folx

plural noun

ˈfōks 

: folks

—used especially to explicitly signal the inclusion of groups commonly marginalized

Having women teach other women matters. Women of color. Transgender women. Disabled women. Gender-nonconforming folx. It matters because in a sea of educators who look alike, students who stand out can find themselves adrift.

—Amma Marfo

Disabled folx expend a lot of labor just living and surviving. For multiply-marginalized disabled folx of color, there are major expenditures in time, energy and money involved in attending a con.

—Alice Wong

Examples of folx in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The play weaves together the story of the Lovings’ landmark civil rights struggle and interviews with mixed-heritage folx in the Kentuckiana community. —Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 16 May 2023

When Selma was released in 2014, Black folx were protesting the murder of Mike Brown in Ferguson, Missouri and Eric Garner in Staten Island, New York. —Cori Murray, Essence, 28 June 2020

Don’t Yuck My Yummm is an opportunity to amplify the voices of folx who are doing the work. —Bea Dixon, refinery29.com, 3 May 2023

Trans and nonbinary folx have been occupying othered roles for too long. —Seven Graham, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2023

Word History

Etymology

respelling of folks, with -x after mx., latinx

First Known Use

1833, in the meaning defined above