Transgender, Transsexual, Greysexual, and Two-spirited
Transgender- An umbrella term used to describe a range of people who do not conform to their biological sex. Transgender people may or may not opt for surgery or hormones that change their sex or sex characteristics into those of the gender they identify with. (For example, taking hormones to increase the growth of facial hair or getting surgery to remove their Adam’s apple.)Transsexual- A person who was assigned a sex a birth that does not correspond to how they define their gender identity. Some transsexual people have surgery or take hormones that change their sex. Others may want to do these things but lack the money or safety to do so.
Two-Spirited- A First Nations, Métis or Inuit person whose gender is seen to include both male and female aspects or who is non-heterosexual. In some First Nations traditions it is believed that two-spirited people have been spiritually blessed by the creator to house both female and male spirits in their bodies.
Greysexual- A person who sometimes is having sexual attraction and/or feelings, but usually not. Generally can also bee known as asexual but perhaps capable of sexual desire under certain conditions, eg love or romance.
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