Gender identity misconceptions & actual concepts

The gender identity is the subjective perception that an individual has on its own, gender, irrespective of their sexual orientation or their biological sexual characteristics. To put it in other words, it is the personal identification, intimate, psychological or mental that a person has on the genre to which it belongs: if it feels member of the male, female or any another possibility, regardless of biological sex that's born. Gender identity, then, should not be confused with sexual orientation, let alone sexual identity: the latter consists of three different elements: sexual orientation (why gender feels sexual attraction), gender role (how it exercises its own gender) and finally gender identity. The concept of gender identity emerged in the field of American psychiatry in the 20th century. In recent times, it has become very relevant, owing to the increasing visibility of homosexuality, gender divergence, transgender sexuality and non-binary gender. Although the reality you designate is as old as the human being himself, this concept is relatively new. Therefore, it is often accompanied by a certain controversy, as it finds considerable resistance from the more conservative sectors, which insisted on the existence of only two sexes: female and male, with certain biological, physical and social characteristics.

How is gender identity built?
Until now it is accepted that the gender identity is constructed (by upbringing) or arises (naturally) on children of around three years of age. In fact, in cases where a congenital condition causing in the infant a sexual ambiguity (intersex or hermafroditismo) and calf with a different gender identity of chromosomal sexuality, it is impossible to impose biological gender identity in subsequent stages. In this way, gender identity are built during early childhood through the parental example, enhancing social and even the same language. The parents are raising their children in what they see as appropriate behavior to their sex, and the society is subsequently to strengthen these standards. 


Today they distinguish four gender identities:

  • Cisgender: Those people who have a gender identity which coincides with which they are assigned at birth.
  • Transgender: Those people who have a different gender identity than they are assigned at birth, regardless of biological sex or sexual orientation.
  • Transexual: Those transgénero people who want (or are a) modify his body through hormonal methods, or surgical, to coincide as far as possible with their gender identity.
  • Third gender or non-binary: Those persons whose gender identity does not coincide with the masculine gender or full feminine, or is located in any intermediate category, regardless of their sexual orientation.

There is currently a legal debate on gender identity, because many different gender communities have been engaged in an important social struggle. Its aim is to normalize its situation and enjoy legislation that respects its decision to live life according to its gender identity, regardless of its sexual orientation or biological gender. Indeed, in the document entitled "Principles on the Implementation of International Human Rights Legislation in Relation to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity", also known as the Yogyakarta Principles, In 2006, the UN established basic standards for the protection and visibility of LGBT+ members ( lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual and others).

Latin American countries, such as Argentina, Chile and Mexico, had enacted articles to defend diverse genders, and the Argentine Gender Identity Act was famous, requiring transgender people to be treated as individuals with whom they were identified. 

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