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[[File:A TransGender-Symbol Plain2.png|thumb|The transgender symbol, made of a combination of male (Mars), female (Venus), and a mix of both. Colors are optional.]]
[[File:Trans Pride Flag.png|thumb|The transgender pride flag, designed by trans woman Monica Helms in 1999, with stripes representing male (blue), female (pink), and other or transitioning (white).]]
[[File:Trans Pride Flag.png|thumb|The transgender pride flag, designed by trans woman Monica Helms in 1999, with stripes representing male (blue), female (pink), and other or transitioning (white).]]
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 you were assigned at birth. The category of transgender includes people who have the [[Binary Gender|binary gender]] identities of female or male, as well as people with [[nonbinary]] gender identities.  Some nonbinary people do not identify as transgender or [[cisgender]].
[[File:Jennifer Pellinen Transgender Flag.svg.png|thumb|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>]]
'''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 [[Sex#gender assigned 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.


==Further reading==
===External Links===
*Girshick, Lori B. ''Transgender Voices: Beyond Women and Men''. Hanover: University Press of New England, 2008. Print.
* [http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/rts/glbtrt/popularresources/glbtrt_trans_08.pdf TRANScending Identities: A Bibliography of Resources on Transgender and Intersex Topics]
*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:Identities]]
===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.
 
==References==
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[[Category:Identities]] [[Category:Umbrella Terms]]
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