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Gender identity is one's personal experience of one's own gender. Gender identity can correlate with assigned gender at birth or can differ from it. All societies have a set of gender categories that can serve as the basis for the formation of a person's social identity in relation to other members of society. In most societies,...

People from the LGBTQ community often struggle with being comfortable with their own identity or even accepting their own gender identity, let alone having people around them accept who they are. This is not an unknown fact. However, there is a major difference when the origin of the struggle stems from sexuality and gender...

It can be stressful and discouraging when your family members don’t accept the love of your life for being transgender. Whether you have decided to open up about your status or you want to stand up for the transgender community, dealing with family members, especially parents, can be hard. While it may be difficult to talk...

Eventually, your next step for legal transition will be to change your gender marker. Now, this part is significantly more difficult and varies wildly from state to state. Some states are relatively simple, while others are a right pain in the butt. For example, I am very privileged to have done all this in Minnesota, which has one of the...