Transgender

Transgender is a Gender Modality.

Alternate Names

 * Transsexual
 * Trans
 * Trans*

Important note: ask a transgender individual which of these terms they prefer before using trans* or transsexual, as some transgender people are not comfortable with the term transsexual.

Definitions
An umbrella term covering all gender identities or expressions that transgress or transcend society’s rules and concepts of gender. It is the opposite of cisgender. To be trans means to identify as a gender other than the gender one was assigned at birth. The category of transgender includes people who have the binary gender identities of female (transgender women) or male (transgender men), as well as those who are masculine but not necessarily male (transmasculine) or feminine but not necessarily female (transfeminine). The transgender umbrella includes people with nonbinary gender identities. However, some nonbinary people may not call themselves transgender.