Tag: Transgender

What is ‘deadnaming’?

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

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What is gender dysphoria?

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

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What does it mean to be transgender?

Different coloured letter blocks spelling out "transgender".

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

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