Woke | Gender Glossar (2024)

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What are the four gender pronouns? ›

Using someone's correct pronouns is an important way of affirming someone's identity and is a fundamental step in being an ally. Common pronouns include she/her/hers, he/him/his, and they/them/theirs. There are other nonbinary pronouns.

Most children between ages 18 and 24 months can recognize and label gender groups. They may identify others as girls, women or feminine. Or they may label others as boys, men or masculine. Most also label their own gender by the time they reach age 3.

The Gender Unicorn provides a breakdown of the differences between gender identity, gender expression, biological sex, and physical & emotional attraction. [The image above is a purple unicorn with graphics representing the concepts of identity, expression, sex & attraction]

Gender Pronouns. Pronouns (she/her, he/him, they/them, and others) refer to how people identify their gender. You can't tell by looking, so share your pronouns and ask others for theirs.

In Modern English the personal pronouns include: "I," "you," "he," "she," "it," "we," "they," "them," "us," "him," "her," "his," "hers," "its," "theirs," "our," "your." Personal pronouns are used in statements and commands, but not in questions; interrogative pronouns (like "who," "whom," "what") are used there.

The ze/hir, ze/zir pronoun sets come from the trans community as another gender-neutral pronoun set. It's up to each individual to decide which pronoun best fits them and their identities. Ze is typically pronounced like the letter Z.

Some children's self-identified gender remains stable, while others may alternate between presenting themselves as a “boy” or a “girl” at different times (sometimes even in the same day). This exploration is normal and healthy. Children become more aware of gender expectations or stereotypes as they grow older.

Children who do continue to feel they are a different gender from the one assigned at birth could develop in different ways. Some may feel they do not belong to any gender and may identify as agender. Others will feel their gender is outside of male and female and may identify as non-binary.

Although fetal sex is formed from the moment the egg and sperm meet, however, it is not until the 9th week of pregnancy that the fetus's sex organs develop differently, helping to detect by ultrasound at 12 weeks onwards.

SOGIE An acronym for sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression. Everyone has a sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression. LGBTQ An acronym for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer and/or questioning.

What does the unicorn emoji mean in LGBT? ›

The 🦄 (unicorn) emoji represents fantasy, uniqueness, joy, and playfulness. 🦄 is associated with the LGBTQ+ community, symbolizing pride in your identity. On Tinder and other dating apps, 🦄 can refer to a unicorn, which is slang for someone who joins a relationship with a heterosexual couple.

Since it first named the one-horned equine of lore around the 1200s, the word unicorn has gone on to name “a person or thing that is rare and highly valued,” whether that's a billion-dollar startup—or that special someone in your life.

2SLGBTQIA+ is an acronym that stands for Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer or Questioning, Intersex, Asexual, and additional sexual orientations and gender identities.

Most people think of pronouns as they fall within the gender binary– with men using he/him/his and women using she/her/hers. However, gender neutral pronouns such as they, ze, xe, and others exist and are often used by non-binary people, who do not associate themselves with genders of man or woman.

How do we know which pronouns to use for intersex people, trans people and gender diverse people? Most but not all intersex people and trans people who identify as women prefer being described as 'she'. Most but not all intersex people and trans people who identify as men prefer to be described as 'he'.

What are some commonly used pronouns? She, her, hers and he, him, his are common and more familiar pronouns. Some people call these “female/feminine” and “male/masculine” pronouns, but many avoid these labels because, for example, not everyone who uses he feels like a “male” or “masculine”.

A pronoun is a type of word that replaces a noun, such as 'she,' 'he,' 'you,' 'them,' and 'this. ' We can only use pronouns to replace nouns when we have already referred to the noun at an earlier point. For example, 'Sam hates grapes' would become 'he hates grapes. '

She/her/hers (for someone who might identify as female) They/them/their (for someone who might not identify as male or female, these pronouns are 'gender neutral'; they are also used when referring to multiple people).