The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to transgender topics.
The term "transgender" is multi-faceted and complex, especially where consensual and precise definitions have not yet been reached. While often the best way to find out how people identify themselves is to ask them, not all persons who might be thought of as falling under the transgender 'umbrella' identify as such. Transgender can also be distinguished from intersex, a term for people born with physical sex characteristics "that do not fit typical binary notions of male or female bodies".
Books and articles written about transgender people or culture are often outdated by the time they are published, if not already outdated at the time of composition, due to inappropriate and/or outdated questions or premises. Psychology, medicine, and social sciences research, aid, or otherwise interact with or study about transgender people. Each field starts from a different point of view, offers different perspectives, and uses different nomenclature. This difference is mirrored by the attitude of transgender people as regards transgender issues, which can be seen in the articles listed below.
People and behaviour
Transgender
Trans man
Trans woman
Transgender youth
List of transgender people
Transsexual
Non-binary
List of people with non-binary gender identities
Genderfluidity
Gender neutrality
Androgyny
Gender bender
Gender variance
Packing (phallus) Tucking Shemale Third gender Transsexual pornography
Other gender non-conforming behaviour
Cross-dressing
En femme
En homme
Transvestism
Dual-role transvestism
Drag
Drag queen
Drag king
Faux queen
En travesti
Pantomime dame
Feminization (activity) Transvestic fetishism
In non-Western cultures
(Cook Islands) Bacchá (Central Asia) Bakla (Philippines) Bissu (Indonesia) Calabai (Indonesia) Eunuch Fakaleiti (Tonga) Fa'afafine (Samoa) (Neapolitan) Galli (ancient Rome) Hijra Kathoey (Thailand) Khanith (Arabia) Khawal (Egypt) Koekchuch (Siberia) Köçek (Turkey) Mahu wahine (Hawaii) Maknyah (Malaysia) Meti (Nepal) Mudoko dako (the Langi in Uganda) Mukhannathun (Arabia) Muxe (Mexico) Newhalf ("ニューハーフ") (Japan) Toms and dees (Thailand) Transgender in China Transgender people in Singapore Tom-Dee identity (Thailand) Albanian sworn virgins (Balkan) (Maori) Travesti (Brazil) Two-Spirit (North America) Waria (Indonesia) Winkte (Native American)
Basic terms
Sex–gender distinction
Gender
Bigender
Cisgender
Gender binary
Gender blind
Gender identity
Gender dysphoria
Gender euphoria
Gender role
Real-life experience (transgender) Gender variance Non-binary Pangender Third gender Trigender
Sex
Sex assignment
Assigned female at birth
Assigned male at birth
Sexual characteristics
Sex organ or primary sexual characteristics
Secondary sex characteristics
Sex-determination system
Intersex
Disorders of sex development
Hermaphrodite
Sexual orientation and behaviour
Sexual orientation and behaviour are independent from gender identity; since both are often mentioned together or even confused, some relevant topics are mentioned here. The first article elaborates on this question. Sexual orientation LGBT culture also contains a section on transgender Sexuality and gender identity-based cultures Sexual identity LGBT Gay Lesbian Bisexuality Pansexuality Asexuality Heterosexuality
Other
Heteronormativity
Cisnormativity
LGBT
Discrimination against non-binary gender people
Queer
Transgender Day of Remembrance
International Transgender Day of Visibility
Transphobia
Trans bashing
Trans panic defense
Transitioning
Social
Closeted
Coming out
Detransition
Rapid onset gender dysphoria controversy
Passing (gender) Questioning (sexuality and gender) Transition Transgender sexuality Gynephilia and androphilia Real-life experience (transgender)