People who are gender queer also may or may not identify as transgender.
Some people identify as a man (or a boy) or a woman (or a girl). Gender identity may be the same as the sex you were assigned at birth (cisgender) or not (transgender). Your gender identity isn’t seen by others. Gender identity is your deeply-held inner feelings of whether you’re female or male, both, or neither. Others may self-identify as being transgender, agender, Two-Spirit, gender queer, non-binary, gender fluid or any number of terms (explained below). It’s how your identity relates to society’s idea of what it means to be a woman, man, neither, or a mix of many genders.įor most people, their gender matches up with the cultural expectations of the sex they were assigned at birth.