Secondary Sex Characteristics - (n.) - Anatomical features that develop during puberty, and which are related to sex hormones but not directly involved in reproduction. Examples include facial hair and rounded breasts.
Secondary Sexual Attraction - (n.) - Sexual attraction towards another person based on information that is not immediately available; such as personality, talents, and shared life experiences.
Sensual Attraction - (n.) - A desire for non-sexual touch or physical closeness with another person. This can include a desire for hugging, cuddling, or holding hands.
Sex - (n.) - The classification of a person as male, female, or intersex based on the existing system of organizing human bodies and biologies. This system is based on chromosomes, hormones, internal and external reproductive organs, and secondary sex characteristics.
Sex Assigned At Birth - (n.) - This refers to the act of assigning or designating a particular sex to a person based on their chromosomes, hormones, internal and external reproductive organs, and secondary sex characteristics. This is often done by medical professionals during pregnancy or immediately after childbirth. The sex a person is assigned at birth doesn’t determine or indicate anything about their authentic gender experience or identity.
Sex Assignment - (n.) - The process by which one's biological sex is determined at birth.
S.I.G. - (acronym) - Socially Imposed Gender (Note: This term is usually reserved for those who are intersex.)
Singular They - (pn.) - Yes, this is grammatically correct. “They” is a convenient way to refer to a person of uncertain gender, or whose preferred pronouns are unknown. Some people also adopt “they” as their preferred pronouns.
Situational Genderfluid - (adj.) - Someone who is situationally genderfluid moves between genders based on their environment. As a sub-section of genderfluid, it implies a pattern.
Social Dysphoria - (n.) - In trans discussions, dysphoria that is caused by being perceived or treated by other people as an incorrect gender.
Social Transition - (n.) - When someone changes their name, pronouns, hairstyle, and clothing to be more gender affirming in their pursuit of gender euphoria.
Standards of Care - (n.) - Full name: “Standards of Care for the Health of Transsexual, Transgender, and Gender Nonconforming People.” These are non-binding guidelines that influence the decisions of many doctors and other gatekeepers in determining whether trans people are allowed to get transitional medical care. Often criticized for being overly strict, for preventing trans youth from transitioning, and for compelling nonbinarytrans people to hide or lie about their experiences in order to receive treatment.
Stealth - (n.) - When a transgender person lives and generally passes as their true gender without disclosing that they are trans. This can be done either for personal or safety reasons (or a combination of both).
Surgeons - (n.) - Those responsible for the surgery. Which surgery? It depends on who you ask.
Surgical Transition - (n.) - When one undergoes surgical procedures in an effort to obtain gender euphoria.
S.W.E.R.F.- (acronym) - Sex Worker Exclusionary Radical Feminist/Feminism.
Sworn Virgins - (n.) - A person who chooses to avoid sex and live as the binary gender opposite of that assigned to them at birth. Usually used to refer to a traditional social role in Albania and Montenegro, which does not have an exact Western equivalent.
Synthetic Hormones - (n.) - Hormones with a chemical structure that differs from the natural hormones produced by the body. These are produced in a lab.
