Gender 
FAQ!¶
- Q: What is gender?
- Gender is the set of characteristics that determine whether a person is biologically male, female or intersex. But most often, it represents the characteristics that determine a persons percieved sex in society.
- Q: What is gender identity?
- While gender usually is the societys perception of a persons sex, gender identity is commonly, the self-identity of a person’s own gender. This may be socially accepted or not.
Q: Can people choose their gender?
Q: What pronouns do I use?
Q: What is transgender 
or transvestite?
Q: Are transgender people gay 
?
Q: How many genders are there?
Q: What determines gender?
Q: What determines gender?
Q: Why is gender sensitivity important?
Q: Is biological sex the same thing as gender?
Some people take up gender-nonconformance as an act of rebellion against the imposed gender norms of a society.
TODO:¶
- Legal identity and rights
- Anatomical distinctions vs. Social distinctions
- Discrimination and response
- Primary means to income, role in society and suffrage
- Statistics from NCRB about crimes and victimization
- Census data about population
- Government approach to transgender equality
- Religion and gender
References¶
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_identity
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersex
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_and_gender_distinction
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_construction_of_gender
- John Olivers Segment about Transgender rights:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iAKmKZJFiI
- Transgender bathrooms
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_role
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_variance