This is an excerpt from a pamphlet of the same name that is available in the LGB Center. The transgender, or trans, community is quickly rising in our cultures.
Many people are unsure about what the trans community is.
To begin, I'd like to mention that different people have different ideas about who is transgender and that since the community is just emerging now, there are few standards that everyone agrees upon. Transgender is an umbrella term which encompasses many forms of sex and gender variance. Note that this term is different from transexual, which refers to people who wish to become members of the opposite gender and may undergo hormones or surgery to do so. Sexual Orientation vs. Sexual Identity - Sexual orientation involves the gender to which people are attracted. Sexual identity refers to what gender people find themselves to be.