SOGIE: ENLIGHTENMENT
What is gender expression?
Gender expression is how a person publicly expresses or presents their gender. This can include behavior and outward appearance such as dress, hair, make-up, body language and voice. A person’s chosen name and pronoun are also common ways of expressing gender. Others perceive a person’s gender through these attributes.
masculine
expression is a spectrum
androgynous
feminine
Gender identity is not to be confused with gender expression — a person can identify with one gender and express another.
For instance, a transgender person doesn’t necessarily have to conform to a binary of gender expression; they can choose to present themselves to others however they like — as masculine, feminine, somewhere in between, or neither, regardless of if they identify as a trans man, trans woman or a trans non-binary person.
feminine
femininity
Femininity is a set of behaviors, presentations and roles which are/were culturally associated with being a woman and/or possessing female sex characteristics.
People of any gender identity or sexual orientation can be feminine, but those who are assigned female at birth often experience societal pressure to be so.
Transgender people who are feminine may be described as transfeminine.
masculinity
Masculinity is a set of behaviors, presentations and roles which were/are culturally associated with being a man and/or possessing male sex characteristics.
People of any gender identity or sexual orientation can identify as masculine, au contraire those who are assigned male at birth often experience societal pressure to be so.
Transgender people who are masculine may be described as transmasculine.
masculine
androgyny
androgyny
Androgyny is a state in which gendered behaviors, presentations and roles include aspects of both masculinity and femininity.
People of any gender identity or sexual orientation can be androgynous, but it is often favored by non-binary people as a means to externally express their gender identity.
At way of expressing androgyny can include dressing in way where one is unable to tell if they are male or female.