Gender

[cjsmith]

Neither box, please.

Gender: n: the set of assumptions not actually determined by, but often associated with, the sex of the physical body.

To be *trans*gender, I'd have to be "gender" at all. No. I reject ALL the assumptions.

Comments

[firecat]

"trans" can also mean "beyond" rather than "across".

[lkeele.livejournal.com]

You know, I'd enjoy Egypt a lot better if I didn't have a visible gender, if no one did. Or, let's be honest, if I were male. :-P

[rampling.livejournal.com]

I too reject the *trans* part of transgender for me. That's why I prefer to use the term genderqueer to describe myself. It posits a gender not constrained by the traditional binary sex and gender assumptions.