List of transgender-related topics - Article Index

Encyclopedia - List Of Transgender-related Topics: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Transgender-related Topics - People And Behaviour
List of transgender-related topics - In non-western cultures. Two-spirit Bacchá Berdache Transgender in China Evening people Fakaleit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Castration: Encyclopedia - Castration
Castration, gelding, neutering, orchiectomy, or orchidectomy is any action, surgical, chemical, or otherwise, by which a biological male ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coming Out: Encyclopedia - Coming Out
"Coming out of the closet" (very often shortened to "coming out" in winking reference to the public introduction of debutantes) describes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vaginoplasty: Encyclopedia - Vaginoplasty
A vaginoplasty is an operation to construct or reconstruct a vagina. As a genital reassignment surgery procedure there are three main typ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Closet: Encyclopedia - The Closet
The expression "being in the closet" has been used to describe keeping secret one's sexual behavior or orientation, most commonly homosex...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Two-spirit: Encyclopedia - Two-spirit
Two-Spirit is a term for third gender people (for example, woman-living-man) that are among many, if not most, Native American and Canadi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Intersexuality: Encyclopedia - Intersexuality
An intersexual or intersex person (or animal of any unisexual species) is one who is born with genitalia and/or secondary sexual characte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cross-dressing: Encyclopedia - Cross-dressing
This articles is about cross-dressing in general. For specific information about cross-dressing for sexual reasons, see Transvestic fetis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cisgender: Encyclopedia - Cisgender
"Cisgender", (pronounced IPA: /sɪs.ˈdʒɛn.dɚ/), is a concept in queer studies meaning "not transgender," that is, a gender identity o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Androgyny: Encyclopedia - Androgyny
Androgyny refers to two concepts. The first is the mixing of masculine and feminine characteristics, be it the example of the loud fashio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lgbt: Encyclopedia Ii - Lgbt - Meaning Of Each Term
Each term in the acronym is used to refer to members of the specific group and to the community that surrounds them. This can include fam...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kathoey: Encyclopedia Ii - Kathoey - Films
Ladyboys is a 1992 documentary film made for Channel 4 TV and directed by Jeremy Marre. It relates the story of two teenage kathoey who p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cisgender: Encyclopedia Ii - Cisgender - Current Usage
Many (particularly transsexual-inclusive) communities use the term "non-transsexual" or "non-trans", perhaps because the more scientific-...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bugis Street: Encyclopedia Ii - Bugis Street - Historical
Bugis Street lies in an extensive area which was commonly referred to in the past, by the Chinese-educated community, as Xiao Po (小坡;...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lesbian: Encyclopedia Ii - Lesbian - Media Depictions
Lesbians often attract media attention, particularly in relation to feminism, love and sexual relationships, marriage and parenting. Les...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hormone Replacement Therapy: Encyclopedia Ii - Hormone Replacement Therapy - Results Of The Whi Hormone Replacement Therapy Studies
Much of the controversy regarding hormone replacement therapy (HRT) result from a study by the Women's Health Initiative, which came out ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Homosexuality And Transgender: Encyclopedia Ii - Homosexuality And Transgender - The Semantic Problem
Defining a relationship or a sexual act between two physically unambiguously male persons with a male gender identity (or two female ones...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fictionmania: Encyclopedia Ii - Fictionmania - Content
The majority of Fictionmania's archives consists of short story fantasies depicting characters being transformed from one sex to the othe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Heteronormativity: Encyclopedia Ii - Heteronormativity - Social And Political Manifestations Of Heteronormativity
There are many things that are often pointed to to illustrate the concept of heteronormativity, both historically and in contemporary soc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hijra South Asia: Encyclopedia Ii - Hijra South Asia - Becoming A Hijra
Becoming a hijra is a process of socialization into a "hijra family" through a relationship characterised as chela "student" to guru "tea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cross-dressing: Encyclopedia Ii - Cross-dressing - Some Famous Examples Of Cross-dressing
