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Not sure what to do with the medical terms like "gender dysphoria", "transsexual" and (formerly) "gender identity disorder". The use of a medical diagnosis is controversial, but at the same time some TS do need that diagnosis as a means to obtain surgeries or coverage for their cost.
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(Not sure what to do with the medical terms like "gender dysphoria", "transsexual" and (formerly) "gender identity disorder". The use of a medical diagnosis is controversial, but at the same time some TS do need that diagnosis as a means to obtain surgeries or coverage for their cost.) |
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* "Queer" is generally an umbrella term for non-normative people, that is, people whose existence contradict cisnormativity and heteronormativity. Exact definitions vary and are constantly evolving, but it is most typically associated with opposition to the gender binary and is popular with nonbinary people.
* "Cisgender", or "cis" for short, is an adjective that describes anyone who is not trans. For example, a cis man is a (binary) man who was assigned male at birth. This is a term that comes from chemistry, among other places ("cis" being the opposite of "trans").
* An older term you might come across is "transsexual" (or TS). This term
* "Intersex" refers to anyone with natural differences in sexual development (DSDs) from typical male or female patterns. This is a complicated and interesting phenomenon,<ref>This video is a great overview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kT0HJkr1jj4</ref> but a separate issue from trans people. It is
* A [[Crossdresser]] is someone who wears clothing stereotypically associated with a different gender than their experienced gender, such as a man dressing as a woman (which is specifically called a [[Drag Queen]]).
** At the same time,
* It's worth noting the various "LGBT" acronyms. All variations use the same letters which stand for the same things, but some use more letters to be more inclusive of gender and sexual minorities, and some less common ones sort them in a different order. Currently the largest acronym in common use is "LGBTQIA+", but "LGBTQ+" is the most common form. The commonly seen "+" is added to the end of the acronym to denote that unlisted gender and sexual minorities are included as well. Those letters stand for: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer, Intersex, and Asexual.
** All kinds of people choose differing lengths in the acronym for various benign reasons, but one practice that is always met with suspicion is when someone ''omits'' the "T" from the acronym. This is particularly egregious because inclusion of the "T" has a long history and typically the only reason to remove it is to attempt to marginalize trans people. This is especially common with [[TERF|TERFs]]<ref>Trans Exclusionary Radical [[Straw Feminist|Feminists]]</ref> and especially transphobic "political lesbians".
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* There are a lot of transphobic slurs out there, most of them still unfortunately common in the porn industry. Such terms include "tranny", "shemale", and "trap". '''Never''' use '''any''' of these terms under any circumstance unless you have [[N-Word Privileges|T-Word Privileges]] or want to get justifiably punched in the teeth.
Trans people may or may not experience [
Most trans people in TV and the media are trans women. Trans men are much less common in mainstream fiction, but statistically are about as common in [[Real Life]].
[[Once-Acceptable Targets|Many recent portrayals]] of trans people tend to be fairly sympathetic. However, bigoted and inaccurate "trans panic" jokes that portray trans people (usually women) as deceptive cross-dressers ("Oh no, the hot chick is really a man!") are still common
Contrast [[Gender Bender]], which is about men and women swapping physical sex through [[Applied Phlebotinum]] (but occasionally, such stories may ''also'' involve trans characters.) Also contrast [[Easy Sex Change]], which is this trope plus [[Did Not Do the Research]] or [[They Just Didn't Care]]. Unlike [[Gender Bender]], there's at least a pretense of realism, but many physical, psychological, or social aspects of the sex change are minimized or ignored. Has nothing to do with [[Transhuman|Transhumans]]; the shared root Trans <ref> Latin for "across", "beyond" or "on the opposite side"</ref> is the only commonality, and even then both terms use different definitions of it. The root Trans here means "opposite" roughly.
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