: The term is often used to describe trans women or individuals with male genitalia and female secondary sex characteristics (such as breasts).
: An umbrella term for people whose gender identity—their internal sense of being male, female, or another gender—differs from the sex they were assigned at birth .
LGBTQ culture has always played with language, but the trans community has driven the most recent evolution. The push for gender-neutral pronouns (they/them), the term "cisgender" (non-trans), and the move away from outdated terms like "transsexual" to "transgender" came from within trans activism. This linguistic shift has forced mainstream society to reconsider how we talk about gender entirely.
: The term is often used to describe trans women or individuals with male genitalia and female secondary sex characteristics (such as breasts).
: An umbrella term for people whose gender identity—their internal sense of being male, female, or another gender—differs from the sex they were assigned at birth .
LGBTQ culture has always played with language, but the trans community has driven the most recent evolution. The push for gender-neutral pronouns (they/them), the term "cisgender" (non-trans), and the move away from outdated terms like "transsexual" to "transgender" came from within trans activism. This linguistic shift has forced mainstream society to reconsider how we talk about gender entirely.