What we mean by transgendered

While there is no agreed definition of transgender (or trans), it is generally used as an umbrella term used to describe people whose gender identity (self-identification as being a woman, man, neither or both) differs from the sex they were registered with at birth. The term includes, but is not limited to, transsexual people.

Gender identity and transgenderism are different and separate from sexual orientation. Sexual orientation is how someone defines their sexual attraction and is not linked to how one defines their internal sense of gender. Transgendered people can identify themselves as gay, lesbian, bisexual or heterosexual.