Transgender, from (Latin) derivatives [trans <L, combination
form meaning across, beyond, through] and [gender <ME <MF
gendre, genre <L gener- meaning kind or sort]) is a general term
applied to a variety of individuals, behaviors, and groups
involving tendencies that diverge from the normative gender role
(woman or man) commonly, but not always, assigned at birth, as
well as the role traditionally held by society. Transgender is
the state of one's "gender identity" (self-identification as
woman, man, or neither) not matching one's "assigned sex"
(identification by others as male or female based on
physical/genetic sex). "Transgender" does not imply any specific
form of sexual orientation; transgender people may identify as
heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, pansexual, polysexual, or
asexual. The precise definition for transgender remains in flux,
but includes: - "Of, relating to, or designating a person whose
identity does not conform unambiguously to conventional notions
of male or female gender roles, but