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 […]

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.

an acronym for Trans-exclusionary radical feminist. Although TERFs consider “TERF” a slur, and prefer to be known as “gender critical”, the views they espouse are evidently transphobic, often denying transgender and nonbinary identities on the basis of the sex binary, and to insist that the recognition of Trans women is an attempt to erase lesbian […]

a term referring to gender reassignment surgery, particularly those related to medical/cosmetic surgeries (“top” and “bottom“) surgery.

an umbrella term for transgender and nonbinary individuals as a collective, for example, “the transgender community has fought long and hard for their rights to be recognised by law”; “a support group for the health and wellbeing of the transgender community”.

The act of wearing clothes traditionally associated with a gender different from one’s own. A person who participates in cross-dressing is known as a cross-dresser; although they may not necessarily identify as transgender. Related: gender-bender; transvestite.