Cross-dressing - In Greek mythology. Achilles, dressed in women's clothing at the court of Lycomedes Cross-dressing - In Norse mytho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Lgbt-related Topics: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Lgbt-related Topics - K
k.d. lang -- Karl Gorath -- Karl Lange -- Kurt von Ruffin -- Elisar von Kupffer ... See also:List of LGBT-related topics, List of LGBT...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Autogynephilia: Encyclopedia Ii - Autogynephilia - Controversy
The model is highly controversial and conflicts with the commonly accepted model of gender identity disorder. Some suggest that, since co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sex Reassignment Surgery: Encyclopedia Ii - Sex Reassignment Surgery - Terminology
Sex reassignment surgery (SRS) includes the surgical procedures by which a person's physical appearance and function of their existing se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sexuality And Gender Identity-based Cultures: Encyclopedia Ii - Sexuality And Gender Identity-based Cultures - Sexual Orientation And Gender Identity-based Cultures Lgbt
Sexual minorities defined by sexual orientation and gender identity — gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered people — are often se...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Transsexuality: Encyclopedia Ii - Transsexuality - Causes Of Transsexualism
There is no scientifically proven cause of transsexualism. However, many theories have been proposed which suggest that the cause of tran...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sex Assignment: Encyclopedia Ii - Sex Assignment - Assignment In Intersex Conditions
Intersex is a broadly defined term that usually denotes the presence of discordance of the biological aspects of sex: at least some aspec...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Transvestism: Encyclopedia Ii - Transvestism - Modern Usage
The rise of the Nazis to power and the second world war had brought to an end not only Hirschfeld's work, but also most European research...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lgbt: Encyclopedia Ii - Lgbt - Meaning Of Each Term
Each term in the acronym is used to refer to members of the specific group and to the community (subculture) that surrounds them. This ca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Transgender: Encyclopedia Ii - Transgender - Partially Exclusive Categories
The definition for transgendered person remains in flux, but the most accepted one currently is: People who were assigned a gender, usua...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Lesbian Gay Bisexual And Transgender Community Centers: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Lesbian Gay Bisexual And Transgender Community Centers - United States
List of lesbian gay bisexual and transgender community centers - Alaska. Anchorage - Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Anchorage, Id...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Transgendered People: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Transgendered People - Earlier Historical Individuals
It is often difficult to construe the gender and sexual identity of pre-modern individuals. In many societies, those whom Western society...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Phalloplasty: Encyclopedia Ii - Phalloplasty - Complete Re-construction
A complete (re-)construction of a penis is done on both cisgendered men who have lost their penis through either illness or accidents, an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Transfeminism: Encyclopedia Ii - Transfeminism - Transfeminism Vs Feminism
In many ways transfeminism is similar to more conventional types of feminism. Many feminists welcome their trans counterparts into mainst...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Queer: Encyclopedia Ii - Queer - Redefinition
Although the literal meaning remained fundamentally the same, the connotations of the word changed substantially in the late 20th century...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Drag Queen: Encyclopedia Ii - Drag Queen - Terminology
The term drag queen originates in Polari, the language of gay men in England in the early part of the last century. Drag meant "clothes",...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lesbian: Encyclopedia Ii - Lesbian - Media Depictions
Lesbians often attract media attention, particularly in relation to feminism, love and sexual relationships, marriage and parenting. Les...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cross-dressing: Encyclopedia Ii - Cross-dressing - Some Famous Examples Of Cross-dressing
Cross-dressing - In Norse mythology. Thor dressed as Freya in order to get Mjölnir back in Thrymskvida. Hagbard in the Scandinavian l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gay Rights: Encyclopedia Ii - Gay Rights - History
The gay rights movement arose in response to laws against homosexual behavior and discrimination and prejudice against homosexuals. One o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Transgender In China: Encyclopedia Ii - Transgender In China - Terminology
A wide variety of terms are used in relation to transgenderism in Chinese languages. In Mandarin, the term kuaxing (跨性, pinyin kùax�...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Castration: Encyclopedia Ii - Castration - Castration In Humans
