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'''Gender modality''' refers to the correspondence or lack of correspondence between one's [[Assigned Gender|assigned gender at birth]] and one's actual [[gender identity]]. The two primary, and most well known gender modalities are [[cisgender]] and [[transgender]]. However, those are not the only possible modalities one can have.
While the term "trans" may by defined as lack of correspondence in any form between gender assigned at birth and gender identity, some individuals may find the all-or-nothing nature of ‘correspondence’ too constraining or may feel that their relationship with their assigned gender at birth is more complicated than can be described through the terms cis or trans. The cis-trans binary is challenged by some [[Non-Binary|non-binary]] individuals (especially [[agender]] individuals), as well as some [[intersex]] individuals and plural [[
Gender modality has, in some cases, been expanded by [[LGBT+]] individuals to a more general relationship or directionality of one's gender irrespective of assigned gender, exemplified by [[adgender]] and [[genderqueer]].
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*[[Adgender]]: Someone who wants to/is/has transitioned towards a particular gender identity or presentation, including those who are not transgender. Examples include:
**Being transgender.
**Being a
**Being a system where a transgender headmate's gender identity matches the body.
**Transitioning to a gender identity which is similar to their assigned gender.
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