Gender
Refers to the socially constructed roles, behaviors, activities and attributes that a given society considers appropriate for boys and men or girls and women. While aspects of biological sex are […]
Gender Binary System
A system of oppression that requires everyone to be raised either male or female, and masculine or feminine. Eliminates the possibility for other gender expressions and gives power to people whose […]
Gender Confirming Surgery
Medical surgeries used to modify one’s body to be more congruent with one’s genderidentity. See also sex reassignment surgery. Green, E. R., & Peterson, E. N. [LGBT Resource Center at […]
Gender Cues
What human beings use to attempt to tell the gender/sex of another person. Green, E. R., & Peterson, E. N. [LGBT Resource Center at UC Riverside]. (2006). LGBTQI terminology (PDF). […]
Gender Diversity
Refers to the extent to which a person’s gender identity, role or expression differs from the cultural norms prescribed for people of a sex. American Psychological Association – Divisions 16 and […]
Gender Dysphoria
Refers to discomfort or distress that is associated with a discrepancy between a person’s gender identity and that person’s sex assigned at birth (and the associated gender role and/or primary and secondary […]
Gender Expression
Refers to the way a person communicates gender identity to others through behavior, clothing, hairstyles, voice or body characteristics. American Psychological Association. (2011). Answers to your questions about transgender people, […]
Gender Fluid
A person whose gender identification and presentation shifts, whether within or outside of societal, gender-based expectations. University of California-Berkeley Gender Equity Center. (2013). Definition of terms: gender fluid. Retrieved from […]
Gender Identity
Refers to a person’s internal sense of being male, female or something else. American Psychological Association. (2011). Answers to your questions about transgender people, gender identity, and gender expression.Retrieved from […]
Gender Non-Conforming
An adjective and umbrella term to describe individuals whose gender expression, gender identity or gender role differs from gender norms associated with their assigned birth sex. American Psychological Association – […]