Castration - History. The method of castration has roots before recorded human history. Castration was frequently used in certain cultu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Drag Queen: Encyclopedia Ii - Drag Queen - Terminology
The term drag queen originates in Polari, the language of gay men in England in the early part of the last century. Drag meant "clothes",...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sex Reassignment Surgery Male-to-female: Encyclopedia Ii - Sex Reassignment Surgery Male-to-female - The Operation
(also called vaginoplasty or vaginal reconstruction surgery) For changing anatomical sex from male to female, the testicles are removed a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Castration: Encyclopedia Ii - Castration - Castration In Humans
Castration - History. The practice of castration has roots before recorded human history. Castration was frequently used in certain cul...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Patrick Califia: Encyclopedia Ii - Patrick Califia - Booklist
Patrick Califia - Non-Fiction. Sapphistry: The book of lesbian sexuality Sex Changes: The Politics of Transgenderism Public Sex (essay...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coming Out: Encyclopedia Ii - Coming Out - Current Viewpoints
Today, more gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people are out than ever before, and many believe that being in the closet is unhealth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Homosexuality And Transgender: Encyclopedia Ii - Homosexuality And Transgender - The Semantic Problem
Defining a relationship or a sexual act between two physically unambiguously male persons with a male gender identity (or two female ones...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gender Role: Encyclopedia Ii - Gender Role - Transgendered And Intersexed People
As long as a person's perceived physiological sex is consistent with that person's gender identity, the gender role of a person is so muc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Transvestism: Encyclopedia Ii - Transvestism - Modern Usage
The rise of the Nazis to power and the Second world war had brought an end not only to Hirschfeld's work, but to also most European resea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gender Identity: Encyclopedia Ii - Gender Identity - Formation Of Gender Identity
The formation of a gender identity is a complex process that starts with conception, but which involves critical growth processes during ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sex Reassignment Surgery: Encyclopedia Ii - Sex Reassignment Surgery - Standards Of Care
It can be extremely difficult to get sexual reassignment surgery. There are very few surgeons willing to perform SRS. Most jurisdictions ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cisgender: Encyclopedia Ii - Cisgender - Current Usage
Many (particularly transsexual-inclusive) communities use the term "non-transsexual" or "non-trans", perhaps because the more scientific-...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Two-spirit: Encyclopedia Ii - Two-spirit - Terms
Two-Spirit - Two-Spirit like identities outside of North America. Asia Korea mudang Siberian Chukchis Male-bodied: Yirka'-la'ul (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Closet: Encyclopedia Ii - The Closet - Other Uses
The term closet has been extended to indicate any identity or affiliation that a person keeps secret for fear of persecution or exclusion...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sexuality And Gender Identity-based Cultures: Encyclopedia Ii - Sexuality And Gender Identity-based Cultures - Influence On Culture At Large
Sexual minority cultures frequently and consistently influence the broader culture at large, including straight culture. Slang frequently...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Transfeminism: Encyclopedia Ii - Transfeminism - Reference
Transfeminism - Works Cited. Crabtree, Sadie. (2004). Finding common ground between movements for reproductive freedom and transgender...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Transgender: Encyclopedia Ii - Transgender - Other Issues
(Trans-)gender identity is different from, though related to, sexual orientation. Sexual orientations among transgender people vary just ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Xanith: Encyclopedia - Xanith
Xanith, also written as "khanith" is a vernacular Arabic term for both "mukhannath" and "khuntha". "Mukhannath" refers to individuals wit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Transsexuality: Encyclopedia Ii - Transsexuality - Stealth
After this level of transition and development has been achieved, some transsexual men and women may wish to blend in with other members ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Transgender In China: Encyclopedia Ii - Transgender In China - Relative Occurrence Of Transwomen And Transmen
As transgender studies began in Taiwan and statistics began to be published, many people noted that the island had a far larger occurrenc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Transvestism: Encyclopedia Ii - Transvestism - Origin Of The Term
Magnus Hirschfeld coined the term transvestism around 1915 in Berlin (from Latin trans-, "across, over" and vestere, "to dress or to wear...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sex Organ: Encyclopedia - Sex Organ
A sex organ, or primary sexual characteristic, narrowly defined, is any of those parts of the body (which are not always bodily organs ac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Transgender In China: Encyclopedia Ii - Transgender In China - History Of Transgenderism In China
There is a long history of transgenderism in China. Guanyin, the boddhisattva of compassion, famously went from being primarily male in I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Queer: Encyclopedia Ii - Queer - Traditional Usage
Since its emergence in the English language in the 16th century (related to the German quer, meaning 'across, at right angle, diagonally ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Transsexuality: Encyclopedia Ii - Transsexuality - Depictions Of Transsexuality In The Media
Male-to-female transsexuals are commonly featured in pornography. When depicted without having undergone vaginoplasty, they are usually r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Queer: Encyclopedia Ii - Queer - Contemporary Usage
In contemporary usage, queer is used as an inclusive, unifying sociopolitical umbrella term for people who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sex Reassignment Surgery: Encyclopedia Ii - Sex Reassignment Surgery - Results
As a result of SRS, the person will have the apparent anatomical structures and function typical of the new sex. They are unable to repro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Transgender: Encyclopedia Ii - Transgender - Other
"Transgender" is also used to describe behaviour or feelings that cannot be categorized into these older sub-categories, for example, peo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cross-dressing: Encyclopedia Ii - Cross-dressing - Usage
Nearly every society throughout history has had a set of norms, views, guidelines, or laws, regarding the wearing of clothing and what is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cross-dressing: Encyclopedia Ii - Cross-dressing - Analyses
Cross-dressing - Female-bodied cross-dressers. The behaviour of women in general has historically often received less attention than th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gender Role: Encyclopedia Ii - Gender Role - Brief Description Of Gender Roles In Prison
Gender roles in prison go further than the "Don't drop the soap"-joke. The truth is that some prisoners, either by choice or by force, ta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Drag Queen: Encyclopedia Ii - Drag Queen - Drag And Transvestism
Most drag queens perform for fulfillment as a hobby, a profession, or an art form; as a way to be in the spotlight; or as a road to local...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fictionmania: Encyclopedia Ii - Fictionmania - Submissions
Fictionmania does not charge anything to access it's archives or to donate a submission. No membership or registration is required for mo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fictionmania: Encyclopedia Ii - Fictionmania - History
The website found its roots in the early 1990s as a free online bulletin board known as the "Sierra Bulletin Board," owned and operated b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gender Role: Encyclopedia Ii - Gender Role - Gender Roles And Feminism
Most feminists argue that traditional gender roles are oppressive for women. They assume that the female gender role was constructed as a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Drag Queen: Encyclopedia Ii - Drag Queen - Opinions
Some members of the lesbian, gay, and bisexual community criticize drag queens and their participation in pride parades and other public ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lesbian: Encyclopedia Ii - Lesbian - Etymology Of Lesbian
See also: Terminology of homosexuality The word lesbian originally referred to an inhabitant of Lesbos, a Greek island located in the Eas...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lesbian: Encyclopedia Ii - Lesbian - Public Policy
In Western societies, explicit prohibitions on women's homosexual behavior have been markedly weaker than those on men's homosexual behav...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bugis Street: Encyclopedia Ii - Bugis Street - Contemporary
The fame of the original Bugis Street has spawned a slew of namesakes eager to capitalise on the brand, even though many tourists, includ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Autogynephilia: Encyclopedia Ii - Autogynephilia - Acceptance By Some Transwomen
A small minority of transwomen have accepted this diagnosis as an adequate description of themselves. Reasons for the acceptance of this ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lesbian: Encyclopedia Ii - Lesbian - Feminism
Historically, lesbians have been involved in womens' rights. Late in the 19th Century, the term Boston marriage was used to describe roma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Queer: Encyclopedia Ii - Queer - Queer Groups And Gatherings
