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Putting these three together truly makes up a person's Gender. Gender has often been thought as being binary, and synonymous with 'sex'. But it's important to consider gender as a spectrum or infinite series, that is individually defined for each person, ie, "there are six billion genders, one for each living person."
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For the sake of this discussion Im working from a few key definitions:
Sex - purely biological definition of the distinction between being born genetically and anatomically male or female. I realize this is not always either/ or but for the majority of cases this applies.
Gender - the behavioral, cultural or psychological traits typically associated with ones sex.
Working from those definitions a trans-female is an individual born genetically and anatomically male but identifies with the gender traits of female and is female in her view of self. That being the case she socializes herself as a female within society. When a person is socialized in our society, generally gender roles are assigned based on the dominant stereotypes of our culture. In "politically correct" circles however, there is a movement among women to reject these stereotypes and the gender roles associated with them. In order for there to be a spectrum there must be juxtaposed concepts. This implies the need to embrace gender roles and stereotypes. In the absence of gender roles and stereotypes, how does one classify gender identity?