What Does Transgender and Cisgender Mean?
DEI Vocabulary
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Tap into this helpful clarification of the terms sexual identity, gender identity, transgender, and cisgender, and how these four differ and interrelate. Recognize that how people self-identify is complex and unique to them.
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