Trans: This is a term used in the discipline of gender studies to refer to all persons whose own sense of gender does not match with the gender assigned to them at birth. Spelt with an asterix, trans* is an umbrella term used to refer to all non-cisgender identities and expressions. This includes transgender, transsexual, male to female (MtF), female to male (FtM), gender queer, third gender, other and so on.
Transgender Person: A person, who does not identify with the gender assigned to them at birth. Trans-man: A person who is assigned gender female at birth (PAGFB), but identifies with ....
