Gender Expression And Gender Identity Are Two Separate Concepts (+)
by: Autumn Sandeen
Sat May 07, 2011 at 07:30:00 AM EDT
http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/19199/gender-expression-and-gender-identity-are-two-separate-conceptsWithin trans community, there is a misconception by some that antidiscrimination protections based on gender identity are about transsexual people, Image: Transgender Symbolwhile antidiscrimination protections based on gender expression are about crossdressers. The oversimplifying, boiling down of the term gender expression to apply to a narrow subset of trans people strips out the broad concept of what the term gender expression actually is, and its ramifications towards lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights.
Gender identity and gender expression are terms for two fully separate concepts. From a legal perspective for transsexual people, as well as for transgender people who don't identify as transsexual people, these are very related terms. And, these terms really can be two peas in a single pod, but at the same time these two terms are definitely not a single pea in a single pod.
