Outline of transgender topics

Transgender is a very complex topic, where definitions are often still shifting. Usually, the only way to find out how exactly a person identifies is to ask them, and sometimes, transgender people either cannot or will not define themselves any more narrowly than transgender, queer, or genderqueer.

Books and articles written about transgender people or culture are often outdated by the time they are published, if they were not already, due to inappropriate and/or outdated questions or premises, outdated before they were written.
Not only psychology and medicine, but also social sciences deal with transgender people, and both start from very different points of view, and offer very different perspectives and use a different nomenclature. The difference is mirrored by transgendered people and their attitude towards transgender issues. It can often be seen in the articles listed below.

People and Behaviour

• Transgender
  • Transman and Drag king
  • Transwoman
  • List of transgendered people
• Transsexual
• Cross-dresser
• Transvestite
• Transvestism
• Drag
  • Drag queen
• Androgyny
• Genderqueer
• Genderfuck
• Transvestic fetishism

In non-western cultures

• Two-spirit
• Berdache
• Evening people
• Fakaleiti
• Galli
• Hijra
• Kathoey
• Winkte
• Xanith
• Takatäpui

Basic Terms

Gender

• Cisgender
• Gender identity
  • Gender identity disorder
• Gender role

Sex

• Sex-determination system
• Sex organ or primary sexual characteristics
• Secondary sex characteristics

Intersexual

• 5-alpha-reductase deficiency
• Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
• Androgen insensitivity syndrome
• Hypospadias
• Klinefelter's syndrome
• Swyer syndrome
• Turner's syndrome

• Hermaphrodite
• Chimerism

Other

• Heteronormativity
• Queer
• LGBT
• Transphobia
• Third gender
• Gender blind

Topics related to transitioning

Social

• Transitioning
• Real life experience

Relating to medical treatment

• Standards of Care for Gender Identity Disorders
• Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association
• Gender reassignment therapy (compare also Sex change)
  • Hormone replacement therapy (trans)
  • Sex reassignment surgery
    • Sex reassignment surgery female-to-male
      • Phalloplasty
      • Metoidioplasty
    • Sex reassignment surgery male-to-female
      • Castration
      • Colovaginoplasty
      • Penectomy compare also Penis removal
      • Breast augmentation
      • Facial feminization surgery
      • trachea shave

Legal aspects

• Legal aspects of transsexualism
  • Name change
  • Gender Recognition Act 2004

Other related topics

• List of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community centers in the USA and Canada
• Persecution of gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and the transgendered
• Genderqueer
• Gender studies
• Gender and sexuality studies
• Feminism
• Queer Theory
• Queer studies
• Passing
• The Closet
• Stonewall riots
• Autogynephilia

Movies

• Boys Don't Cry
• Different For Girls
• Ma Vie en Rose

Sexual orientation and behaviour

Sexual orientation and behaviour are independent from gender identity; since both are often mentioned together or even confused, some relevant topics are mentioned here. The first article elaborates on this question.

• Homosexuality and Transgender
• Sexual minority cultures also contains a section on transgender
• Gay
• Lesbian
  • Butch and Femme
• Bisexuality
• List of gay-related topics
• Homosexuality
• Heterosexuality
• Sexual identity
• List of gay-related topics