Now, they are still treated the same way as
homosexuals and are not allowed to get
married with the one they love as
homosexuality is still forbidden in Thailand.
Trans genders in Thailand really want the right
to legally change from the male to the female
gender, so their ID’s and official documents can
reflect the way they feel on the inside.
In Russia, famously known for its
discrimination
against
trans
genders,
homosexuals and lesbians, on 29 December last
year, the country included trans genders on the
list of driver’s licence medical restrictions. This
resolution prevents trans genders to obtain a
driver’s licence.
What kind of genders apart from a
man or a woman exist?
Nowadays, a diversity of people is
expressed also in a diversity of genders. As a
result, the list of gender terms is expanding in
every society and culture. A popular example is
Facebook´s recent recognition of 51 various
genders from an agender to a two-spirit. A
gender often comes into confusion with sex,
whereby the first one is more personal sense of
“who I am” ,referring to masculine and feminine
qualities, or neither or both. Sex is a biological
thing – configuration of chromosomes, internal
anatomy, hormones and other biological
features. In a very simple language, a gender
usually refers to a man/woman, but a sex is
more about a difference between a male and
female. In order to have complete
understanding of a human biological diversity,
here we explain a few of the most important,
spread all around the world.
Transgender
What does it mean to be a trans gender? A
person usually lacks an internal sense of being a
male or female, what is expressed in his
behavior and gender`s expression such as
clothes, hairstyle, walking manner or way of
communication with people. A transgender
moves between various orientations from
heterosexual through homosexual, bisexual,
asexual and others. Usually they realize this
state after feeling internally incomplete or nonidentified with themselves, therefore are usually
electing to have sexual reassignment surgeries.
It is important to mention that being a
transgender does not mean having a mental
disorder. This is because their psychological
situation does not disable them or cause
extreme anxiety.
Intersex
Intersexed people are both fully males and
females, which is very contradictory to
physiology, therefore naturally impossible. It is
not surprising that this condition exists only very
rarely among population. They have an internal
experience of identity, but a breaking point is
when something unusual about their bodies is
noticed, for example genital organs which seem
to be inbetween male and female. Intersex used
to be called also hermaphroditism from a Greek
word Hermaphroditus, a mythological child of
Hermes and Aphrodita, in modern times this
name is used mostly for hermaphrodic plants or
animals.
Bigender
When being a bigender, a person identifies
with either masculine or feminine gender
identities depending on the current situation.
One has a strong feeling of belonging to both
genders. “It’s so confusing. I have to guess
which I’ll be the next morning to plan my day. I
try to work out how I feel the night before. If I
feel more feminine I’ll have a shower and set
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