Queeruption, which takes place in a different city each year, has been hosted by Berlin, Rome, London and Barcelona in the past. In 2004 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lesbian: Encyclopedia Ii - Lesbian - Culture
Throughout history, hundreds of lesbians have been well-known figures in the arts and culture. (See List of gay, lesbian or bisexual peop...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cross-dressing: Encyclopedia Ii - Cross-dressing - Usage
Nearly every society throughout history has had a set of norms, views, guidelines, or laws, regarding the wearing of clothing and what is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lesbian: Encyclopedia Ii - Lesbian - Sexuality
Sexual activity between women is as diverse as sex between heterosexuals or gay men. Some women in lesbian relationships do not identify ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cross-dressing: Encyclopedia Ii - Cross-dressing - Clothes
The actual determination of cross-dressing is largely socially constructed. For example, in Western society, trousers have been adopted f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cross-dressing: Encyclopedia Ii - Cross-dressing - Varieties Of Cross-dressing
There are many different kinds of cross-dressing, and many different reasons why an individual might engage in cross-dressing behavior. T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sex Reassignment Surgery Male-to-female: Encyclopedia Ii - Sex Reassignment Surgery Male-to-female - History
Lili Elbe was the first known recipient of male-to-female sex reassignment surgery in Germany in 1930. She was the subject of five surger...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Transsexuality: Encyclopedia Ii - Transsexuality - Retransitions
While rare, transsexuals sometimes choose to retransition to their original sex. However, every recent study done on the number of these ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gender Role: Encyclopedia Ii - Gender Role - Socialization
The process through which the individual learns and accepts roles is called socialization. Socialization works by encouraging wanted and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gender Role: Encyclopedia Ii - Gender Role - Criticism Of Biologism
Gender roles have long been a staple of the Nature/Nurture debate: Traditional theories of gender usually assume that one's gender identi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gender Role: Encyclopedia Ii - Gender Role - Talcott Parsons' Views Of Gender Roles
Working in the United States, Talcott Parsons5 developed a model of the nuclear family in 1955. (At that place and time, the nuclear fami...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gender Identity: Encyclopedia Ii - Gender Identity - Relationship To Gender Role
The related term, "gender role," has two meanings that in individual cases may be divergent: First, people's gender roles are the totalit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gender Identity: Encyclopedia Ii - Gender Identity - Problems - Gender Identity And Sex
Some people do not believe that their gender identity corresponds to their biological sex, namely transgender people, including transsexu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gender Role: Encyclopedia Ii - Gender Role - Changing Roles
Gender role is composed of several elements. A person's gender role can be expressed through clothing, behaviour, choice of work, persona...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gender Role: Encyclopedia Ii - Gender Role - Culture And Gender Roles
Ideas of appropriate behaviour according to gender vary among cultures and era, although some aspects receive more widespread attention t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Heteronormativity: Encyclopedia Ii - Heteronormativity - Concept
The term was coined by Michael Warner in 1991 in his Social Text article, "Introduction: Fear of a Queer Planet" (Social Text, 1991; 9 (4...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Heteronormativity: Encyclopedia Ii - Heteronormativity - Heteronormativity And Patriarchy
Heteronormativity is often strongly associated with (and sometimes even confused with) patriarchy. However, a patriarchal system does not...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gender Role: Encyclopedia Ii - Gender Role - Brief Description Of Gender Roles In Prison
Gender roles in prison go further than the "Don't drop the soap" joke. The truth is that some prisoners, either by choice or by force, ta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gender Role: Encyclopedia Ii - Gender Role - Sexual Orientation And Gender Roles
Traditional gender roles include male attraction to females, and vice versa. Gay, lesbian, bisexual people, and others usually don't conf...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gender Role: Encyclopedia Ii - Gender Role - Gender Roles And Feminism
Most feminists argue that traditional gender roles are oppressive for women. They assume that the female gender role was constructed as a...   » Read the article