and "femme."
In the words of butch, transgender man S. Bear Bergman, "butch and transgender are the same thing with different names, except that butch is not a trans identity, unless it is." [15] However, there is something of a "border war" between butch and FTM identities, as renowned butch scholar Jack Halberstam put it in Transgender Butch. [14]
Trans* divides into two separate definitions, the first of which describes the vast diversity of gender identity, gender expression, and gender formation that lies beyond the cisgender identity, this definition is an umbrella term. [1] The second definition builds on describing how trans* becomes an access to contemporary tools for ...
[45] [46] The term is inclusive of trans non-binary people, trans men, trans women, and transmasculine individuals, [47] [48] using neolingual ending. [49] [50] Some also use the term travesty, ending with the letter y, to mean the same as travesti, but sounding more artistic, subversive, or decolonial. [51] [52]