purpletigron: In profile: Pearl Mackie as Bill Potts from Dr Who (Default)
purpletigron ([personal profile] purpletigron) wrote in [community profile] transgender2009-05-01 02:31 pm

Terminology question

I hope this question is OK - please delete if not.

My question is about the usage of the terms 'sex' and 'gender'.

I find it useful to distinguish between sex - as biological genotype or phenotype - and gender - as social construct (and grammatical!) etc.

May I ask about how other readers define these terms?

[personal profile] floit63 2009-05-01 03:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Haha, nah. Most people ask if it's me. Unless you're a serious fan you likely won't recognise him. It's like automatically knowing which member of the Backstreet Boys is Howie.