A transgendered person is a gender deviant who helps to smash the binary gender system. Some transgendered folks may identify as:

transsexual · transvestite · cross-dresser · transgenderist · genderqueer · FTM/F2M · MTF/M2F · transman · transwoman · transperson · third-gendered · gendertrash · gender outlaw · gender warrior · both and neither · trans · transfag · transdyke · tranny · passing woman/girl · drag king · drag queen · male lesbian · girl boy · boychick · boy girl · boy dyke · girl fag · gender blender · transqueer · androgynous · transfolk · butch dyke · nelly fag · gender-different · gender subversive · shape-shifter · he-she · she-male · transboy · transgirl · androgyne · gender-variant · genderfucker · trannyfag · trannyqueer · trannydyke · Two Spirit · new man · new woman · she-bear · Tomboy · intersexual/intersexed · female guy · tranz · bearded female · herm · hermaphrodite · ungendered · agendered · genderfree · bigendered · midgendered · polygendered · omnigendered · crossgendered · byke · bgirl · gboy · boi · pre-op · post-op · non-op · pangendered · othergendered · transkid · female impersonator · gender-atypical · ambigendered

Transgendered folks are becoming more prevalent in mainstream media with the release of movies like boys don't cry. However, even with (or possibly because of) increased awareness of the sphere of gender possibilities, there is a lot of transphobia in the world. A classic example is when a trans person is asked if ze is in the wrong bathroom because ze does not conform to society's gender system.