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level: Gender Identity

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Question	Answer
Is the inner sense a person has of being male or female, which may be the same as or different from sex assigned at birth.	Gender identity
Terminologies: When an individual feels their gender and their sex match	Cisgender
Terminologies: When an individual feels their gender and their sex do not match	Transgender
Terminologies: MTF:	male-to-female transition; usually prefers female pronouns
Terminologies: FTM:	female-to-male transition; usually prefers male pronouns
Terminologies: Surgical procedures to change body characteristics to match an individual's gender identity	Gender affirmation surgery
Terminologies: Use of estrogens and antiandrogens for MTF individuals and testosterone for FTM Individuals to gain characteristics of their gender identity.	Hormone
Sex assigned at birth is usually based on a person's chromosomal sex:	male (XY) or female (XX)
Terminologies: With ambiguous genitalia, where sex was assigned based on a provider's assessment of genitalia alone.	Intersex
Terminologies: Refers to the behavior a person exhibits, which may or may not be the same as the person's gender identity or sex assigned at birth	Gender expression
Sexual orientation and gender identity are _______________. Just like a cisgender man could be attracted to women (heterosexual) or men (gay). a transgender man could also be attracted to women (heterosexual) or men (gay).	separate from each other