Informative Speech About Transgender

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Intro:

Thesis: It is unknown to a lot of people that there are more gender identities than just “male” and “female”. One can identify as the opposite gender than their sex, no gender, both, or a unique identity that defines them.

It is a common misconception that gender, sex, and sexuality is linked.

Sex is biologically male or female, gender is feminine or masculine self-perception.

"Sex is what's between your legs. Gender is what's between your ears."

"Sexuality is who you go to bed with, gender identity is who you go to bed as."

Cisgender is when your gender identity aligns with your sex. It is the reverse of transgender.

Most people identify as cisgender or 'cis' without even recognizing it, but it is a gender identity, too.

Gender dysphoria

Being transgender can be difficult to find acceptance, which could result in depression.

Transgender can be an umbrella word that describes many types of people, such as, drag kings and queens, transsexuals, intersex, or crossdressers.

For transgender people of races other than white, it can be even more difficult to find people willing to accept your identity.

It can be difficult to adjust to someone you have known your whole life wanting to be called a different name or pronoun.

Just because you are transgender, doesn't mean you are straight, trans people can be lesbian, bi, or gay.

The rate of transgender suicide attempts are about 9 times the amount of the rest of americans. About 40% of trans people have tried to kill themselves.

When one identifies as gender non-conforming, they don’t follow the gender norms of a girl and boy. When someone identifies as agender, they don’t feel like they have any gender at all.

People don't always identify as a girl or a boy.

When one identifies as gender non-conforming, it means that they act different than the gender binaries that people usually