Madison Children's Museum

*Preferred umbrella term for all genders other than female/male or woman/man, used as an adjective (e.g. Jesse is a non-binary person). Not all nonbinary people identify as trans and not all trans people identify as non-binary. – guidestar.org

*An umbrella term people may use to describe their gender identity and/or gender expression as different from the sex they were assigned at birth. People who identify as transgender may describe themselves using one or more of a wide variety of terms including genderqueer, non-binary, and transgender. Transgender people my claim/affirm their gender identity through hormones and/or surgery. Transgender identity is not dependent on surgery. Transgender identity is not a sexual orientation. – guidestar.org

⁺A term used to describe a person whose gender identity is the same as the sex assigned to them at birth. – guidestar.org