Transgender Q&A to reveal the mystery of transgender people

For cisgender people, it’s hard for them to understand what it is like to be a transgender. Just imagine, if you are told that the gender you thought yourself to be is wrong, what would it be like? If one day you wake up only to find your body doesn’t match with the gender in your mind, how would you feel? If every one in your life, your friends, parents and even strangers in the street think you are a man and expect you to act like a man. But actually you are a women. You are the only one who knows it. You think like women and you feel like a woman, but you are the only one who believes it. What would you do? Here are some common questions and answers asked by cisgender people. If you are interested, take a look.

What’s the difference between gender identification and sexual orientation?
First and foremost, let’s be crystal clear with one thing. Sexual orientation and gender identification are two different things which do not have anything to do with one another. For example, gender identification is a recognition of yourself about you are male, female, or some other genders. Sexual orientation is decided by the gender of the person whom you are attracted to. Just like cisgender people, transgender people can have any sexual orientation. For example, a transgender woman can be attracted by women or men or both of them. There are straight transgender women who are attracted to men, transgender lesbian who are attracted to women and also transgender bisexual who are attracted to both. The same case works the same for transgender men.

What is the difference between transgender people and intersex? Some people would confuse transgender people and intersex. The latter is often born with unusual body structure that does not comply with the regular cognization of male and female. In the meantime, as transgender people, it is decided by your gender identification. Transgender people are usually born with regular body and gene, but their gender identification is different from what it is from their appearance. Although intersex can be transgender people, while most transgender people are not intersex. Find local transgender community.

Some people think it’s easy to decide an infant’s gender. Just check it’s genitals. As a matter of fact, there are a lot more needs to be done. It is estimated that every 2000 new born babies, one of them would be transgender or non-binary.

What is the difference between transgender people and non-binary?
Non-binary means it’s gender does not belong to any stereotype people usually have. For example, one’s dressing style, haircut, body language, hobbits might be considered as something related to their gender. It is either feminine or masculine. The behavior of non-binary does not comply with their birth gender. For example, some people who are recognized as girls might portray themselves to be boys. They prefer to keep a short haircut, wear pants instead of dresses, etc. Non-binary may be or may not be transgender people and transgender people might also be non-binary. She is not ladyboy.