Dialogue about Transgender Identities Miriam: Hi Pao! I’m glad to see you again Paola S: Hi Miriam! Me too! I’m excited for this meeting, after a long time. Miriam: Yes! Only missing April, we can wait for her. Paola S: Ok… I think she is on the other side of the street. Miriam: Yes, I see her… and she comes accompanied… Who is this girl? Abril: Hi girls! How are you? Miriam and Paola: Hi! Abril: Sorry for arriving late, but I’m here and I’m coming with my friend Alicia. Alicia: Hi girls! Nice to meet you. Miriam and Pao: Nice to meet you too. Abril: So, Alicia is a transgender person. Miriam: mmm What is that? Abril: Can you explain to us Alicia? Alicia: Yes, sure. A transgender person is Some people like me feel that the sex they were assigned at birth does not match their gender identity or the gender they feel they have inside. These people are often called “transgender”. Abril: And the transgender people and no binary are the same? Or is it different? Alicia: They are not the same. Yet transgender refers to all those whose gender identities or internal sense of self do not align, according to societal expectations, with their birth-assigned sex. This includes non-binary people—those who do not identify (exclusively or at all) as women or men. 70
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