7 min
On Elliot Page and Public Support For Trans Folks Salutations
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- Cultura y sociedad
Some pointers for anyone listening who is unfamiliar with a term or language!
biological sex: a combination of physical traits and characteristics, including genitalia, chromosomes, and hormones
gender identity: an innate, personal sense of oneself, which can be aligned with their biological sex, the gender binary, neither, or any combination thereof
pronouns/personal pronouns: used to refer to a person in place of their name, can be used to affirm gender identity (while some people use one set of pronouns, such as she/her, others use multiple sets on different occasions or interchangeably, such as he/they)
singular 'they': an English language gender-neutral pronoun which refers to a nonbinary person or a person whose gender is not known
transgender: gender identity description which indicates that one's inherent gender differs in some way from the gender assigned to them at birth (in this case, Elliot Page, who was assigned female at birth, has come out as trans, and their gender identity is, thus, not female)
nonbinary: gender identity description which indicates that one's inherent gender is separate from the gender binary (strictly male or strictly female) in some way--under this umbrella term falls many gender identities, such as agender, genderfluid, bigender, demigender, and genderflux
transmasculine: (typically nonbinary) gender identity description which indicates that one's inherent gender, while masculine in a certain way, is not aligned or entirely affiliated with male-ness; i.e. this person is not a man, but they may feel somewhat masculine or present in a masculine way as they see fit
to come out: to reveal one's formerly private identity to another person or people, used in reference to LGBTQ+ individuals and their identities (for example: "I came out to my friends yesterday as bisexual. They told me they were happy that I had opened up to them, and they said they'd support me no matter whom I love. I was nervous about how they'd react, and I'm so glad they accept me for who I am!")
Any questions or suggestions? Please let me know, Spectrum! I'm more than happy to follow up for you.
Some pointers for anyone listening who is unfamiliar with a term or language!
biological sex: a combination of physical traits and characteristics, including genitalia, chromosomes, and hormones
gender identity: an innate, personal sense of oneself, which can be aligned with their biological sex, the gender binary, neither, or any combination thereof
pronouns/personal pronouns: used to refer to a person in place of their name, can be used to affirm gender identity (while some people use one set of pronouns, such as she/her, others use multiple sets on different occasions or interchangeably, such as he/they)
singular 'they': an English language gender-neutral pronoun which refers to a nonbinary person or a person whose gender is not known
transgender: gender identity description which indicates that one's inherent gender differs in some way from the gender assigned to them at birth (in this case, Elliot Page, who was assigned female at birth, has come out as trans, and their gender identity is, thus, not female)
nonbinary: gender identity description which indicates that one's inherent gender is separate from the gender binary (strictly male or strictly female) in some way--under this umbrella term falls many gender identities, such as agender, genderfluid, bigender, demigender, and genderflux
transmasculine: (typically nonbinary) gender identity description which indicates that one's inherent gender, while masculine in a certain way, is not aligned or entirely affiliated with male-ness; i.e. this person is not a man, but they may feel somewhat masculine or present in a masculine way as they see fit
to come out: to reveal one's formerly private identity to another person or people, used in reference to LGBTQ+ individuals and their identities (for example: "I came out to my friends yesterday as bisexual. They told me they were happy that I had opened up to them, and they said they'd support me no matter whom I love. I was nervous about how they'd react, and I'm so glad they accept me for who I am!")
Any questions or suggestions? Please let me know, Spectrum! I'm more than happy to follow up for you.
7 min