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Exam 3
Transgender
Question | Answer |
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Transgender | a person who identifies as anything other than the gender they were assigned at birth |
Cisgender | a person who is not transgender; In other words, a person whose gender identity matches the one they were assigned at birth |
Gender non conformity | anyone who does not express their gender in a way that’s typically expected for someone of their sex/gender (e.g., a tomboy) |
Genderqueer | used by people who don’t identify with other gender labels |
Trans man or trans woman | terms that include a transgender person’s gender identity |
Trans man | a transgender person who identifies as a man |
Trans woman | a transgender person who identifies as a woman |
Transition | changing a person’s bodily appearance through hormones, surgery, or other procedures, so that the person’s appearance is more congruent with their gender identity |
Gender confirming/affirming surgery | used to be known as “sex change” or “sex/gender reassignment surgery” |
Agender | term used by people who have no inner sense of their gender identity, or that they have no gender |
Non binary | umbrella term for anyone whose gender identity doesn’t fit within the gender binary (not male or female) |
Language to Avoid | Transgendered, “A transgender” , Tranny, Transvestite, Cross-dresser, “Born/trapped in the wrong body”, MTF or FTM |
Myths/misunderstandings about trans people | ~It’s all about the genitals ~All transgender people want a medical transition ~Surgery is the final goal or best outcome ~Assumptions about sexual orientation |
Social transition | the way that they express their gender identity (clothes, hair) |