What is gender identity? It is the person’s understanding of their own identity/experience that may or may not be relative to masculinity/femininity—not to be confused with someone’s sex, which involves the person’s body and certain traits that are associated with females or males. In short, gender identity is psychological while sex is physical.
Indeed, every identity is a personal adventure that other people may not understand completely. Sometimes, a person may not even understand themselves. Here is a short list of the most common gender identities (not including cisgender or those whose gender identity matches their birth sex).
Transgender
An umbrella term for anyone whos…
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