an inclusive umbrella term referring to those people whose gender identity and/or a gender expression differs from the sex they were assigned at birth;

It includes, but is not limited to: men and women with transsexual pasts, and people who identify as transsexual, transgender, transvestite/cross-dressing, androgyne, polygender, genderqueer, agender, gender variant or with any other gender identity and/or expression which is not standard male or female and express their gender through their choice of clothes, presentation or body modifications, including undergoing multiple surgical procedures.

Based on the definition of the EASO Training Curriculum module ‘Gender, Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation’.