Gender identity refers to a person’s sense of being male (a man or boy), female (a woman or girl), or other gender (e.g., transgender, bigender, or gender queer – a rejection of the traditional binary classification of gender).
Gender minorities are individuals who identify as a gender incongruent with their biological sex. Sexual orientation refers to an enduring pattern of or disposition to experience sexual or romantic desires for, and relationships with, people of the other sex (h
