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[[File:Transgender symbol.png|thumb|The transgender symbol. Unicode: U+26A7 ⚧]]
'''Transgender''' (often shortened to '''trans''') is a term referring to an individual whose [[Gender Identity|gender identity]] does not entirely, always, or at all correspond with their [[Assigned Gender|assigned gender at birth]] (AGAB).
Transgender is not a gender identity on its own, rather it is a [[Gender Modality|gender modality]]; it expresses that there is a difference between one's AGAB and one's gender identity.
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'''Binary trans''' individuals are those who identify fully, solely and statically as one of the two western [[binary]] genders ([[men]] and [[women]]). This includes both binary trans women and binary trans men, often referred to simply as trans women and trans men. It is also possible for one to be a [[Non-Binary Woman|non-binary (trans) woman]]/[[Non-Binary Man|man]].
*'''Trans women''' are women who were generally not assigned female at birth, most commonly referring to women who were assigned male at birth (AMAB). Trans women may also identify as [[transfeminine]], but not all transfeminine individuals are trans women.
*'''Trans men''' are men who were generally not assigned male at birth, most commonly referring to men who were assigned female at birth
* Binary trans women and men may also have been [[AXAB|assigned X at birth]]/[[UAB|unassigned at birth]] (though not all AXAB or UAB individuals are/identify as trans, or as men/women).
* [[AFAB Transfem]] and [[AMAB Transmasc]] individuals also exist.
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===Dead Name===
A transgender individual's "'''dead name'''" (often shortened into "deadname") is the name that they were given by their
==Flag and Symbols==
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* Dark blue is for transgender men
* Blue-purple is for transmasculine individuals
* White is for [[multigender]] individuals and individuals with fluid genders
* Yellow is for [[xenic]] and [[outherine]] individuals
* Dark green is for agender/genderless individuals
* Purple is for androgynous/neutral individuals
* Pink is for transfeminine individuals
* Dark red is for transgender women
An alternative trans flag was created based on Monica Helms' flag by
▲An alternative trans flag was created based on Monica Helms' flag by reddit user 33ducks around February 2021, with more shades of blue and pink representing a wider variety of ways to be trans. This flag also does not keep the blue/boy on the outside and pink/girl on the inside stripe pattern.
==Resources==
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[[Category:Gender]]
[[Category:Gender Modality]]
[[Category:Umbrella Terms]]
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