Sex and gender

Question 1

the 5 sexes

Answer 1

1. Males
2. Females
3. Herms(“true”hermaphrodites)
4. Merms(male“pseudohermaphrodites”) 5. Ferms(female“pseudohermaphrodites”)

Question 2

legal sex

Answer 2

determined by their birth certificate

Question 3

gender

Answer 3

• Gender refers to the cultural rather than biological differences between men and women.

Question 4

3 aspects of gender

Answer 4

1. a society’s constructed gender roles, norms and
   behaviours, e.g. masculinity and femininity
2. gender identity, a person’s internal perception or self-
   conception of their gender
3. gender presentation/expression, the way a person lives in society and interacts with others, e.g. clothing, enactment

Question 5

sex

Answer 5

refers to the biological status of a person as male or female in their physical development.

Question 6

• Transgender

Answer 6

umbrella term for people whose gender identity and gender expression differs from the sex assigned at birth

Question 7

what does transgender include

Answer 7

1. Transmen: assigned female at birth but identifies as a man (or towards the masculine end of the gender spectrum)
2. Transwomen: assigned male at birth but identifies as a woman (or towards the feminine end of the gender spectrum)
3. Non-binary people

Question 8

Genderfluid

Answer 8

have gender identities that fluctuate

Question 9

Bigender/pangender:

Answer 9

they may identify as having more than one gender depending on the context

Question 10

A-gender/non-gendered:

Answer 10

feel that they have no gender

Question 11

third gender/genderqueer:

Answer 11

they may identify gender differently

Question 12

‘Gender dysphoria’, ‘gender identity disorder’

Answer 12

1. A strong and persistent cross-gender identification (not merely a desire for any perceived cultural advantages of being the other sex)
2. Persistent discomfort with his or her sex or sense of inappropriateness in the gender role of that sex
3. The disturbance is not concurrent with a physical intersex condition
4. The disturbance causes clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning

Question 13

Transitioning:

Answer 13

process of changing from one gender to another, with or without medical intervention

Question 14

Gender/sex reassignment:

Answer 14

process undertaken under medical supervision to change one’s physical sexual characteristics

Question 15

• Acquired gender:

Answer 15

the new gender of a person who has transitioned and had their gender reassigned and/or legally recognised

Question 16

Gender Recognition Certificate

Answer 16

issued under the Gender Recognition Act 2004 by the gender recognition panel. The holder of a full GRC is legally recognised in his or her acquired gender for all purposes, legal and social. Issued provided that the applicant can prove they

• Have, or have had, gender dysphoria
• Have lived in their acquired gender for two years prior to the application, and
• Intends to live permanently in their acquired gender