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«	I discovered that I was transgender after joking around in the art room in 8th grade, (when I was 12) and one of my friends, who was also LGBTQ+, said that the charcoal on my face looked like makeup that a transgender guy would wear. I was stunned into silence.	»
— Dalton, 15 (nonbinary transmasculine)^[1]

Transgender is an umbrella term covering all gender identities or expressions that transgress or transcend society’s rules and concepts of gender. To be trans usually means to identify as a gender other than the gender one was assigned at birth. The category of transgender includes people who have the binary gender identities of female (transgender women) or male (transgender men), and is often framed solely in binary terms. The transgender umbrella does include people with nonbinary gender identities, but not all non-binary people refer to themselves as transgender.

Symbols

The transgender symbol, made of a combination of male (Mars), female (Venus), and a mix of both. Colors are optional.
Trans Pride Flag.png

The transgender pride flag, designed by trans woman Monica Helms in 1999, with stripes representing male (blue), female (pink), and other or transitioning (white).
In 2002 Jennifer Pellinen created a transgender flag ^[2] Pink & blue stripes: female and male. The middle three purple stripes represent the diversity of the transgender community and genders other than female and male.^[3]

References

↑ This quote is a snippet from an answer to the survey conducted in the year 2018. Note for editors: the text of the quote, as well as the name, age and gender identity of its author shouldn't be changed.
↑ "Transgender flags". Flags of the World.
↑ Transgender Flag info

External Links

TRANScending Identities: A Bibliography of Resources on Transgender and Intersex Topics

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-Transgender has two common definitions; both of them are forms of gender confusion:
+{{Personal story
+| quote = I discovered that I was transgender after joking around in the art room in 8th grade, (when I was 12) and one of my friends, who was also LGBTQ+, said that the charcoal on my face looked like makeup that a transgender guy would wear. I was stunned into silence.
+| name = Dalton
+| age = 15
+| identity = nonbinary transmasculine
+}}
+'''Transgender''' is an umbrella term covering all gender identities or expressions that transgress or transcend society’s rules and concepts of gender. To be trans usually means to identify as a gender other than the [[Assigned gender at birth|gender one was assigned at birth]].  The category of transgender includes people who have the [[binary genders|binary gender]] identities of female ([[transgender women]]) or male ([[transgender men]]), and is often framed solely in binary terms. The transgender umbrella does include people with [[nonbinary]] gender identities, but not all non-binary people refer to themselves as transgender.
-Similar to transsexual, but without having had a sex-change operation.
+==Symbols==
-As a synonym for transsexual.
+<gallery>
--98% of young people outgrow their gender confusion if allowed to progress naturally.[1]
+A TransGender-Symbol Plain2.png|The transgender symbol, made of a combination of male (Mars), female (Venus), and a mix of both. Colors are optional.
+Trans Pride Flag.png|The transgender pride flag, designed by trans woman Monica Helms in 1999, with stripes representing male (blue), female (pink), and other or transitioning (white).
+Jennifer Pellinen Transgender Flag.svg|In 2002 Jennifer Pellinen created a transgender flag <ref>{{cite web|title=Transgender flags|url=http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/qq-tgf.html|website=Flags of the World}}</ref> Pink &amp; blue stripes: female and male. The middle three purple stripes represent the diversity of the transgender community and genders other than female and male.<ref>[http://www.transflag.org/info.html Transgender Flag info]</ref>
+</gallery>
-The term "transgender" is not to be confused with a whole host of "gender identities" (which liberals see as separate from biological sex) under the umbrella of genderqueer, which includes, besides transgender:
+==References==
+<references/>
-Bigender (both man and woman)
+==External Links==
-Agender (neither man nor woman)
+* [http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts/glbtrt/popularresources/glbtrt_trans_08.pdf TRANScending Identities: A Bibliography of Resources on Transgender and Intersex Topics]
-Genderfluid (alternating between genders)
-Third gender (found in Indian culture, some American Indian cultures, and also invented by modern-day people)
+===Further reading===
-Reputable scientific & social organizations which affirm the validity of transgender people include the American Psychological Association, the American Medical Association and the American Psychoanalytic Association. This shows lefitst bias in these organizations.
+* Girshick, Lori B. ''Transgender Voices: Beyond Women and Men''. Hanover: University Press of New England, 2008. Print.
+* Stryker, Susan. ''Transgender History''. Berkeley, CA: Seal Press, 2008. Print.
+* Stryker, Susan, and Stephen Whittle. ''The Transgender Studies Reader''. New York: Routledge, 2006. Print.
+[[Category:Umbrella Terms]]
+{{Stub}}
+[[de:transgender]]