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TRANSGENDER SEXUALITY
UNDERSTAND THE GENDER SPECTRUM
Transgender sexuality is the sexuality of transgender people
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How Does Sexual Orientation Work When You're Transgender?

A lot of people get confused by how sexual orientation works when a person
is transgender
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A good way to think of it is that sexual orientation tends to line up with your
gender identity, not your biological sex
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you like girls: you are straight
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If you are female and,

you like girls: you are straight
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you like both: you are bisexual
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If you are a transgender woman, but the world sees you as male and,

you like guys: they think you are gay
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you like both: they think you are bisexual
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you like girls: they think you are lesbian
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But,

If you are transgender and see yourself as female and,

you like guys: then you are straight
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you like both: then you are bisexual
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you like girls: then you are straight
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Individuals who are asexual tend to not
feel sexual attraction
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Understand the Gender Spectrum

The gender spectrum isn't all that complicated when you break it down! Here
are 6 easy points about gender to help clear up any confusion
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The terms sex and gender are often used interchangeably but they actually
have distinct meanings
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While we typically assume that males have XY chromosomes
and females have XX chromosomes, even sex itself is on a spectrum
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Gender refers to the behavioral, cultural, and psychological traits typically
associated with one sex
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However, this
view is limiting since people can be male, female, transgender,genderqueer ,
gender non-binary, gender non-conforming, or agender, for example
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Most people see gender as "binary," or divided into two and gender is typically
presented as: male and female, man and woman, or for children, boy and girl
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But some people identify as non-binary and consider
themselves neither men nor women
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It is also possible to be non-binary and identify outside of the male/female
divisions, but still identify with a clear gender identity
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People whose sex assignment at birth lines up with their gender identity and
expression are rferred to as gender normative or cisgender, not "normal"

4) Some people's gender identity shifts over time and from time to time
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This can also be known as being bigender
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Some
bigender people have clearly "male" and "female" identities and others
straddle the line
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5) It is possible to identify as gender-free
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These people may
not feel bound to any form of gender identity and often prefer "they" as a
pronoun instead of he or she
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6) Transgender is an umbrella term for many different identities
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Sometimes used as an umbrella to describe anyone whose identity or behavior
falls outside of stereotypical gender expectations, the term transgender is
usually more associated with people whose gender identity does not match
their assigned birth gender
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But
however an individual identifies in regards to their sexual orientation, this is not
the same as their gender identity
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Many things contribute to the formation of gender
identity, including society, family and factors that are in place before birth
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What is Gender?

Gender refers to the behavioral, cultural, and psychological traits typically
associated with males and females
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What is Gender Assignments?

Babies are usually assigned a male gender at birth if they have a penis, and a
female gender if they have a vulva
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This can happen if someone is
transgender, has a condition of sex differentiation (often called intersex), or is
gender non-binary
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Many
things contribute to the formation of gender identity, including society, family
and factors that are in place before birth
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Other times it is an identity of its own
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These divisions are generally presented as: male and female,
man and woman, or for children, boy and girl
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People who identify as gender non-binary have gender identities that don't fit
into the gender binary
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Others identify as
both men and women
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Multiple Interpretations of the Non-Binary

Like a lot of terms, gender non-binary is one that different people may interpret
in different ways
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Others
don't
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Self-Identifying is Key

Of course, while some people who are agender or gender-free embrace the
term non-binary, others reject it since they live outside of gender and nonbinary is closely related to this concept
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Gender performance refers to how people act and
present themselves to the world based on their gender identity
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WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GENDER, SEX, AND SEXUAL ORIENTATION?
The terms sex, gender and sexual orientation are often used interchangeably
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Sex typically refers to biological maleness or femaleness
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Females typically have XX chromosomes
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Gender refers to the behavioral, cultural, and psychological traits typically
associated with one sex
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Gender identity
is how someone feels about their gender assignment
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Others are agender and don't associate
with gender at all
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Gender identity

One's innermost concept of self as male, female, a blend of both or neither –
how individuals perceive themselves and what they call themselves
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Gender expression

External appearance of one's gender identity, usually expressed through
behavior, clothing, haircut or voice, and which may or may not conform to
socially defined behaviors and characteristics typically associated with being
either masculine or feminine
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Being transgender does not imply any specific sexual orientation
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Gender transition

The process by which some people strive to more closely align their internal
knowledge of gender with its outward appearance
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Others undergo physical
transitions in which they modify their bodies through medical interventions
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Gender dysphoria

Clinically significant distress caused when a person's assigned birth gender is
not the same as the one with which they identify
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