Archives: Glossary Terms

A person who, like a transsexual person, transitions – sometimes with the help of hormone therapy and/or cosmetic surgery – to live […]

This umbrella term may describe people who were assigned female at birth, who are trans, and whose gender expression leans towards the […]

This is typically used to describe people who identify as transgender who are transitioning toward the gender with which they identify. This […]

A person who feels a consistent and overwhelming desire to transition and fulfil their life as a member of the opposite gender. […]

Method of positioning the penis and testicles so as to conceal them.

Vagina* (with an asterisk) is used to acknowledge the many different words that are used for this body part: front hole, etc.

A gender-affirming, feminizing, lower surgery to create a vagina and vulva (including mons, labia, clitoris, and urethral opening) and inverting the penis*, […]

Feminizing surgery to elevate the pitch of the voice.

A human being who self-identifies as a woman, based on elements of importance to the individual, such as gender roles, behaviour, expression, […]

Professional organization devoted to transgender health, whose mission as an international multidisciplinary professional association is to promote evidence based care, education, research, […]

Gender-inclusive pronouns used to avoid gender binary-based words (he/she, him/her), or making assumptions about other people’s gender.