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The new gender of a person who has had their gender reassigned and/or legally recognised. It is possible for an individual to transition fully without surgical intervention.

A gender identityⁱ that allows expression of both gender roles.

from www.ifpa.ie/eng/Info/Sexual-Health-Glossary

"A sexual orientationⁱ describing individuals who do not experience sexual attraction or do not have interest in or desire for sex. Sometimes, it is considered a lack of a sexual orientationⁱ. One commonly cited study placed the incidence rate of asexuality at 1%."

from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asexual

A person who feels that his/her gender includes both male and female elements.

"A sexual orientationⁱ in which an individual can enjoy emotional and sexual relationships with persons of both genders."
from http://www.ifsha.org/glossary.htm#h

is a person who sometimes wears what social norms currently describe as clothes of the other gender. Cross dressers want to appear as convincing as possible as their other selves. The term is generally preferred to the term transvestite.

Living in the gender roleⁱ of the opposite anatomical sex group.

is the practice of treating one person or group less fairly or less well than others. It can be direct or indirect. Direct discriminationⁱ takes place when a person treats another person, on the basis of an attribute or characteristic, less favourably than a person without that attribute or characteristic. Indirect discriminationⁱ takes place when a person imposes a condition, requirement or practice which is unreasonable or disadvantages a member of a group who shares or is believed to share an attribute on the basis of gender, marital status, pregnancy, parental status, family responsibilities, sexuality, ethnicity, age, disability or physical characteristics.

The field of medicine concerned with hormones, including the sex hormones: oestrogen and testosterone.

Facial feminization surgeryⁱ (FFSⁱ) refers to surgical procedures that alter the human face to bring its features closer in shape and size to those of an average female human. FFSⁱ includes various bony and soft tissue procedures (see below) though the term "FFSⁱ" is generally not regarded to include facial hair removal.

Female to male transsexualⁱ person. A person who is changing, or has changed, gender roleⁱ from male to female.

Usually a term for a male homosexualⁱ although some (typically younger) female homosexuals also use the term.

"Once you have completed your RLE, and you and your clinic feel that you are ready, you may have surgery to permanently alter your sex.

For transⁱ men, this may involve a hysterectomy (removal of the womb), a salpingo-oophorectomy (removal of the fallopian tubes and ovaries), and the construction of a penis using a phalloplasty or a metoidioplasty. A phalloplasty uses the existing vaginal tissue and skin taken from the inner forearm to create a penis, and a metoidioplasty involves creating a penis from the clitoris, which has been enlarged through hormone therapy.

The aim of this surgery is to create a functioning penis, which allows you to pass urine standing up and retain sexual sensation. You may need more than one operation to achieve this.

For transⁱ women, surgery may involve an orchidectomy (removal of the testes), a penectomy (removal of the penis), and the construction of a vagina from the left-over tissue of the penis (known as a vaginoplasty).

The vagina is created and lined with skin from the penis, and tissue from the scrotum (the sack that holds the testes) is used to create the labia. The urethra (urine tube) is then shortened and repositioned. The aim of this surgery is to create a functioning vagina, with acceptable appearance and retained sexual sensation.

After surgery, the vast majority of transsexuals are happy with their new sex and feel comfortable in their gender identityⁱ."

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refers to the dissatisfaction with one’s gender (masculinity or femininity) which is in conflict with one’s physical sex. The term is usually restricted to those who seek medical and surgical assistance to resolve their difficulty.

a person’s internal sense of being male, female or something in between.

The presentation of one's self either through personality or clothing is what is perceived by others. Typically, transsexualⁱ people seek to make their gender presentationⁱ match their gender identityⁱ, rather than their birth sex.

"Genderqueer and intergender are catchall terms for gender identities other than man and woman. People who identify as genderqueer may think of themselves as being both male and female, as being neither male nor female, or as falling completely outside the gender binary. Some wish to have certain features of the opposite sex and not all characteristics; others want it all."

from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_queer

A full Gender Recognition Certificateⁱ shows that a person has satisfied the criteria for legal recognition in their acquired genderⁱ. It recognises that the recipient of the certificate, for all intents and purposes, is the sex listed on the certificate from that moment onward, not their birth sex.

How a person expresses himself or herself in terms of traits commonly associated with masculinity or femininity. Gender roleⁱ is largely a social construct, since every society has different ideas about what sort of dress or behaviour is appropriate for males or females.

