Tag: Gender Identity

What is ‘deadnaming’?

Deadnaming is the deliberate or accidental use of a transgender person’s birth name or ‘dead’ name that they had before they transitioned.

A person experiences gender dysphoria when the sex they were assigned at birth causes them physical and/or emotional distress

Transgender is an umbrella term for anyone whose gender identity differs from the sex assigned to them at birth.

Learning about your sexual orientation and gender identity is a huge part of every young person’s life – regardless of how you identify.