Glossary

T

Tea/T

Information; news; gossip

Testicle

Either of the two oval organs that produce sperm in men and other male mammals, enclosed in the scrotum behind the penis.

Thot

Slut-shaming term used to refer to someone as a whore. Also an abbreviation for "that hoe over there."

Top

A person who prefers to penetrate during sexual activity.

Trade

A masculine gay man that is not readily perceived as gay.

Transgender

Denoting or relating to a person whose self-identity does not conform unambiguously to conventional notions of male or female gender. A trans woman is a transgender person who was assigned male at birth but whose gender identity is that of a woman. A trans man is a transgender person who was assigned female at birth but whose gender identity is that of a man.

Truvada

This brand-name drug combines tenofovir (Viread) and emtricitabine (Emtriva) into one pill and is made by Gilead Sciences. It has been used by HIV-positive people to treat HIV disease since 2004, and currently is the only pill approved for PrEP for HIV-negative people.