Knowra Transgender Transgender Transgender describes people whose gender differs from the sex they were assigned at birth. It includes diverse identities and does not imply any particular body, expression, or medical history.
Gender identity : A person's internal sense of their gender, which may or may not align with sex assigned at birth. Transgender describes a difference between gender identity and sex assigned at birth.
Social transition : A change in how a person presents or is recognized socially, such as through name, pronouns, or clothing. It is one way transgender people may align social recognition with their gender.
Transgender rights : Legal and social protections concerning transgender people's equality, safety, and participation. Rights debates concern access, recognition, and protection from discrimination.
Christine Jorgensen : An American performer whose 1952 transition and public visibility drew extensive media attention. Her public story brought transgender experience into mainstream U.S. news coverage.
Gender dysphoria : Clinically significant distress that may arise from incongruence between a person's gender and sex-related characteristics or social treatment. It describes distress some transgender people experience, not transgender identity itself.
Sex assignment : The classification of an infant as female, male, or another category, usually recorded at birth based on bodily traits. The term is defined in relation to the sex assigned at birth.
Gender-affirming care : Social, psychological, and medical support intended to affirm a person's gender. It encompasses care that some transgender people seek, though needs differ.
Transphobia : Prejudice, hostility, or discrimination directed at transgender people or gender diversity. It helps explain harms transgender people may encounter in institutions and daily life.
Sylvia Rivera : A Latina American activist who advocated for transgender and homeless people in New York City. Her organizing connected transgender rights with poverty, racism, and housing insecurity.
Gender incongruence : A marked and persistent incongruence between experienced gender and assigned sex, classified in the ICD-11. Its classification shows how diagnostic systems distinguish identity from clinical care needs.
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