Gender identites
Due to the spacious variety of identities we represent with our apparel, we're often asked for explanations of alternative terms and expressions that people may be unfamiliar with.
To help, we've set together this handy glossary of ordinary gender identities to be used as a resource by the LGBTQ+ people and our allies.
The Difference between Sex & Gender
Sex refers to the classification of a person as male or female, most commonly at birth, and is usually determined by a person's external anatomy, otherwise established as their first sex characteristics.
In contrast, gender, or gender identity, relates to how a person perceives and identifies themself. A person's gender can suit the sex assigned to them at birth but can also differ.
What Does Intersex Mean?
An intersex person is someone who is born with a variation of sex characteristics which do not fit the representative male and female. These variations can be: chromosomes, gonads, sex hormones or genitals.
Some people may be identified as intersex from birth, others may detect out later in life, and some people may never learn that they are intersex.
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What Does Cisgender Mean?
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Gender Identities in Organized Sports—Athletes' Experiences and Organizational Strategies of Inclusion
Introduction
Recent legal decisions inside and outside the sport system, as skillfully as cases of prominent sport stars (e.g., boxer Patricio Manuel, triathlete Chris Mosier, or runner Caster Semenya), highlight the issue of transgender and intersex athletes' inclusion in sports and especially in competitive structures of sports. In discussions on this topic, transgender athletes are often blamed for challenging the binary sex-segregated system of elite and recreational sports, having unfair physical advantages, and calling fairness and the level playing field of sports into doubt. Conversely, sports organizations are accused of implementing discriminatory policies, of adhering to binary sex-segregation instead of considering gender identity or other competitive categories, and of systematically excluding gender diverse athletes and preventing the positive effects of sport on transgender individuals (e.g., in Sykes, 2006; Karkazis et al., 2012; Gleaves and Lehrbach, 2016; Jones et al., 2017b; Semerjian, 2019). These arguments about systemic bias are sustain
68 Terms That Describe Gender Identity and Expression
It’s marvelous that gender — something many people thought was a simple concept — is actually so personal, nuanced, and complex. For that reason, it’s totally OK if this list is a lot to digest!
Just remember: Gender is an essential part of health and well-being for everyone.
Becoming familiar with language that helps you to talk about this part of persona and society is a great way to look after for yourself and be an ally to others.
Mere Abrams is a researcher, writer, educator, consultant, and licensed clinical social worker who reaches a worldwide audience through public speaking, publications, social media (@meretheir), and gender therapy and support services practice onlinegendercare.com. Mere uses their personal experience and diverse professional background to support individuals exploring gender and aid institutions, organizations, and businesses to increase gender literacy and identify opportunities to demonstrate gender inclusion in products, services, programs, projects, and content.
Sian Ferguson is a freelance writer and editor based in Grahamstown, South Africa. Her writing covers issues Agender: A term for people whose gender identity and expression does not align with man, woman, or any other gender. A similar term used by some is gender-neutral. Androgynous: Identifying and/or presenting as neither distinguishably masculine nor feminine. Bigender: Someone whose gender identity encompasses both man and woman. Some may feel that one side or the other is stronger, but both sides are present. Cisgender: A word used to describe someone whose gender identity aligns with the sex assigned to them at birth. Gender fluid: A person who does not identify with a single fixed gender, and expresses a fluid or unfixed gender identity. One’s expression of identity is likely to shift and change depending on the context. Gender non-conforming: A broad phrase referring to people who do not behave in a way that conforms to the traditional expectations of their gender, or whose gender expression does not fit neatly into a category. Genderqueer: A term for people who reject notions of static categories of gender and embrace a fluidity of gender persona and often, though not always, sexual orientatio There are many other terms, descriptions and labels for types of gender identities. Here we detail some of these terms in case you were unsure what they mean. Don’t make assumptions about someone’s gender based on the way they dress as it might not reflect their gender identity. Not having a gender or recognizing with a gender. They may explain themselves as organism gender-neutral or genderless. A person who fluctuates between traditionally “male” and “female” gender-based behaviours and identities. A person whose gender identity and hereditary sex assigned at birth are the same. For example, they were born biologically as a male, and express their gender as a man. When a person tells someone about their LGBTQI+ identity. Is someone who dresses in clothes typically associated with another gender. Many cross-dressers dress in clothes not typically associated with their gender but may not identify with a different gender. A term usually related with transgender people who have changed their name. Deadnaming is when someone is referred to using the call they were given at birth rath
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