Gender modality

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Gender modality is the relationship between one's gender and the sex that they were assigned at birth. [1] For example, someone who is assigned female at birth (AFAB) and identifies as a woman has a cisgender gender modality. The term was first coined by Florence Ashley [2] in 2022 to describe the "broad category which includes being trans[gender] and being cis[gender]." [3] The term was intended to be analogous to sexual orientation and to allow "space to reflect on" the relationship between gender identity and gender assigned at birth for non-binary people, people of diverse cultural backgrounds, and people with disassociative identity disorder. [3]

The term has been applied in trans health [4] and education literature, [1] and by governments [5] and courts. [6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Transgender and Nonbinary Identities". www.plannedparenthood.org. Archived from the original on 2024-12-01. Retrieved 2024-12-19.
  2. ↑ Ashley, Florence; Brightly-Brown, Shari; Rider, G. Nic (2024-06-10). "Beyond the trans/cis binary: introducing new terms will enrich gender research" . Nature. 630 (8016): 293–295. doi: 10.1038/d41586-024-01719-9 .
  3. 1 2 Ashley, Florence (2022). "'Trans' is my gender modality". Trans Bodies, Trans Selves (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press.
  4. ↑ Streed, Carl G; et al. (8 July 2021). "Assessing and Addressing Cardiovascular Health in People Who Are Transgender and Gender Diverse: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association". Circulation . 144 (6): e136 –e148. doi:10.1161/CIR.0000000000001003. PMC   8638087 . PMID   34235936.
  5. ↑ "Classification of cisgender, transgender and non-binary". Standards, Data Sources, and Classifications: Statistical Classifications. Statistics Canada. 18 October 2021. Archived from the original on 12 June 2024. Retrieved 19 June 2024.
  6. ↑ Michel v. Graydon, 2SCR763 , 101(SCC2020), archived from the original.

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