- Definition
Transgender, or trans, describes someone whose inner sense of being a boy, girl, both, or neither is different from the sex they were assigned at birth. It's about who they know themselves to be, not just how they look.
transgender, trans is a term used in Ontario’s Kindergarten to Grade 8 curriculum.
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