Gender Terms
Bi-gendered: Someone who self-identifies with both maleness and
femaleness and who lives part time as each and may be referred to as a
cross-dresser.
Cross-dresser: Individuals who choose to wear clothing associated with
the opposite gender. It is a phrase that has replaced "transvestite"
which is felt to have fetishistic and pathological implications
attached to it.
Drag King/Drag Queen: A cross-dresser from man-to-woman (queen) or
woman-to-man (king) who dress up and perform for show and
entertainment.
Intersex: Intersex people are born with sex chromosomes, external
genitalia or internal reproductive systems that are not considered
"standard" for either male or female. The existence of interesexuals
affirms there are not only two sexes and sex is a socially constructed
view.
Transgendered: Someone whose gender identity or expression is
different from traditional gender roles. Transgendered is also an
umbrella term in English-speaking North America to refer to everyone
who crosses gender roles in one way or another including transsexuals,
drag queens, etc.
Transsexual: Someone whose gender identity is different from the
biological sex they were given at birth. Transsexuals may be referred
to as female-to-male(F2M) or male-to-female(M2F). They may take
hormones and pursue sex reassignment surgery.
Two Spirited: An aboriginal term for someone possessing both male and
female spirits and who is neither male nor female includes lesbian,
gay, bisexual and transgendered individuals.
Sources:
GenderandSexuality.ca
http://www.genderandhealth.ca/en/modules/sexandsexuality/gss-definitions-02.jsp?r=
YOUTHLINE
http://www.youthline.ca/definitions.html
Positive Images
http://www.posimages.org/?page_id=74