GENDER
IDENTITY:
WHO AM I?
GENDER
IDENTITY
Gender identity is all about how you think about yourself.
It has been accepted that we form our gender identities
around the age of three and after that age, it is incredibly
difficult to change them. Formation of identity is affected
by hormones and environment just as much as it is by
biological sex. Problems arise when someone is assigned
a gender based on their sex at birth that doesn’t align with
how they come to identity.
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or may not correspond with the sex assigned
at birth, including the personal sense of the Principle
body, and other expressions of gender, (2007)
including dress, speech and mannerisms.
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awareness. According to
•Gender is not limited to two, it’s not
binary, there are many genders than
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man and woman. Principle
•Gender identity emphasizes on the (2007)
question “Who am I?”
Gender Identity are categorized
according to;
1. Cisgender – People
whose gender and
assigned sex are the same.
It is from the word “Cis”
borrowed from chemistry,
meaning “same”. A
person whose
gender reflects their
sex assigned at birth.
2. Transgender – People whose assigned sex and
gender are different. It is from the word “Trans”
borrowed from chemistry meaning “Different”. Trans is
an identity that someone chooses for themselves and not
something you can tell or determine in other. Some
trans people choose to change their bodies, and some do
not. Disclosure of trans identity can bring many
different social consequences, especially in school, and
should always be that individual’s own decision. The
LGBTQA ( Lesbians, Gays, Bisexual, Transexual,
Intersex, Queer/Questioning, and Ally) belong on this
umbrella.
Lesbian
Gay
LGBTIQA Bixesual
Transexuals
Intersex
Queer
Ally
LESBIAN
Women who are primarily
attracted romantically,
erotically, and/or emotionally
to other woman
GAYS
Experiencing attraction solely
(or primarily) to some members
of the same gender.
BISEXUALS
A person who experiences
attraction to some men and
women.
TRANSEXUALS
Experiencing attraction solely
(or primarily) to some
members of the same gender
INTERSEX
Intersex people are individuals born with any of
several sex characteristics including chromosome
patterns, gonads, or genitals that, according to the
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for
Human Rights, “do not fit typical binary notions of
male or female bodies”.
Queer is an umbrella term for people who
are not heterosexual or cisgender. The
questioning of one’s sexual orientation,
sexual identity, gender, or all three is a
process of exploration by people who may
QUEER
be unsure, still exploring, or concerned
about applying a social label to themselves
for various reasons.
ALLY
An ally is someone who stands up for, supports and
encourages the people around them. It’s a term that
gets used a lot in the LGBTQIA+ community. In this
case it refers to someone who is heterosexual and/or
cisgender, but who tries to make the world a better
place for people who identify as LGBTQIA+.
Sometimes, trans” is used as an umbrella
term for transexual and transgender. Trans is
an identity that someone choose for
themselves and not something you can tell
or determine in others.
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