Transgender. A general term that refers to a person whose gender identity differs from the person’s sex assigned at birth. A transgender person may or may not have a gender expression that is different from the social expectations of the sex assigned at birth. A transgender person may or may not identify as “transsexual.”
Transgender. An individual whose gender identity does not align with their biologically assigned sex at birth. PSF – Project San Francisco. Primary site of research and data collection. HDI – Health Development Initiative. Secondary site of research and data collection. AFAB/AMAB – Assigned Female at Birth/Assigned Male at Birth – Each of these refers to an individual’s biologically assigned sex, not their gender or gender identity. MSM – Men who have Sex with Men WSW – Women who have Sex with Women Passing – A term typically relating to transgender individuals, though it can also pertain to gay men and lesbian, meaning that they are able to be seen as the gender with which they self- identify. An example of this would be a transgender female (someone who was assigned male at birth) being recognized in public as a female (HHS, 2012).