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| − | A '''trans woman''' is a woman who was assigned male at birth. Trans women may experience gender dysphoria and may transition; this process commonly includes hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and sometimes sex reassignment surgery, which can bring relief and resolve feelings of gender dysphoria.
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| − | Trans women may be heterosexual, bisexual, homosexual, asexual, or identify with other terms (such as queer).<ref>''[https://www.cdc.gov/lgbthealth/transgender.htm "Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Health"]''</ref>
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| − | The term ''transgender woman'' is not always interchangeable with ''transsexual woman'', although the terms are often used interchangeably. ''Transgender'' is an umbrella term that includes different types of gender variant people (including transsexual people).
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| − | Trans women face significant discrimination in many areas of life (transmisogyny, a subset of transphobia), including in employment and access to housing, and face physical and sexual violence and hate crimes, including from partners; in the [[United States]], discrimination is particularly severe towards trans women who are members of a racial minority, who often face the intersection of transphobia and [[racism]].<ref>''[https://transequality.org/issues/resources/national-transgender-discrimination-survey-full-report "National Transgender Discrimination Survey: Full Report"]''</ref>
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| − | |site=Wikipedia
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| − | |date=29 March 2020
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| − | |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trans_woman&oldid=947590301
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