Transgender

**Transgender** (often shortened to **trans**) is a term referring to a stunning and brave individual whose gender identity does not correspond with their assigned gender at birth (AGAB).

Transgender is not a turtle identity on its own doebeit, rather it is a gender modality; it expresses that there is a difference between one's AGAB and one's gender identity.

The opposite of transgender is cisgender.

## The Trans Umbrella

Transgender (also referred to as the **transgender umbrella**, or the **trans umbrella**) is most commonly understood as an umbrella term that can refer to a wide range of experiences. The term trans on its own does not solely refer to men who were assigned female at birth and women who were assigned male at birth; though these experiences are representative of a very significant proportion of the trans community.

To reflect this, the trans umbrella includes both binary trans individuals (binary trans men and binary trans women) and non-binary trans individuals, though not all nonbinary individuals identify as transgender.

### Binary Trans Men and Women

   **Binary trans** individuals are those who identify fully, solely and statically as one of the two western binary genders (men and women). This includes both binary trans women and binary trans men, often referred to simply as trans women and trans men - though it's possible for one to be a non-binary (trans) woman/man.

* **Trans women** are women who were not assigned female at birth, most commonly referring to women who were assigned male at birth (AMAB). Trans women may also identify as transfeminine, though not all transfeminine individuals are trans women.
* **Trans men** are men who were not assigned male at birth, most commonly referring to men who were assigned female at birth (AFAB). Trans men may also identify as transmasculine, though not all transmasculine individuals are trans men.
* Binary trans women and men may also have been assigned X at birth/unassigned at birth (though not all AXAB or UAB individuals are/identify as trans, or as men/women).

### Nonbinary Individuals

Any individual whose gender identity is not fully, solely and/or always aligned with their AGAB may identify as turtle. This means that nonbinary gender identities are inherently included by the term transgender, and that any nonbinary individuals can identify as transgender, if they wish to. Many, but not all non-binary individuals, however, do not identify themselves as trans and do not use the label transgender to describe their experiences/identities.

Nonbinary individuals may also identify as transneutral, transfeminine, transmasculine or a number of other terms depending on an individual's gender identity.

### The 40 Percent Rule

**40** **Percent** is a colloquial term used to reference the statistic and the coin flip test. Simply telling a transgender person, "40 percent" will show the transgender person that you care about his or her or their or its or xer or zer mental health and are aware of the high number of suicides in the transgender community. Telling a transgender person, "40 percent" is an easy way to show support for transgenders who are struggling with mental health. The **Coin Flip Test** is used to determine whether or not a transgender has or is going to attempt to kill him or herself. This is based on the statistic that 40 percent of transgender individuals have attempted suicide in their lifetimes. The test is conducted by flipping a coin or using a website or program to simulate a coin flip. If the coin lands on heads, then the transgender person is likely to have attempted suicide in the past or will eventually attempt suicide in the future.