[Well, he supposes that he really shouldn't be surprised at getting this question from at least one of the students.]
We'll go through it more extensively in class, of course, but your gender identity is exactly that, the gender you identify as, regardless of biological sex. Some are born with a male sex and identify as male, while others might identify as female and might choose to present that way - that is to say, wear more traditionally feminine clothes, use female pronouns, choose a new name, and so on.
[He makes a soft, amused little sound.] Of course it goes both ways, and there are all sorts of variation - agender, bigender, gender fluid - but I'm trying not to sound too much like a lecture just yet. Does this answer your question?
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We'll go through it more extensively in class, of course, but your gender identity is exactly that, the gender you identify as, regardless of biological sex. Some are born with a male sex and identify as male, while others might identify as female and might choose to present that way - that is to say, wear more traditionally feminine clothes, use female pronouns, choose a new name, and so on.
[He makes a soft, amused little sound.] Of course it goes both ways, and there are all sorts of variation - agender, bigender, gender fluid - but I'm trying not to sound too much like a lecture just yet. Does this answer your question?