1, "transgender"
"Transgender" refers to people whose gender identity is different from that at birth. Usually, transsexuals will change or hope to change their bodies through hormones, surgery and other methods, which is consistent with their gender identity. This process of sex change through medical means is often called "gender redistribution".
A person who has a female biological gender at birth, but recognizes that he is a man and lives like a man, and changes or hopes to change his body through medical means so as to be closer to his gender identity is called a "transgender man" (FTM).
On the contrary, a person who is male at birth, but admits that she is a woman and lives like a woman, and changes or hopes to change her body through medical means to get closer to her gender identity, is called a "transgender woman" (MTF).
However, not all "transsexuals" belong to transsexuals. Not all transsexuals want to have sex-change surgery. Some people want others to see whether they are men or women after they change from one gender to another, and don't think they are "transsexuals".
2. "cross dresser"
"Cross-dressers" refer to a group of people who don't like to wear clothes consistent with their original gender, but only like to wear clothes worn by people of another gender in their social culture.
Cross-dressers can usually accept their natural gender. They don't want to change, but they like to wear clothes of the opposite sex. Cross-dressing is a form of gender expression, which is not necessarily related to sexual behavior.
"Cross dressing" can't represent orientation. Social acceptance of transvestites between men and women is different. In some cultures, it may be more acceptable for people of one sex to wear clothes of the opposite sex than people of the other sex.
3. "Gender Cool"
"Gender cool" means that some people think that their gender is beyond the binary structure classification of men and women. They may define their gender as a region between men and women, or as a completely different name from these categories.
They may ask others to address themselves with pronouns that are neither male nor female, such as "TA" instead of "he/she". But there are also some "gender cool" people who don't consider themselves "transgender".
4. Other types
Other types of "transgenders" include neutral (with both male and female characteristics), multi-gender, gender inconsistency, third gender and two spirits.
The meanings of these appellations vary from person to person and may change with time, but they usually contain the feeling of gender integration and change. Some people who use these titles to describe themselves think that the traditional concept of dual structure is limited.
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Brief introduction of "transgender"
"transgender" is actually a group that is difficult to define accurately. On the one hand, many experts and researchers have different views on the definition; On the other hand, many people are artificially "divided" into this group, but they don't agree.
If you have to give a definition, you can describe it like this: "transgender" refers to the general name of people who do not conform to the physiological gender specified at birth in gender identity, gender expression or gender behavior.
Gender identity refers to a person's inner view of whether he is male, female or other gender; Gender expression refers to the way a person communicates gender identity with others through behavior, clothing, hairstyle, voice or physical characteristics.
"Transgender" is considered to be a very appropriate title, but not everyone who looks or behaves in a way that does not conform to the general gender norms considers himself a transgender.