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Your gender is deeply personal—it’s part of the essential core of who you are. And yet, as we noted above, gender is also constructed by communities. In other words, gender is both an intimate part of our identities and it’s related to how we interact with others. Sometimes the former is called gender identity , while the latter is gender expression ; identity is internal (how we feel and think), while expression is external (how we act in the world and how the world perceives us).

For transgender people, their gender identities do not match up with the biological sex they were assigned at birth.

Teen Guides to Health & Wellness: Sexuality and Gender Identity

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