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See: Gender Expression.

The full range of all possible genders (Wilson, 2014).

Gender-affirmation care refers to treatments, ranging from surgery to speech therapy, that support a transgender or nonbinary person in their gender transition. (WebMD)

A gender identity, and/or presentation/expression that transcends commonly held notions of gender within a given society (see: gender binary).

A term used to denote all-gender-inclusive spaces, language, concepts, items, and more (for instance, gender-neutral clothing, gender-neutral language, gender-neutral bathrooms).  The newborn’s parents decided to give their baby a gender-neutral name so as to discourage traditional, gender-based expectations about how they might identify as they grew up.

A state of fluctuating, or shifting, between various genders, depending on a person’s internal state. Genderfluid individuals may or may not change their gender expression, pronouns, and/or name due to shifts in their gender identity. Genderfluid individuals’ expression of their identities may be context-sensitive and/or based on preferences/feelings.

An umbrella term for non-binary gender identities (Wilson, 2014); a gender identity that does not adhere to conventional and/or binary conceptions of gender.

El género es un sistema social polifacético basado generalmente en las normas, los comportamientos y los papeles sociales que se esperan de las personas en función principalmente del sexo binario que se determinó que tenían al nacer, según el aspecto de sus genitales externos. La identidad de género describe el género autopercibido de una persona.…