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Intersex
- Intersex is an umbrella term used to describe people with differences in reproductive anatomy, chromosomes or hormones that don't fit typical definitions of male and female. Intersex can refer to a number of natural variations, some of them laid out by InterAct.
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Dec 21, 2023 · A person’s gender identity is not restricted to being either a man or a woman. Some people do not identify with any gender, while others identify with multiple genders.
Jul 7, 2023 · A trans woman is someone who was assigned the sex of “male” at birth but who identifies as a woman (also known as male-to-female or MTF). Transfeminine: Having a feminine gender identity but being assigned a different sex at birth.
Jun 3, 2015 · People assigned female at birth but living as a man may describe themselves as a "transgender man", while those assigned male at birth but living as a woman may call themselves a "transgender...
Jun 2, 2021 · Gender is often defined as a social construct of norms, behaviors and roles that varies between societies and over time. Gender is often categorized as male, female or nonbinary.
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- Agender. Not having a gender or identifying with a gender. They may describe themselves as being gender-neutral or genderless.
- Bigender. A person who fluctuates between traditionally “male” and “female” gender-based behaviours and identities.
- Cisgender. A person whose gender identity and biological sex assigned at birth are the same. For example they were born biologically as a male, and express their gender as male.
- Gender Expression. The external display of one’s gender, through a combination of how they dress, how they act and other factors. This is generally within the context of what society expectations of gender are.
Oct 9, 2019 · Non-binary is an umbrella term — this can mean a person’s gender identity either lies somewhere between man and woman on the gender spectrum, or that it fluctuates back and forth from man to woman, or that it exists completely outside of the man-woman binary.
Not everyone will identify as a man or woman. Being trans does not mean you are the 'opposite' gender. Some trans people identify outside of the gender binary i.e. non-binary. Trans identities are diverse and identify in lots of different ways, that is why it is an umbrella term.
