transneutral

Transneutral is an adjective describing a transgender person who can be either assigned male or female at birth but identifies more strongly with neutrality as far as gender than masculinity or femininity. It can also be used by people who would rather not imply their assigned gender at birth when discussing their identity, as transmasculine implies being assigned female and transfeminine implies being assigned male.

Julie: Wait, so we're both nonbinary, but are you transfemme or transmasc?
Bug: Neither, I'm transneutral.
Julie: Ohhhh, okay!

transgender

An adjective meaning someone whose gender does not completely align with the one assigned to them at birth. It is often shortened to "trans".

Trans people can be binary (trans men and trans women) or nonbinary (genderqueer, genderfluid, agender, bigender). An important note is that, when referring to binary trans people you *should* include a space between trans and their gender (ex. trans woman vs transwoman) because trans men are men and trans women are women, just like you'd say blonde woman and not blondewoman. It's an adjective in this context, not a prefix. Likewise, it's transgender people, not transgenders or transgendered people.

Trans people do not have one "look" or "experience", no matter what patterns you might see in the ones you meet and talk to. Talk to the trans people in your life if you want to understand, but *be respectful*. What the person says is how you should refer to them and it is not up to you to "prove" or "disprove" their identity.

Trans people are everywhere and deserve to exist in peace. They should not have to deal with discriminatory laws and invasive questions. There are many resources online about what respectful questions to ask trans people are.

An antonym for transgender is cisgender, meaning someone who identifies as the same gender as they were assigned at birth. This can also be shortened to cis.

JAMES: Hey, just wanted to let you know that I'm transgender. I'd like you to call me James and use he/him pronouns for me.
JULIE: Thanks for letting me know, James! While we're on the topic, I'm trans, too! I'm good if you keep calling me Julie but I'd rather if you used they/it pronouns for me.
JAMES: Holy shit, really?
JULIE: Yeah, I don't have dysphoria but I tried they/it pronouns online and they really worked for me!
JAMES: Wow, epic! I'm happy for us!

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