: This is the process of beginning to live according to one’s gender identity. It can be social (changing name, pronouns, or dress), legal (updating identification documents), or medical (hormone therapy or surgery).
: Many individuals do not fit into the "male" or "female" binary and may use terms like non-binary, agender, or gender-fluid.
: Transgender identities are not modern inventions; they have existed for centuries across various cultures, such as the Two-Spirit tradition in some Indigenous North American tribes.