Gender Expression
Gender expression is the way in which a person outwardly presents their gender identity. It is typically manifested through name and pronouns– for example, in Anglophone contexts, ‘she/her’ and ‘he/him’, as well as ‘they/them’, which some gender-fluid or non-binary people prefer. It is also manifested in the way a person chooses to dress, speak or […]
Gender Identity
Gender identity is a person’s deeply felt internal and individual experience of gender, which may or may not correspond with the sex assigned at birth. It includes the personal sense of the body, which may involve – if freely chosen –modification of bodily appearance or function by medical, surgical, or other means. Gender identity exists […]
Genital Autonomy
Genital autonomy is a unified principle that children should be protected from nonvoluntary genital cutting that is not medically necessary. The term Genital Cutting/Genital Mutilation encompasses all harmful medical practices, including surgical, hormonal, and other medical treatments to irreversibly modify sex characteristics of intersex persons for non-vital, cosmetic reasons. Source