A brief, subtle statement, action, or behavior that reflects and reinforces prejudicial, insulting, and dehumanizing ideas regarding marginalized groups of people. The question “have you lost weight?” may be considered a microaggression, as it implies that the speaker believes the person they’re addressing was formerly overweight.
A surgical procedure (or a number of surgical procedures) pursued by some transgender people with clitorises intended to create a new penis, known as a “neophallus,” out of preexisting genital tissue. Typically, the clitoris is cut and released from the surrounding tissue, increasing length and exposure without altering the urethra or vagina. Some metoidioplasty procedures may use skin grafts to link the urethra with the neophallus (Healthline, 2019).
The surgical removal of breast tissue.
Mujer que se siente atraída sexual y románticamente por mujeres, incluidas las mujeres transgénero.
Refers to a person’s appearance or behavior that does not conform to society’s gender norms. Not every person who is gender non-conforming is transgender or gender-expansive, although the two groups are often combined
Mujer a la que se asignó el género masculino al nacer, pero cuyo verdadero género es femenino.
Hombre al que se asignó género femenino al nacer, pero cuyo verdadero género es masculino.
A broad range of hostile acts intended to invalidate, intimidate, and/or provoke transgender people, including but not limited to the use of slurs, anti-trans jokes, and cissexist and/or transmisogynistic statements (see: transphobia).
