gender identities
Personal sex classifications
Gender identities are the internal senses people have of their own gender—whether male, female, both, neither, or something else entirely.
The term encompasses identities beyond the traditional binary: nonbinary, genderfluid, agender, and others.
Someone's gender identity may or may not match the sex assigned at birth.
She explored different gender identities before settling on one that felt right.
Outside male-female categories
- genderqueerOutside the two-category system
- genderfluidVariable gender identity
- two-spiritEmbodying both gender essences
- demigirlPartial female gender identity
demiboy · androgyne · transmasculine · transfeminine · intersex · multigender · enby
Formal display to viewers
- pronounsNoun substitutes
- clothingBody coverings worn daily
- styleDistinctive way of expression
- makeupProducts for beautifying faces
haircut · voice · gestures · drag · fashion · self-expression · passing · androgyny
Positive statement of truth
- hormone therapyTreatment using body's messengers
- top surgerySurgical chest contouring for gender
- coming outRevealing one's identity
- HRTSupplemental endocrine treatment
medical transition · legal recognition · name change · detransition · retransition · gatekeeping · informed consent · dysphoria
Range of clear sight
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
- rightsJustified claims to freedoms
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- inclusionBeing made part
allyship · advocacy · pride · activism · representation · legislation · bathroom bills · self-identification
Male-dominated social order
- matriarchyFemale-dominated social system
- feminismAdvocacy for sex equality
- masculinityMale gender characteristics
- femininityFemale nature or character
socialization · heteronormativity · intersectionality · queer theory · stereotypes · tradition · taboo · binary
nonbinary
Outside male-female categories
- genderqueerOutside the two-category system
- genderfluidVariable gender identity
- two-spiritEmbodying both gender essences
demigirl · demiboy · androgyne · transmasculine · transfeminine · intersex · multigender · enby
presentation
Formal display to viewers
makeup · haircut · voice · gestures · drag · fashion · self-expression · passing · androgyny · binding
affirmation
Positive statement of truth
- hormone therapyTreatment using body's messengers
- top surgerySurgical chest contouring for gender
- coming outRevealing one's identity
medical transition · HRT · legal recognition · name change · detransition · retransition · gatekeeping · informed consent · dysphoria · euphoria
visibility
Range of clear sight
- recognitionPerceiving something as known
- rightsJustified claims to freedoms
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
inclusion · allyship · advocacy · pride · activism · representation · legislation · bathroom bills · self-identification · acceptance
patriarchy
Male-dominated social order
- matriarchyFemale-dominated social system
- feminismAdvocacy for sex equality
- masculinityMale gender characteristics
femininity · socialization · heteronormativity · intersectionality · queer theory · stereotypes · tradition · taboo · binary · spectrum
gender identitiesbiological sex
Organism's reproductive classification
gender identitiesgender binary
Strict two-category sex classification
binary gender · male and female · heteronormativity · gender conformity · dimorphism
identity, gender, cisgender, transgender, engender, genders, gendered, engendering, engendered