What kind of genders are there?

Gender Identity Terms

• Agender. Not having a gender or identifying with a gender.
• Bigender. A person who fluctuates between traditionally “male” and “female” gender-based behaviours and identities.
• Cisgender.
• Gender Expression.
• Gender Fluid.
• Genderqueer.
• Intersex.
• Gender Variant.

Can you be born with both parts?

Ambiguous genitalia is a rare condition in which an infant’s external genitals don’t appear to be clearly either male or female. In a baby with ambiguous genitalia, the genitals may be incompletely developed or the baby may have characteristics of both sexes.

Does de-transitioning Change Your Sex?

After de-transitioning, I know the truth: Hormones and surgery may alter appearances, but nothing changes the immutable fact of your sex. Walt Heyer is a former transgender woman who provides support to others who regret gender change at SexChangeRegret.com.

Is gender a question of one or the other?

Most people today accept that gender is not a question of one or the other, but instead a spectrum. Our gender is based on a large number of factors that include biology, hormones, physiology, and psychology, so it doesn’t fit easily into a box. For a long time, people were labeled either man or woman, and these categories still persist today.

How did you start your transgender journey?

I started my transgender journey as a 4-year-old boy when my grandmother repeatedly, over several years, cross-dressed me in a full-length purple dress she made especially for me and told me how pretty I was as a girl. This planted the seed of gender confusion and led to my transitioning at age 42 to transgender female.

Are You perpetuating gender stereotypes in Your Life?

In reality, most everyone has participated in those four things at some point in their life. However, read those four words one more time. As you read them you probably connected each activity with a specific gender. By doing this, we perpetuate stereotypes and expectations. Women love to shop right?