Concept	Definition
Gender identity	Gender identity is an individual’s internal sense of being wholly female, wholly male, or having aspects of female and male. Gender identity is understood to refer to each person’s deeply felt internal and individual experience of gender, which may or may not correspond with the gender recorded at birth. A person’s gender identity can change over the lifetime and can be expressed in numerous ways and forms. This expression includes outward social markers, such as name, clothing, hairstyles, mannerisms, voice, and other behavior.
Gender diverse	Gender diverse is having a gender identity or gender expression that differs from a particular society’s dominant gender roles.

Source. Statistics New Zealand.^26(p1)