An Introduction to Gender Identities

GENDER IDENTITIES TO KNOW

Here are some of the most common gender identities reported by gender diverse people in the United States

janet-mock

Trans woman / transgender woman / trans feminine

A person who identifies as a woman and was assigned male at birth.

elliot-page

Trans man / transgender man / trans masculine

A person who identifies as a man and was assigned female at birth.

Sam Smith

Nonbinary / genderqueer / gender expansive

A person who does not identify exclusively as a man or a woman, but as both, neither, or somewhere in between.

CK Malone

Bigender

A person who identifies as having two or more genders.

Cara Delevingne

Genderfluid

A person who identifies as having two or more genders, and who experiences their gender as varying or shifting over time.

Tyler Ford

Agender

A person who does not identify as having a gender identity or who experiences their gender as neutral.

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Two Spirit

A person who fulfils one of many mixed or crossed gender roles found in many Native Americans and Canadian First Nations groups.

Trans woman / transgender woman / trans feminine

A person who identifies as a woman and was assigned male at birth.

janet-mock

“I walk in the world as a woman because I am a woman, and people should take me as that. I’m just being myself.”

Janet Mock (she/her), writer and activist

Trans woman / transgender woman / trans feminine

A person who identifies as a woman and was assigned male at birth.

elliot-page

“I knew I was a boy when I was a toddler. Every little aspect of my life, that is who I was, who I am, and who I knew myself to be.”

Elliot Page (he/him), actor

Trans woman / transgender woman / trans feminine

A person who identifies as a woman and was assigned male at birth.

Sam Smith

“I’m not male or female, I flow somewhere in between. It’s all on the spectrum.”

Sam Smith (they/them), musician

Trans woman / transgender woman / trans feminine

A person who identifies as a woman and was assigned male at birth.

CK Malone

“Growing up, I knew already that I was both a boy and a girl.”

CK Malone (they/them), author

Trans woman / transgender woman / trans feminine

A person who identifies as a woman and was assigned male at birth.

Cara Delevingne

“I am a ‘she’ right now. But I also like dressing up as a man and being a ‘he’. Whether it’s masculine and feminine, it’s just who I am.”

Cara Delevingne (she/her), model and actor

Trans woman / transgender woman / trans feminine

A person who identifies as a woman and was assigned male at birth.

Tyler Ford

“To me, being agender means not being confined by expectations or by labels.”

Tylor Ford (they/hir), writer and activist

Trans woman / transgender woman / trans feminine

A person who identifies as a woman and was assigned male at birth.

blake desjarlais

“I see myself between this terrible binary that’s been created — the Western world imposed this male/female binary, ‘this way or that way’ kind of mentality.”

Blake Desjarlais (he/him), Cree and Métis member of the Canadian parliament

Many more gender identities exist, such as:

  • Omnigender
  • Demigirl / demiboy
  • Androgyne
  • Hijra
  • Pangender
  • and many more!
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