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The San Francisco metropolitan area has a higher percentage of adults who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender than any other city in the country, a new survey found.Mar 20, 2015
Rank | City | LGBTQ Population |
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population | ||
1 | San Francisco | 94,234 |
2 | Seattle | 57,993 |
3 | Atlanta | 39,805 |
Christine Jorgensen | |
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Christine Jorgensen in 1954 | |
Born | May 30, 1926 New York City, U.S. |
Died | May 3, 1989 (aged 62) San Clemente, California, U.S. |
Regions with significant populations | |
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India | 490,000 (2014) |
Pakistan | 10,418 (2017) |
Michael Dillon | |
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Died | 15 May 1962 (aged 47) Dalhousie, India |
Other names | Lobzang Jivaka |
Occupation | Physician |
Known for | First trans man to undergo phalloplasty |
Cisgender is a gender identity. Cisgender people have a gender identity that aligns with the sex that a doctor assigned them at birth. For example, a male who is cisgender will identify as a man, and a female who is cisgender will identify as a woman.
Typically, hijra are born with male genitalia, though some are intersex (born with hybrid male/female sex characteristics). Most hijras elect later in life to surgically remove the penis and testicles. … Sometimes, because hijra want to live as women. Some hijra are “wives,” married to men, or otherwise fully female.
Based on the sole criterion of production of reproductive cells, there are two and only two sexes: the female sex, capable of producing large gametes (ovules), and the male sex, which produces small gametes (spermatozoa).
Non-Binary Defined
Some people don’t identify with any gender. Some people’s gender changes over time. People whose gender is not male or female use many different terms to describe themselves, with non-binary being one of the most common. Other terms include genderqueer, agender, bigender, and more.
Deceased (1926–1989)
Gender-affirming surgery gives transgender people a body that aligns with their gender. It may involve procedures on the face, chest or genitalia. Common transgender surgery options include: Facial reconstructive surgery to make facial features more masculine or feminine.
Athletes who transitioned from female to male were allowed to compete without restriction. These guidelines were in effect for the 2016 Rio Olympics, although no openly transgender athletes competed. In 2021, the IOC approved Laurel Hubbard, a trans woman, to compete in the 2020 Summer Olympics in weightlifting.
Tracey Norman | |
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Born | Tracey Gayle Norman 1952 (age 68–69) United States |
Occupation | Model |
Les Wexner | |
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Alma mater | Ohio State University 1959 |
Occupation | Businessman |
People who are born male and living as men cannot get pregnant. A transgender man or nonbinary person may be able to, however. It is only possible for a person to be pregnant if they have a uterus. The uterus is the womb, which is where the fetus develops.
Pangender is a term for people who feel that they cannot be labeled as female or male in gender. … The term is meant by the queer community to be one that is inclusive and means “all genders”.
Ambiguous genitalia is a rare condition in which an infant’s external genitals don’t appear to be clearly either male or female. In a baby with ambiguous genitalia, the genitals may be incompletely developed or the baby may have characteristics of both sexes.
In reality, there are more castrated men alive today that at any other point in history. As many as 600,000 men in North America are living as eunuchs for medical reasons. The vast majority are afflicted with prostate cancer.
2011 Census | ||
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Rank | State | Literacy |
1 | Kerala | 94.00 |
2 | Lakshadweep | 91.85 |
3 | Mizoram | 91.33 |
Rank | Urban Area | Population Estimate (2015) |
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1 | Tokyo-Yokohama | 37,843,000 |
2 | Jakarta | 30,539,000 |
3 | Delhi, DL-UP-HR | 24,998,000 |
4 | Manila | 24,123,000 |