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INTRODUCTION
Gender reassignment is made when an individual feels that his or her gender at birth does not match their gender identity. This is called ‘gender dysphoria’ and is a recognised medical condition.
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Definitions
| TRANSGENDER OR TRANS PERSON A person whose gender identity does not conform to the sex they were assigned at birth. These are inclusive, umbrella terms, including people who describe themselves as transsexual, cross dressing people, and people who have a more complex sense of their own gender than either 100% female or 100% male. |
GENDER IDENTITY A person’s deeply felt internal and individual experience of gender, which may or may not correspond to the sex assigned to them at birth. |
GENDER EXPRESSION A person’s external gender-related behaviour and appearance, including clothing. |
GENDER BINARY The classification of sex and gender into two distinct and disconnected ‘opposite’ forms of masculine and feminine. |
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| GENDER VARIANCE Gender expression that does not match society’s norms of female and male |
NON-BINARY PERSON A person who does not identify as solely male or female. They may identify as both, neither or something entirely different |
GENDER FLUID Having a gender identity which varies over time |
TRANSSEXUAL PERSON Legal/medical term for someone who lives (or wishes to live) permanently in the ‘opposite’ gender to that assigned at birth |
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| GENDER DYSPHORIA Medical term for deep-rooted and serious discomfort or distress because of a mismatch between a person’s biological sex and gender identity; overwhelming desire to live in a different gender to that assigned at birth |
GENDER REASSIGNMENT The process of transitioning from the gender assigned at birth to the correct gender. This may (or may not) involve medical and surgical procedures. |
LEGAL SEX The sex recorded on your birth certificate. Rarely relevant at work. Currently binary in the UK. Changed by applying to Gender Recognition Panel. |
GENDER RECOGNITION CERTIFICATE Issued by the Gender Recognition Panel – signifies full legal rights in acquired gender and allows the issuing of a replacement birth certificate. |
