| Myth | Fact | | :--- | :--- | | "Being trans is a mental illness." | Gender diversity is a natural human variation. Gender dysphoria (distress) is a diagnosable condition, but being trans itself is not an illness. The WHO removed "transgender identity" from its mental disorders list in 2019. | | "Children are being rushed into transition." | Most care for minors is social transition (name, pronouns) and puberty blockers (fully reversible). Hormones or surgery are extremely rare before age 16–18 and require extensive evaluation. | | "Trans women are a threat in bathrooms." | No evidence supports this. Trans people are far more likely to be assaulted in public restrooms than to be perpetrators. | | "Non-binary isn't real." | Non-binary identities are recognized by major medical and psychological associations (APA, AMA, WPATH). They are documented across many cultures and centuries. | | "You can always tell if someone is trans." | No – many trans people are not visibly identifiable as trans. "Passing" depends on a variety of factors, and many trans people are indistinguishable from cisgender people. |
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Transgender (often shortened to “trans”): An umbrella term for people whose gender identity differs from the sex they were assigned at birth. Contrast: Cisgender – someone whose gender identity aligns with their sex assigned at birth. | Myth | Fact | | :--- |
| Identity | Description | | :--- | :--- | | Trans man / Trans masculine | Assigned female at birth, identifies as a man or mostly masculine. | | Trans woman / Trans feminine | Assigned male at birth, identifies as a woman or mostly feminine. | | Non-binary | An umbrella term for genders outside the male/female binary. Includes identities like genderfluid, agender (no gender), bigender, etc. Many non-binary people also consider themselves transgender. | | Genderqueer | Similar to non-binary; often implies a conscious rejection of binary gender norms. | | Gender non-conforming (GNC) | Describes a person whose gender expression differs from societal expectations, but their identity may be cisgender or transgender. | It is essential to distinguish between these concepts: