| Cisgender |
Someone whose gender identity is the same as the sex they were assigned at birth |
| Deadnaming |
The act of referring to a trans or non-binary person by the name they were assigned at birth |
| Gender affirmation |
A process (medical, social and/or legal) an individual undergoes to change their assigned gender at birth to match their perceived gender |
| Gender dysphoria |
Distress that is caused by a discrepancy between a person’s gender identity and that person’s sex assigned at birth |
| Misgendering |
Referring to a transgender or non-binary person using a pronoun or form of address that does not reflect their gender identity |
| Non-binary |
Having a gender identity that does not conform to the traditional binary beliefs about gender. Individuals who do not identify as either male of female. |
| Pass/Passing |
When someone is perceived as the gender they identify with rather than their sex assigned at birth |
| Third gender |
A concept in which individuals are categorised, either by themselves of by their society, as neither male nor female |
| Transgender (Trans) person |
A person whose gender identity does not match the sex assigned to them at birth |
| Trans man |
A person who was assigned female at birth (AFAB) but who lives and identifies as a man |
| Trans woman |
A person who was assigned male at birth (AMAB) but who lives and identifies as a woman |
| Two-spirit person |
Two-spirit people are born either male or female, and sometimes intersex, and identify as a person of the opposite gender or of neither |
| 25 juil. 2024
