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A transgender person (often shortened to trans person) is someone whose gender identity differs from that typically associated with the sex they were assigned at birth.

Often, transgender people desire medical assistance to medically transition from one sex to another; those who do may identify as transsexual. Transgender does not have a universally accepted definition, including among researchers; it can function as an umbrella term. The definition given above includes binary trans men and trans women and may also include people who are non-binary or genderqueer. Other related groups include third-gender people, cross-dressers, and drag queens and drag kings; some definitions include these groups as well.

Being transgender is distinct from sexual orientation, and transgender people may identify as heterosexual (straight), homosexual (gay or lesbian), bisexual, asexual, or otherwise, or may decline to label their sexual orientation. The opposite of transgender is cisgender, which describes persons whose gender identity matches their assigned sex. Accurate statistics on the number of transgender people vary widely, in part due to different definitions of what constitutes being transgender. Some countries, such as Canada, collect census data on transgender people. Generally, less than 1% of the worldwide population is transgender, with figures ranging from <0.1% to 0.6%.

Many transgender people experience gender dysphoria, and some seek medical treatments such as hormone replacement therapy, gender-affirming surgery, or psychotherapy. Not all transgender people desire these treatments, and some cannot undergo them for legal, financial, or medical reasons.

The legal status of transgender people varies by jurisdiction. Many transgender people experience transphobia (violence or discrimination against transgender people) in the workplace, in accessing public accommodations, and in healthcare. In many places, they are not legally protected from discrimination.^{[page needed]} Several cultural events are held to celebrate the awareness of transgender people, including Transgender Day of Remembrance and International Transgender Day of Visibility, and the transgender flag is a common transgender pride symbol. (Full article...)

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The participation of transgender people in competitive sports, a traditionally sex-segregated institution, is a controversial issue, particularly the inclusion of transgender women and girls in women's sports.

Opponents argue that transgender women have an unfair advantage over, and may endanger, cisgender women in competitive sports due to sex differences in human physiology, and that these differences are not sufficiently reversed by transgender hormone therapies. Supporters of transgender athletes argue that medically prescribed puberty blockers and estrogen suppress testosterone levels and reduce the muscle mass of transgender women, reducing possible competitive advantages. Supporters also argue that sport, particularly youth sports, is also about belonging, well-being, and socialization of young people. The American Medical Association states that legislation barring trans women from women's sports harms the mental health of transgender people.

The controversy has caused debates regarding sex verification in sports. Since the mid-twentieth century, sports institutions have responded to the participation of transgender women and women suspected to be transgender, male, or intersex by adding eligibility requirements to women's sports variously determined by physical examination, sex chromosomes, and sex hormones. Proponents of such regulations regard them as necessary to ensure fair competition and women's safety. Opponents have criticized such regulations as unfounded, degrading, misogynistic, discriminatory against transgender and intersex women, disproportionately affecting women of color, and violating medical ethics and human rights.^{[excessive citations]}

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Peppermint in 2017

Peppermint, or Miss Peppermint (born January 31, 1980), is an American actress, singer, songwriter, television personality, drag queen, and activist. She is best known from the nightlife scene and, in 2017, as the runner-up on the ninth season of RuPaul's Drag Race. In 2018, Peppermint made her debut in The Go-Go's-inspired musical Head Over Heels as Pythio, becoming Broadway's first out trans woman to originate a lead role.

As a recording artist, she has released two studio albums, Hardcore Glamour, released in 2009, and Black Pepper, released in 2017, as well as five EPs, including A Girl Like Me: Letters to My Lovers, which was released in 2020. In December 2023, she was announced as a part of the cast of the second season of The Traitors.

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... that the British musician Charlie Deakin Davies cofounded the Trans Creative Collective, a directory of transgender musicians?
... that Lucy Salani is considered the only known Italian transgender person to survive the Nazi concentration camps?
... that the veto of an Indiana law that bans transgender girls from participating in school sports was overridden by the state legislature?
... that a 1999 legal case guaranteed the right of transgender people in England and Wales to access gender reassignment surgery?
... that home repair and maintenance educator Mercury Stardust and her friend Jory Vizcaino have raised more than $4 million for transgender healthcare through their TikTok-A-Thon for Trans Healthcare?
... that records of transgender people in Finland stretch back to the 19th century?

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8 – Laura Jane Grace (1980), American singer, songwriter and guitarist
14 – Wendy Carlos (1939), American musician and composer
15 – Leelah Alcorn (1997-2014), American transgender girl
21 – Amanda Lepore (1967), American model, singer and performance artist
23 – Miley Cyrus (1992), American gender fluid singer, songwriter, and actress
24 – Candy Darling (1944-1974), American actress and transsexual icon
29 – Fallon Fox (1975), American transgender mixed martial artist
29 – Liv Hewson (1995), Australian non-binary actor

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... that the 2015 State of the Union Address was the first State of the Union Address in which the President of the United States used the words "gay", "lesbian", and "transgender"?
... that Nicole Maines won a Maine Supreme Court ruling that denying transgender students access to the bathroom consistent with their gender was unlawful, and went on to become the superheroine Dreamer in the television series Supergirl?
... that in 1776, a person reported being genderless, changed names to the Public Universal Friend, dressed androgynously, asked not to be referred to with gendered pronouns, and has been called a chapter in transgender history "before 'transgender'"?

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But if we cannot know what causes transsexuality, we can know a great deal about it. We can acknowledge its power and its reality, we can learn about other transsexual people and their experiences, and we can discover its ancient worldwide history.

—Rachel Pollack

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Image 1Ian Harvie, an American comedian and openly transgender man.
Image 2Lithograph of trans woman Mary Jones, whose 1836 trial gripped American media
Image 3Painting of Danish artist and transgender woman Lili Elbe circa 1928 done by her wife Gerda Wegener.
Image 4Anna Grodzka, the first transsexual MP in Europe
Image 5Bust of Elagabalus, Roman Emperor of the Severan dynasty who reigned from 218 to 222. Elagabalus' gender identity is the source of much controversy and debate. Because of accounts by contemporary historian Cassius Dio and others that Elagabalus wore women's clothing, preferred to be called a lady, and sought vaginoplasty, the emperor is considered by some historians to be an early transgender figure and one of the first on record as seeking sex reassignment surgery.
Image 6Atlas on laws concerning gender identity-expression by country or territory. Purple regions allow legal gender change, red regions have no legal gender change and the status in grey regions is unknown or ambiguous. Light purple regions require surgery to change gender and dark purple regions do not require surgery.

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Full list: Outline of transgender topics, see also: Category:Transgender topics

Gender identity	Androgyny • Gender bender • Non-binary gender • Third gender • Transgender / Transsexualism (Trans man • Trans woman • Sex reassignment surgery)
Gender expression	Cross-dressing • Drag (Drag king • Drag queen) • Transvestism
History	Transgender history (in Brazil • in Finland • in the UK • in the US)
Legal aspects	Legal status of transgender people • Access to amenities
Attitudes	Transphobia • Transmisogyny
People	List of transgender people • Transgender youth • Category:Transgender and transsexual people
Portrayals in the media	List of fictional trans characters • List of transgender characters in film • List of transgender characters in television • Category:Transgender actors • Cross-dressing in film and television

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