Transgenderism
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Transgenderism may refer to:
- Transgender, a general term applied to a variety of individuals, behaviors, and groups involving tendencies that diverge from the normative gender role (woman or man) commonly, but not always, assigned at birth, as well as the role traditionally held by society.
- Transgenderism (social movement), a social movement seeking transgender rights and affirming transgender pride.
- The International Journal of Transgenderism, which uses it as “an umbrella term for various aspects and expressions of gender identity”.
- Transsexualism, a condition in which an individual identifies with a physical sex different from the one they were born with.
- Postgenderism, a diverse social, political and cultural movement whose adherents affirm the voluntary elimination of gender in the human species through the application of advanced biotechnology and assistive reproductive technologies.
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