Gender Terminology
Post date: Apr 9, 2014 12:58:27 AM
Trans: abbreviation of transgender or transsexual.
Transgender: an umbrella term for people whose gender identity and expression do not conform to norms or expectations traditionally assigned at birth.
Transsexual: people who identify with a gender different than the gender they were assigned at birth. Some use this term to refer only to those who have had or intend to have genital reassignment surgery, but for others the term includes those who choose not to have surgery.
Trans men: trans people who identify and understand themselves to be men. May also refer to themselves as female-to-male or FTM.
Trans women: trans people who identify and understand themselves to be women. May also refer to themselves as male-to-female or MTF.
Assigned gender or birth gender: the gender one was identified as at birth. Usually this is the gender someone was raised as before transitioning or coming out as trans.
Gender identity: an individual’s self-conception as being male or female or some variation, as distinguished from actual biological sex.
Gender variant: gender behavior or expression that does not conform to dominant gender norms.
Intersex: a general term used for a variety of conditions in which a person is born with a reproductive or sexual anatomy that does not seem to fit the typical definitions of female or male.
Self-identified gender: the gender a trans person feels most comfortable identifying with.
Sexual orientation: one’s sexual desires, feelings, practices and identification. Sexual orientation can be towards people of the same or different sexes and genders.