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Discussing Sex and Gender: The Difference between Gender Expression and Sexual Orientation Generally, “sex” is a word that generally denotes a biological trait, while “gender” refers to social traits. There’s a lot or controversy about the difference between sex and gender. Normally, “sex” refers to genitalia, chromosome, and hormones. “Gender” includes things like social roles, personality traits, or identity. However, in the transgender community, sex, as chromosomes and hormones, becomes blurred because there are …

…are so many variant possibilities on the spectrum between “sex” and “gender”, and “male” and “female” that I do not have enough room to explain them all. However, there are many good books on the market discussing this topic. “The Transgender Debate,” by Steven Whittle, explains all the things that a transperson that the rest of the world doesn’t. It’s available from amazon.com along with many other good books on transgender issues.