Gender varianceⁱ is a term that refers to those expressions of gender (masculinity and femininity) that do not conform to the dominant gender norms of Western culture.

A woman who was born with female anatomy, as opposed to a woman who was born with male anatomy.

A man who was born with male anatomy, as opposed to a man born with female anatomy.

is behaviour intended to trouble or annoy someone.

"A person who prefers to have sexual and emotional relationship with members of the opposite gender."
from http://www.ifsha.org/glossary.htm#h

A person who prefers emotional and sexual relations with a member of the same gender.

is a general term used for a variety of conditions in which a person is born with a reproductive or sexual anatomy that does not seem to fit the typical definitions of female or male. Terms such as VSD (Variations in Sexual Development) are sometimes used to replace intersexⁱ. The related term hermaphrodite was introduced in the nineteenth century and is used by some intersexⁱ people but is now considered problematic.

Women whose emotional and/or sexual attraction is primarily towards women (it is the most common term for female homosexuals).

Lesbianⁱ, gayⁱ, bisexualⁱ and transgenderⁱ/transsexualⁱ

Male to female transsexualⁱ person. A person who is changing, or has changed, gender roleⁱ from male to female.

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Polygenderⁱ individuals are transgenderⁱ.  Polygenderⁱ individuals are not "switching" from female to male or vice versa; but are going from living as female to living as both female and male, or living as a gayⁱ man and a lesbianⁱ and a teenage boy and a drag king, or living as no gender at all, ambiguously, or as something entirely other.

LGBTⁱ prideⁱ or gayⁱ prideⁱ is the concept that lesbianⁱ, gayⁱ, bisexualⁱ, and transgenderⁱ (LGBTⁱ) people should be proud of their sexual orientationⁱ and gender identityⁱ. The movement has three main premises: that people should be proud of their sexual orientationⁱ and gender identityⁱ, that diversity is a gift, and that sexual orientationⁱ and gender identityⁱ are inherent and cannot be intentionally altered.[1] The use of the abbreviated gayⁱ prideⁱ and prideⁱ have since become mainstream and shorthand expressions inclusive of all individuals in various LGBTⁱ communities.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_pride

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Real life experienceⁱ (RLE), sometimes called real life test (RLT), is the process where transsexualⁱ and transgenderⁱ people live in their preferred gender roleⁱ for a period of time, in order to demonstrate that they can function in their acquired genderⁱ.

"A sexual preference or choice that determines whether one chooses a member of the same or the opposite sex, or both, for sexual satisfaction."
from http://www.ifsha.org/glossary.htm#s

A generic term generally used by those who identify themselves as transgenderⁱ, transsexualⁱ or cross dresserⁱ. The term should only be used as an adjective.

A term used to denote both transexual and transgenderⁱ men.

A term used to denote both transexual and transgenderⁱ women.

refers to any gender variantⁱ person. It is a broad, relatively recent term referring to people whose gender identityⁱ or expression falls outside of stereotypical gender norms. This includes people who both identify as transgenderⁱ and those who do not, but whom may be perceived by others as such. The term is sometimes used to describe ‘the transgenderⁱ community’ as a whole.

An individual who lives 'in role' as their acquired genderⁱ, yet is not interested in gender confirmation surgeryⁱ.

describes the process of adopting a lifestyle and / or bodily characteristics better corresponding to a person’s gender identityⁱ. It may take some time, involve any number of social, legal or medical processes and may or may not involve surgery or therapy.

is the irrational, persistent fear of those who are gender atypical to any degree. It is often accompanied by an inability to deal with gender ambiguity and discomfort with, or hostility towards, people who do not conform to stereotypical gender norms.

The Police Service define a transphobic incident to be any incident which is perceived to be transphobic by the victim or any other person.
You should report any hate crime as soon as it is safe to do so.

a person who identifies as a gender other than the one to which they were assigned at birth. Some transsexualⁱ people undergo medical treatment to change their physical sex through hormone therapy and surgery (gender confirmation surgeryⁱ).

A third party reporting mechanism for transphobic and other hate crimes. Reporting centres include local libraries and Mesmac. You can also report online at www.reportit.org.uk.

The World Professional Association for Transgenderⁱ Health, Inc. (WPATHⁱ) (formerly, the Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoriaⁱ Association, Inc. (HBIGDA)) is a professional organization devoted to the understanding and treatment of gender identityⁱ disorders.