transgender

(noun)

Transgender is the state of one's "gender identity" (self-identification as woman, man, neither or both) not matching one's "assigned sex" (identification by others as male, female or intersex based on physical/genetic sex). [

Related Terms

Examples of transgender in the following topics:

  • Gender Bias

    • Gender refers to the social definition and cultural expectations of what it means to be "man" or "woman. " Additionally, some people may identify with a gender different from their sex, often identifying instead as "transgendered. "

  • Gender

    • Some societies include a third gender role, referred to as transgender, which combined both male and female.