an individual who is not gender conforming. That is, someone who is gender non-conforming; someone who may be transgender, nonbinary, genderqueer etc., by displaying or possessing characteristics that are considered to be different to what is expected of their sex assigned at birth. However, some people may be perceived to be exhibiting gender variance or gender non-conforming, whilst identifying as […]

Also known as gender expression.

a person who identifies outside of the gender binary; also an umbrella term for individuals who do not conform to the traditional ideals and expectations of their gender; a non-traditional gender presentation (e.g. a masculine woman or a feminine man).

the perception of one’s gender internally; how one identifies themselves through their gender/s; how these gender/s exist with regards to their biological sex, and the alignment of these. Often conflated with biological sex.

a part of gender reassignment surgery that relates to the ‘bottom’ part of one’s anatomy (as opposed to ‘top‘ [the chest]) – the genitals, e.g. vulvoplasty, vaginoplasty, phalloplasty, metoidioplasty.

surgical or medical procedures in which transgender and nonbinary individuals align their existing sexual characteristics with that of their perceived gender; this may include what is called top or bottom surgery. Part of the treatment for gender dysphoria. Not to be confused with corrective surgery, in which medical practitioners perform surgery – typically on babies and […]

the idea that there is only two genders (related to sex) that are male and female, and that everyone is either one or the other. Disputed by many academics in the medical, scientific and psychological fields who make a distinction between sex (of which the idea of there only being ‘two’ binary sexes is disputed too) and gender.

initialism for female-to-male; used to describe a transgender or transsexual man who was assigned-female-at-birth.

a description for somebody who describes their gender as being more feminine than masculine in terms of how they express their gender.