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- Datefriend/Datemate - A gender neutral term for a significant other. Can be used in the same manner as words such as boyfriend or girlfriend.
- Deadname - Many transgender people decide to change their given name as a part of their social transition. The 'original' name that is no longer used is often referred to as a 'deadname.' To deadname someone is to refer to them by this name. Doing so is considered to be transphobic.
- Deep Stealth - Living full-time as one’s correct gender, without any of the people one regularly interacts with knowing that one is trans.
- Degender - To ignore or invalidate someone’s gender. Similar to misgendering, but does not necessarily impose a different, inaccurate gender onto the target person while invalidating them.
- Degendering - The act of eliminating references to a specific gender, or the act of making something genderless.
- Dehumanization - A kind of stigma that lessens a person by making them seem less than human; often likening them to an animal, machine or monster. A common component of transphobia.
- Demiboy/Demiman - Someone who identifies partially, but not wholly, with being a boy or a man.
- Demigender/Deminonbinary - Someone who identifies partially, but not wholly, as having a gender.
- Demigirl/Demiwoman - Someone who identifies partially, but not wholly, with being a girl or a woman.
- Desexualization - A stigma that denies a person’s sexuality or sexual agency. A common component of transphobia.
- Detransition -
- When someone decides to 'undo' their transition, be it socially or medically. Detransitioning can occur for various reasons. A common reason is due to lack of support from family, community, or friends. Some people detransition due to realizing that they are not transgender, though this is quite rare.
- To stop, pause, or reverse some or all of the effects of transitioning.
- D.F.A.B. - Designated Female At Birth (Note: This term is usually reserved for those who are intersex.)
- D.G.A.B. - Designated Gender At Birth (Note: This term is usually reserved for those who are intersex.)
- D.I.Y. - Do It Yourself
- Diaphragm - A prescription contraceptive that is 83%-94% effective at preventing pregnancy.
- D.M.A.B. - Designated Male At Birth (Note: This term is usually reserved for those who are intersex.)
- Double Incision - A type of FTM top surgery.
- Drag - Crossdressing. Drag is done for a wide variety of reasons and purposes. People in drag may attempt to plausibly appear as their target gender, parody gender, exaggerate gender, or deconstruct gender. Some people who wear drag are trans and some are not.
- Drag King -
- Someone who dresses in an exaggeration of masculinity, typically as part of a performance. Drag Kings can be any gender, trans or cis.
- A person who is not male but dresses up to resemble one. Trans men are not drag kings because they are men. However, some people who appear to be drag kings may later come to identify as trans men.
- Drag Queen -
- Someone who dresses in an exaggeration of femininity, typically as part of a performance. Drag Queens can be any gender, trans or cis.
- A person who is not female but dresses up to resemble one. Trans women are not drag queens because they are women. However, some people who appear to be drag queens may later come to identify as trans women.
- D.S.A.B. - Designated Sex At Birth
- D.S.M. - The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. The DSM-IV includes Gender Identity Disorder, which was renamed Gender Dysphoria in the DSM-V. There is controversy over whether these ideas should be included in the DSM or not.
- Dyadic - A term meaning "of two." Someone who was born with stereotypically male or female anatomy; is not intersex.
- Dysphoria - In trans discussions, a feeling of displeasure, stress, anxiety or depression related to one’s gender.
