"Transgender" (or trans) is an umbrella term for people whose gender identity or expression differs from the sex they were assigned at birth.

Resources like Glbtq: The Survival Guide for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Teens offer guidance on school safety, coming out, and finding support.

The community emphasizes the importance of respecting, for example, a transgender woman's identity as a woman, or a transgender man's as a man.

Supporting the trans community involves listening to personal stories, learning about the transition process, and advocating for equal rights.

The community includes lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer/questioning, curious, asexual, pansexual, gender-nonconforming, gender-fluid, non-binary, and androgynous individuals (LGBTIQCAPGNGFNBA).

Books like The T in LGBT: Everything You Need to Know about Being Trans by Jamie Raines provide in-depth information on transitioning and identities. 2. LGBTQ+ Culture and Diversity

A trans woman lives as a woman but was thought to be male at birth; a trans man lives as a man but was thought to be female at birth.