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Transgender is a complex topic, where consensual and precise definitions have not yet been reached. Usually, the only way to find out how exactly people identify themselves is to ask them. And, sometimes, transgender people either cannot or will not define themselves any more specifically than transgender, queer, or genderqueer.
Books and articles written about transgender people or culture are often outdated by the time they are published, if not already outdated at the time of composition, due to inappropriate and/or outdated questions or premises. Not only psychology and medicine, but also social sciences deal with transgender people, and each starts from a very different point of view, offers very different perspectives, and uses a different nomenclature. The difference is mirrored by the attitude of transgender people towards transgender issues, as can be seen in the articles listed below.
People and behaviour
- Transgender
- Transsexual
- Cross-dressing
- Transvestism
- Drag
- Androgyny
- Genderqueer
- Genderfuck
- Girlfag and guydyke
- Packing (phallus)
- Sex and/or gender diverse
- Shemale
- Sissy
- Third gender
- Transvestic fetishism
In non-Western cultures
- Acault (Burma)
- Akava'ine (Cook Islands)
- Bacchá (Central Asia)
- Eunuch
- Evening people (India)
- Fakaleiti (Tonga)
- Fa'afafine (Samoa)
- Femminiello (Neapolitan)
- Galli (ancient Rome)
- Hijra
- Transsexuality in Iran
- Kathoey (Thailand)
- Khanith (Arabia)
- Köçek (Turkey)
- Mahu wahine (Hawaii)
- Meinmasha (Burma)
- Meti (Nepal)
- Maknyah (Malaysia)
- Muxe (Mexico)
- Newhalf ("ニューハーフ") (Japan)
- Nyuuhaafu (Japan)
- Transgender in China
- Transgender people in Singapore
- Transpinay (Philippines)
- Sworn virgin (Balkan)
- Takatāpui (Maori)
- Two-Spirit/"Berdache" (North America)
- Waria (Indonesia)
- Winkte (Lakota, North America)
Basic terms
- Sexual characteristics
- Sex organ or primary sexual characteristics
- Secondary sex characteristics
- Sex-determination system
- History of intersex surgery
- 5-alpha-reductase deficiency
- Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
- Androgen insensitivity syndrome
- Hypospadias
- Klinefelter's syndrome
- Swyer syndrome
- Turner's syndrome
- Hermaphrodite
- Chimerism
Other
- Gender blind
- Gender queer
- Heteronormativity
- LGBT
- Queer
- Third gender
- Transgenderism (social movement)
- Transphobia
- Simulated pregnancy - male crossdressing or roleplaying of a fake pregnancy. [citation needed]
Topics related to transitioning
Social
Relating to medical treatment
- Standards of Care for the Health of Transsexual, Transgender, and Gender Nonconforming People
- World Professional Association for Transgender Health (formerly known as the Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association)
- Etiology of Transsexualism
- Gender reassignment therapy (compare also Sex change)
Legal aspects
Medicine
- Gender identity disorder
- Gender identity disorder in children
- Sexual relationship disorder
- Sexual maturation disorder
Queer studies
- Anima (Jung)
- Autogynephilia
- Feminine essence theory of transsexuality
- Feminism
- Gender studies
- Queer studies
- Queer theory
- Transfeminism
Scholars
Media
Film and television
- Transgender in film and television
- Category:Transgender and transsexual actors
- Cross-dressing in film and television
Art
Transgender art and artists include:
- New Media Art:
- Sandy Stone (artist) – ACT Lab
- Shu Lea Cheang – Brandon
- Performance:
- Music:
- Photography:
- Film:
- Barbara Hammer – Lover Other
Comics
Books
- The Man Who Would Be Queen by J. Michael Bailey
- The Transsexual Empire (ISBN 0-8077-6272-5) by Janice Raymond
- Last Exit To Brooklyn by Hubert Selby, Jr. one of the stories revolve around a group of transvestites, led by a girl named Georgette.
- Masculinities Without Men? (ISBN 0-7748-0997-3) by Jean Bobby Noble
- Armistead Maupin's "Tales of the City" includes a transgendered person as a central character.
Miscellaneous
- Violence against gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and the transgendered
- Stonewall riots
- Compton's Cafeteria riot
- Transgender Pride flag
- Sexual mimicry
Gender-variant people or behaviour
Many other terms describe gender-variant people or behaviour, without the people being described necessarily being transgender.
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.
- Sexuality and gender identity-based cultures also contains a section on transgender
- Sexual identity
- LGBT
- Heterosexuality
Religion
- Ardhanarishvara, the androgynous aspect of Shiva and Parvati in Hinduism.
- Aravani or Hijra, transgender devotees of several religious cults in Hinduism.
- The cult of Aphroditus, the androgynous Amathusian Aphrodite in Greek mythology.
- Galli, the transgender priests of the Phrygian goddess Cybele and her consort Attis.
- The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a group of (mostly) gay male nuns who take vows to promulgate universal joy and expiate stigmatic guilt.
- Skoptsy, religious sect in early 20th Century imperial Russia that practiced castration and mastectomies.