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  • What does transphobia mean?

    by Yu Sheng Teo | Updated on
    Transphobia refers to a prejudice, hatred, or hostility towards transgender people. Some prefer the term “cissexism” to “transphobia”, because the latter can seem to justify acts of hostility by using the excuse of “the fear of the unknown”.
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  • What does transition mean?

    by Yu Sheng Teo | Updated on

    The term “transition” is an umbrella term that refers to processes where a trans individual moves from one gender presentation to another.

    There are 3 broad aspects to this. A trans individual may transition in any combination, or none at all.

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  • What does transgender mean?

    by Yu Sheng Teo | Updated on
    A transgender person's gender identity and/or gender expression differs from the sex they were assigned at birth. This includes people who identify with multiple genders, no gender, or genders outside the man/woman binary. Not all transgender people choose to undergo medical transition.
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  • What is a trans woman?

    by Yu Sheng Teo | Updated on
    A trans woman is short for a transgender woman, and refers to a person whose gender identity and/or gender expression is that of a woman, but was assigned the male sex at birth.
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  • What is a trans man?

    by Yu Sheng Teo | Updated on
    A trans man is short for a transgender man, and refers to a person whose gender identity and/or gender expression is that of a man, but was assigned the female sex at birth.
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  • What do they / them / theirs pronouns mean?

    by Yu Sheng Teo | Updated on
    This set of pronouns is traditionally used to refer to groups of people (plural). However, these pronouns are increasingly used as gender neutral pronouns to refer to a single person (singular).
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  • What does straight mean?

    by Yu Sheng Teo | Updated on
    Straight is a colloquial term used to describe heterosexual people.
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  • What do she / her / hers pronouns mean?

    by Yu Sheng Teo | Updated on

    “She / Her / Hers” is a set of gender-specific pronouns used to refer to women or girls.

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  • What does sexual-ish mean?

    by Yu Sheng Teo | Updated on
    Sexual-ish refers to a “grey” spectrum of sexuality that lies between asexuality and sexuality. A person on this spectrum may experience sexual attraction on occasion or only towards specific people (e.g. people they’re in a romantic relationship with). People in this spectrum are known as “grey- A”, “grey ace”, “grace”, “semisexual”, “asexual-ish” or “sexual-ish”. 
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  • What's the difference between sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression?

    by Yu Sheng Teo | Updated on
    A person’s sexual orientation refers to how they’re romantically, emotionally, and/or sexually attracted or not attracted to others.
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  • What does sexual orientation mean?

    by Yu Sheng Teo | Updated on
    A person’s sexual orientation refers to their enduring romantic, emotional, and/or sexual attraction or non-attraction to other people. 
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  • What is sexism?

    by Yu Sheng Teo | Updated on
    Sexism refers to a prejudice, hatred, or hostility towards people based on their sex. Because the male sex is the socioeconomically advantaged sex, sexism often unfairly disadvantages women.
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