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H95 Mod1 Vocabulary
Transgender Health Module 1 Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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THE GENDER BINARY | A system of viewing gender as consisting solely of two, opposite categories, termed “male and female”, in which no other possibilities for gender or anatomy are believed to exist. |
GENDER EXPRESSION | The manifestation of one’s gender identity through clothing, hairstyle, voice, body shape, etc (i.e. how we express our gender identity to the world). |
GENDER IDENTITY | One’s internal sense of being male, female, neither of these, both, or other gender(s). Everyone has a gender identity! |
NONBINARY (Also NON-BINARY) | Preferred umbrella term for all genders other than female/male or woman/man, used as an adjective (e.g. Jesse is a nonbinary person). Not all nonbinary people identify as trans and not all trans people identify as nonbinary. |
SEX ASSIGNED AT BIRTH | Assignment & classification as male, female, intersex, or another sex at birth based on physical anatomy and/or karyotyping, usually assigned by medical professionals and/or family members, & reinforced through legal processes (birth certificates, ID). |
SEXUAL and/or ROMANTIC ORIENTATION | A person’s physical, romantic, emotional, aesthetic, attraction to others. In Western cultures, gender identity and sexual orientation are not the same. Trans people can be straight, bisexual, lesbian, gay, asexual, pansexual, queer just like anyone else. |