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Language Guide - Long

Non-English Languages

See also Communicating - terminology, strategies, and printables to help students & teachers talk with, write to, or inform teachers, guardians, parents, and families (including español/Spanish, 中文/Chinese, and more languages to come)

ESPAÑOL/SPANISH

• Terms

  • e (pronounced: ess/iz) - Latines, Elles, Les, nines

  • -@ (pronounced: ao/oa) - Latin@s, Ell@s, L@s, nin@s

  • -x (pronounced: eks/ex) - Latinx, Ellx, Lxs, ninxs

• Articles

  • Why ‘LatinX’ Is Succeeding While Other Gender-Neutral Terms Fail to Catch On (Time ) (pdf)

  • This Young Girl Explains Why “Les” Is an Important Gender Neutral Pronoun In Spanish (Remezcla) (pdf)

  • Muxes, Mexico’s Ancient Third Gender (Slate) (video & article)

VIETNAMESE

• asexual: vô tính

• crossdresser: mặc quần áo người khác phái

• FTM: chuyển giới nam

• gay: đồng tính luyến ái nam (men)/nữ (women)

• gender: giới tính

• gender identity: bản sắc giới tính

• genderqueer: đồng giới tính

• hormone therapy: liệu pháp hormone

• intersex: lưỡng tính

• MTF: chuyển giới nữ

• sexual orientation: khuynh hướng tình dục

• transgender: chuyển đổi giới tính

• transitioning: tái phát, trở thành ác tính

• unsure/questioning: không chắc chắn/ thắc mắc

• Source: Asian Health Services

CHINESE

• asexual: 無性戀 (wúxìngliàn)

• crossdresser: 變裝者 biànzhuāngzhě

• FTM: 女性變男性 nǚxìngbiànnánxìng

• gay/lesbian: (男/女)同性戀 (nán/men; nǚ/women) tòngxìnglìan

• gender: 性別 xìngbié

• gender identity: 性別認同 xìngbié rèntóng

• genderqueer: 性別酷兒 xìngbié kù er

• hormone therapy: 激素治療 jīsù zhìliáo

• intersex: 雌雄同體 cíxióngtóngtǐ

• MTF: 男性變女性 nánxìngbiànnǚxìng

• sexual orientation: 性取向 xìngqǔxiàng

• transgender: 跨性別 kuàxìngbié

• transitioning: 變性過渡 biànxìngguòdù

• unsure/questioning: 不確定 bùquèdìng

  Source: Asian Health Services