transgender (Verb) To change the gender of; to change the sex of.
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transgender Having a gender which is the different from one's natal sex.
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Transgender is a term used to describe people who may act, feel, think, or look different from the gender that they were born with. The word transgender is used to include many groups of people who share one important "trait" (a way of feeling or behaving) but may not be the same in other ways. The common trait for transgender people is that they call themselves "transgender" and feel that their given gender is not quite right. Sometimes the word "transgender" is also used by people who prefer it to the word "transsexual".
The picture in the introduction shows, as an example, a person at a transgender rally in Paris. This person has chosen to dress as a female, but she shows by the sign on her hand that she has XY chromosomes. This means she was born with male gender.
Definitions.
Because the word "transgender" is used to cover a wide variety of people, it is called an "umbrella" word. Many different types of people think of themselves as "transgender". Many different types of people are called "transgender". Different English speakers define words in different ways. For these reasons, the term "trans people" is often used.
These definitions are important to help understand that what people look like outside (sex) is not always the same as how they feel inside (gender.) Some people do not fit well into the "gender binary" idea. People who are transgender usually want to be called by the pronoun (ze, he or she among others) that matches their gender identity, so this article w
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