Bigender
As bigender (bi + gender) used to describe people who in their social gender identity and its expression between femininity and masculinity move and unite both sexes in itself.
term
The term Bigender - comparable to the American term Two-Spirit - is recognized by the American Psychological Association (APA) as an official sub-category of the term Transgender . A 1999 survey by the San Francisco Department of Public Health found that less than eight percent of genetically female and less than three percent of genetically male subjects are Bigender.
In contrast to androgynous people, whose expression of their gender identity is equally between male and female, Bigenders can also consciously or unconsciously switch between primarily male and primarily female perceived appearance and self-image. The appearance is not only expressed through clothing, but also through body language, choice of words or mere inner feelings of the person himself.
The term bigender is still largely unknown in German-speaking countries and is mainly used in those subcultures of the transident population that were influenced by English-speaking LGBT movements.
Individual evidence
- ^ M. Schneider et al .: What does transgender mean? In: Transgender People, Gender Identity and Gender Expression. (English) Task Force on Gender Identity, Gender Variance, and Intersex Conditions. American Psychological Association (Ed.), Undated, accessed August 10, 2019.
- ^ Kristen Clements et al .: The Transgender Community Health Project. Descriptive Results. Research by the San Francisco Department of Public Health, published February 18, 1999. ( Full text online on the website HIV InSite is a project of the UCSF Center for HIV Information. University of California (Ed.), Accessed 10 May 1999. August 2019.)