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* '''gender dissonance'''. Gender dysphoria, which see.
* '''gender dissonance'''. Gender dysphoria, which see.
* '''[[gender dysphoria]]'''. A clinical term. In transgender people, emotionally painful discontent about some aspect of one's assigned gender. The aspect in question may be social gender dysphoria, body dysphoria, or other specific details, such as voice dysphoria. Some prefer the less clinical terms "gender incongruence" or "gender dissonance."
* '''[[gender dysphoria]]'''. A clinical term. In transgender people, emotionally painful discontent about some aspect of one's assigned gender. The aspect in question may be social gender dysphoria, body dysphoria, or other specific details, such as voice dysphoria. Some prefer the less clinical terms "gender incongruence" or "gender dissonance."
* '''gender expansive'''. "An umbrella term used for individuals who broaden their own culture's commonly held definitions of gender, including expectations for its expression, identities, roles, and/or other perceived gender norms. Gender expansive individuals include those who identify as transgender, as well as anyone else whose gender in some way is seen to be stretching the surrounding society's notion of gender."<ref name="DePaulo">{{Cite web |title=60 Sex-Relevant Terms You May Not Know — and Why You Should |last=DePaulo |first=Bella |work=Psychology Today |date=6 April 2017 |access-date=13 May 2020 |url= https://www.psychologytoday.com/za/blog/living-single/201704/60-sex-relevant-terms-you-may-not-know-and-why-you-should}}</ref>
* '''[[gender expression]]'''. "The way in which a person expresses their gender identity through clothing, behavior, posture, mannerisms, speech patterns, activities and more."<ref name="Berkeley2019" />
* '''[[gender expression]]'''. "The way in which a person expresses their gender identity through clothing, behavior, posture, mannerisms, speech patterns, activities and more."<ref name="Berkeley2019" />
* '''[[genderfluid]]''', or gender-fluid. A gender identity that often changes, so that a person may feel one day like a boy, and another day like a girl. Fluid gender.
* '''[[genderfluid]]''', or gender-fluid. A gender identity that often changes, so that a person may feel one day like a boy, and another day like a girl. Fluid gender.
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