Gender is increasingly understood as a broad spectrum rather than a binary, encompassing identities such as genderqueer, agender, and bigender.
This is a personal process that can involve social changes (name/pronouns), legal documentation updates, or medical steps like hormone therapy and gender-affirming surgeries. Historical Roots of the Movement
The modern LGBTQ rights movement was largely forged by the bravery of transgender women of color.
The LGBTQIA+ acronym serves as an umbrella for a wide range of sexual orientations and gender identities, with the "T" specifically representing individuals—those whose gender identity differs from the sex they were assigned at birth.
Gender identity is an internal self-understanding (man, woman, non-binary, etc.), which may or may not align with medical/legal sex assigned at birth.