<unk>  is the process of changing one's<unk>  presentation or sex characteristics to accord with one's internal sense of<unk>  identity – the idea of what it means to be a man or a woman, or to be non-binary or<unk> queer. For transgender and transsexual people, this process commonly involves reassignment therapy (which may include hormone replacement therapy and sex reassignment surgery), with their<unk>  identity being opposite that of their birth-assigned sex and<unk>  might involve medical treatment, but it does not always involve it. Cross-dressers, drag queens, and drag kings tend not to transition, since their variant<unk>  presentations are (usually) only adopted temporarily. Transition begins with a decision to transition, prompted by the feeling that one's<unk>  identity does not match the sex that one was assigned at birth. One of the most common parts of<unk>  is coming out for the first time.<unk>  is a process that can take anywhere between several months and several years. Some people, especially non-binary or<unk> queer people, may spend their whole life<unk>  and may redefine and re-interpret their<unk>  as time passes.<unk> <unk> ally begins where the person feels comfortable: for some, this begins with their family with whom they are intimate and reaches to friends later or may begin with friends first and family later. Sometimes<unk>  is at different levels between different spheres of life. For example, someone may transition far with family and friends before even coming out at work.
Gender transitioning
Virilization
Reproductive compensation
Derealization
Genital regeneration
Undervirilization
Semantic satiation
Psychopathology