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Definition of Terms
| • | Transgender is an adjective referring to those whose gender identity is different, at least some of the time, from the sex assigned to them at birth |
| • | Nonbinary is an adjective describing those whose gender identity is not limited to the gender binary, that is, for individuals who don’t identify as just female or just male. |
| • | Cisgender is an adjective used to describe individuals who identify their gender as the same as that assigned to them at birth. |
