Transgender Umbrella Identites

Hi all! Before I begin, I just want to start by saying that the information I present here is not set in nature as some people may describe these identities differently and or possibly might not consider them under the transgender umbrella, it, from what I’ve learned, all these identities are under the transgender umbrella, and so I’m just aiming to inform you guys about all the transgender identities in case you or someone else may be struggling with an identity crisis. I hope this helps!

So, to begin, there are at least nine recognized gender identities that are under the transgender umbrella. Now, not all will be listed as there are many more than that, but the main ones will be both listed and described to help raise awareness about the transgender community as a whole and who may be in that community.

Binary:

To start, the first subsection of the transgender umbrella is the binary umbrella which includes transgender females and males.

Transgender females:

This term is to refer to someone who was born of a different gender than the “female” gender. This term is often used to describe someone who was born as a male, but identifies as a female instead. These people may choose to go through sex reassignment surgery and hormone replacement among other ways of transitioning to a female whether it be physically, mentally, and many other options. These people often suffer from gender dysphoria and may resolve those feelings through these options, however they aren’t required. Transgender females often feeling uncomfortable with their body as it may not necessarily be as feminine or female-like as they desire, which is what often leads to gender dysphoria. Even if someone is a transgender female, that does not mean that they cannot be queer in some other way such as being bisexual, pansexual, asexual, and so on.

Transgender males:

This term refers to someone who was not born of the “male” gender. Often so, this term refers to people who were born as females, but identify as a male instead. As with transgender females, transgender males may also undergo sex reassignment surgery and hormone replacement in order to gain more masculine characteristics instead of female ones. Gender dysphoria is also common with this identity as many females to males use binders to make their chest flatter in order to appear as if they have no breasts and or to the point where you cannot tell that they do. As with transgender females, transgender males also can be bisexual, pansexual, asexual, and many other sexualities.

Non-binary:

In this section, non-binary refers to anyone that does not identify themselves as exclusively being female, male, masculine, or feminine. This means that these individuals may view themselves in a variety of different genders or even no genders at all.

Genderqueer:

Someone who identifies themselves as being genderqueer identifies themselves as being neither male or female, both male and female, or a combination of male and female. Those who are genderqueer view themselves, whichever they are, the same way continuously and do not interchange with how they see themselves, meaning that they identify with only one of the above descriptions. As with the transgender definition as a whole, those who are genderqueer identify as a different gender from the one that they were born with. Gender dysphoria may occur in someone who is genderqueer, however not all of those who are get surgery or hormone replacement as not all who are genderqueer have dysphoria. Their pronouns may vary depending on what they identify as, meaning that they could be anything from fae, e/ey, per, they, she, he, they, ve, ze/zie, xe, and many more. Depending on the identity, they may use one or more.

Demiboy:

Those that identify as being demiboys identify as being partially, but not completely, male or masculine. Typically, demiboys do not always have gender dysphoria, but they may depending on the strength of their gender identity. These people may be male or female at birth in order to identify as being a demiboy, but they may also identify as another gender as well as being a demiboy. These people typically feel more masculine than feminine, but may not be completely masculine as they can feel feminine, neither, or both as well. Demiboys may use mainly masculine or gender neutral pronouns depending on the strength as to which they feel masculine compared to being feminine.

Demigirl:

As with demiboys, demigirls are people who feel partially, but not entirely, female or feminine. They also may or may not experience gender dysphoria as many do not, however this does depend on the person, but most do not receive any sort of sex surgery or hormone replacement. Demigirls may use mainly feminine or neutral pronouns depending as to how strong their feelings of gender are for being female/feminine.

Neutrois:

This term is often very confusing as it may be confused with being agender. Those who identify as being neutrois feel as if they have no gender or are neutral, being neither male nor female, and may also go through surgery to reduce their physical sex characteristics. Many under this term may identify as being androgynous, but this does depend on the person. Those of this identity vary in of their pronouns, but may use more gender less or gender neutral pronouns.

Agender:

As stated before, being neutrois and being agender are fairly similar. People who are agender may not identify with being male or female, but they will still identify with some sort of gender like that of neutrois. These people may feel as if they have no specific to fit how they feel in of their gender identity, but they still have some sort of identity to which they relate to. Agender people may or may not want surgery or hormone replacement, but, unlike neutrois, usually they do not want to completely or mostly get rid of their born sex characteristics.

Genderfluid:

Those who identify as being genderfluid vary in which they identify their identity as. Their gender may change daily depending on their mood, meaning that they can transition from feeling more male, female, both, neither, and so on. Their gender identity is not set is stone and, as the name states, is fluid in which it has the ability to change instead of staying the same. Those who are genderfluid may identify with one or more pronouns depending on how they feel, and they may also experience gender dysphoria depending on their mood that day and as to what their gender identity is.

Bigender:

Someone who is bigender may identify as being both male and female and/or shifting between masculine and feminine gender expression. They may have distinct identities, however they may also fluctuate depending on how they feel at the moment. Many under this term may identify themselves as being androgynous if they fluctuate between the two genders, but this isn’t always the case. Their pronouns vary depending on their mood, but many may use he/him,she/her/they/them or many other . Gender dysphoria may be apparent depending on what their gender identity is at the time, but it isn’t always apparent.

Trigender:

Similar to bigender, trigender refers to those who identify as three different genders and may fluctuate between them. This includes being male, female, or non-binary in some way. They may change between these three or simultaneously interchange between them. Their pronouns vary depending as to which genders they identify as, meaning that the pronouns depend completely on how they feel and if they feel a certain gender or multiple at the same time. Gender dysphoria isn’t always apparent, but it may occur depending on which genders they do identify with, meaning that any pronoun may work for them. If gender dysphoria occurs, the person may choose to have some sort of surgery or hormone replacement, but this isn’t always the case and may or may not be desired.

Thank you guys for reading! Hopefully I covered all or most of what needed to be said, but this was just meant to be a brief overview! Hopefully some or all of you may have learned something new, but, if not, I appreciate you for reading anyways!

Thank you so much for the feature! I’m so glad that I helped so many of you feel both included and even included your gender identities :two_hearts: you all are such amazing people and you are all incredibly valid! Thank you all again 🥺 :heart: