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Gender identity refers to your internal sense of self. Sometimes our gender identity does not correspond with the sex assigned to at us birth. If this happens, some may identify as transgender. Some of us who are transgender take hormonal therapy, and may undergo gender reassignment surgery to change our sex to match our gender identity. … Understanding Gender Identity

People often use the terms ‘gender’ and ‘sex’ interchangeably. They are different. Sex is biological. We are determined to be either male or female at birth, based on the presentation of our external genitalia.  If we have a penis and testicles we are male. If we have a vagina, we are deemed female. The male … Gender