The transgender community encompasses a wide spectrum of identities.

: These are distinct. Gender identity is one’s internal sense of being male, female, both, or neither. Sexual orientation is whom a person is attracted to. A transgender person may identify as straight, gay, lesbian, bisexual, or any other orientation. 2. The Diversity of Transgender Identities

: An umbrella term for people whose gender identity or expression differs from the sex they were assigned at birth.