Transgender
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Transgender or trans 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 nonbinary people refer to themselves as transgender.
Symbols
- 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).
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
- Digital Transgender Archive
Further reading
- 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.
See also
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Transgender and Transsexual are DIFFERENT. Transgender is someone who does not agree with their assigned birth gender, while transsexual is an umbrella term usually used by someone who opts for genitilia surgery.