a description used by individuals on the nonbinary and transgender gender spectrum to describe individuals that do not identify as female exclusively, but describes a certain alignment towards female identity. An example may be an agender person that identifies as female-aligned because they were assigned female at birth; or a nonbinary person whose identity is […]

a description used by individuals on the nonbinary and transgender gender spectrum to describe individuals that do not identify as male exclusively, but describes a certain alignment towards male identity. An example, may be an agender person that identifies as male-aligned because they were assigned male at birth; or a nonbinary person whose identity is […]

the way one sees their own gender, the way one identifies their gender – which may be different to their sex assigned at birth.

in general, self-identification refers to being able to identify yourself with a group, community or label. In the context of transgender identities, it refers to the ability of individuals who are transgender to identify with their gender identity without the approval of the various legal and medical authorities, such as the ability to identify as […]

a set of pronouns, commonly associated with nonbinary gender identities, although not exclusively, either, as they are also used when referring to people in the plural third-person (e.g. “they marched in the Pride Parade“), but also in a general neutral way, that is, either deliberately not to disclose a person’s gender, or when the gender […]

the social and legal process of recognising an individual’s gender identity, for example, the legal ability to change one’s gender on legal documents, like a passport. This may be the ability to be recognised as male or female when assigned female at birth or assigned male at birth respectively, such as with transgender individuals, or […]

a term referring to hormone blockers, particularly when prescribed to people before or at early puberty in order to give gender non-conforming people more time to navigate their gender identity, and then used in conjunction with other hormone therapies to help align their sexual characteristics with their perceived gender.

a nonbinary gender identity in which an individual considers themselves to have, or express, multiple genders. This is different to being pangender (having or expressing ‘all’ genders), agender (no gender) or bigender (having or expressing two genders, or simultaneously male/female). Polygender individuals may also identify with other nonbinary gender identities, such as being genderqueer or […]

a nonbinary gender identity and umbrella term in which a person describes themselves as having multiple genders, for example, being genderfluid, bigender, polygender, pangender, etc; this is opposed to being agender, cisgender or binary transgender.