Sex & Gender

Sex and gender are two commonly used and confused terms. Even in the LGBT+ community, the terms "gender" and "sex" are used incorrectly at times or used interchangeably. However, sex and gender are different, as sex is your assigned gender at birth and gender is what you identify as.

Sex
Your biological sex is the gender you were assigned at birth, based on your reproductive organs/parts, you can go through Sex reassignment surgery (SRS), also known as gender reassignment surgery (GRS) and several other names.

Male
When someone is born with male organs, their sex is male.

Female
When someone is born with female organs, their sex is female.

Intersex
A person who is intersex can have both male and female organs.

Gender
Gender is what an individual thinks of oneself as or what they identify as. For example, an MTF transgender person would have the male parts, but they would think of themselves or identify as female; their gender would be female, but their sex would be male. When sex and gender align, this is called cisgender, and when sex and gender do not align, this is often called transgender. Transgender is an umbrella term for people who are not cisgender. It can include people who are nonbinary, or someone who identifies as another gender that is considered to be on the nonbinary spectrum, such as agender.

Gender Expression
Gender Expression is how you present yourself. If you dress more feminine (Wearing dress, skirts, having long hair etc.) than you have a feminine Expression. The same goes for males, if you dress more masculine (Jeans, short hair, etc.) than you have a masculine Expression. If you dress more androgynous, than you will be in the 'other' section of Expression, because you don't dress more feminine or masculine. However, your gender expression does not equal your gender. You could only wear dresses and skirts and be male or non-binary.