Transgender Study Guide

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transman/woman

terms that include transgender person's gender identity -always use the term the person identifies with

myths about trans people

-its all about the genitals -all transgender people want a medical transition -assumptions about sexual orientation -surgery is the final goal/best outcome

pronouns (ask what they prefer)

-traditional: he, him his, she, her, hers -neutral: they/them -others: ze, hir -non pronouns: always use their name

language about gender identity

-transgender -cisgender -gender non conformity -genderqueer -transman/woman -transition -gender confirming/affirming surgery -agender -non binary

a few things to remember...

-transgender people are people -don't ask/say things to trans people that you wouldn't say to cisgender people -a person's transgender identity might not be primary focus of every situation and interaction

language to avoid

-transgendered -a transgender -tranny -transvestite -crossdresser -born/trapped in the wrong body -MTF or FTM

transgender

a person who identifies as anything other than the gender they were assigned at birth

cisgender

a person who is not transgender -a person whose gender identity matches the one they were assigned at birth

transman

a transgender person who identifies as a man

transwoman

a transgender person who identifies as a woman

gender non conformity

anyone who does not express their gender in a way that is typically expected for someone of their sex/gender

transition

changing a person's bodily appearance through hormones, surgery, or other procedures, so that the person's appearance is more congruent with their gender identity

genderqueer

said by people who don't identify with other gender labels

agender

term used by people who have no inner sense of their gender identity, or that they have no gender

non binary

umbrella term for anyone whose gender identity doesn't fit within the gender binary (not male or female)

gender confirming/affirming surgery

used to be known as "sex change" or "sex-gender reassignment surgery"


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