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transgender

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Person who has a gender identity different to the gender assigned at birth and who wishes to portray gender identity in a different way to the gender assigned at birth.

Additional notes and information

Sources

European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights − FRA (2009). Homophobia and Discrimination on Grounds of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in the EU Member States: Part II – The Social Situation. Available at:

http://fra.europa.eu/sites/default/files/fra_uploads/397-FRA_hdgso_repor...

Relations

Related term:
gender identity
Broader term:
gender, gender identity
URI: 
https://eige.europa.eu/taxonomy/term/1413?lang=en
Filed under: 
Sex, gender and sexuality
Identity and the body
Sex, gender and sexuality
Sex and Gender

 

The concepts and definitions found in this glossary were published in 2016, and some may be out-of-date. EIGE is currently looking into which terms may need to be updated in the future.