Table 1 Definitions of terms

Transgender (‘trans’): Having a gender identity that differs from the sex assigned at birth (e.g. identifying as male, and having been assigned ‘female’ at birth.)

Cisgender: Having a gender identity that matches the sex assigned at birth (e.g. identifying as female, and having been assigned ‘female’ at birth.)

Cissexism/Transphobia: the values, attitudes, and actions that value cisgender individuals’ lives and experiences over those of transgender individuals. Examples include: seeing being transgender as bad; violence against individuals who are (perceived as) transgender; making things more difficult for transgender people than cisgender people, etc.