: This personal process may involve social changes (name and pronoun updates), medical interventions (hormones or gender-affirming surgery), or legal documentation changes.

: Includes trans men, trans women, and non-binary individuals, as well as genderqueer, agender, and bigender people.

Transgender individuals have historically been the "backbone" of the broader movement for equality.

The "transgender" umbrella encompasses a broad range of identities and experiences: