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[[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. | 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]]. | ||
==Further reading== | ==Further reading== | ||