Trans Persons

Question 1

Definition of trans?

Answer 1

• trans refers to people with diverse gender identities and expressions that differ from their assigned sex at birth

Question 2

Define gender expression?

Answer 2

• how a person publicly represents their gender. It can include behaviour and outward appearance such as dress, hair, make up, body language and voice. A person’s chosen name and pronoun are also common and important ways of expressing gender.

Question 3

Define gender identity?

Answer 3

• each person’s internal and individual experience of gender. It is their sense of being a woman, man, both, neither, or anywhere along or beyond the gender spectrum. A person’s renter identity may be the same as or different from the typical pairing with their birth-assigned sex.