
Gender identity is each person's individual, internal experience of gender. It's the feeling of a person being female, male, both, none, or anywhere along the gender spectrum. A person's gender identity can be the same or different from their assigned sex at birth. A person's gender identity is fundamentally different, and is not related to their sexual orientation, which is linked to affective-sexual relationships. Gender expression is how a person expresses or publicly presents their gender. This can include outward behavior and appearance such as dress, hair, makeup, body language and voice. A person's chosen name and pronoun are also common ways of expressing gender. Others perceive a person's gender through these attributes. Remembering that sex is the anatomical classification of people as male, female or intersex, usually attributed to birth.