See full list of challenge day descriptions here (list created by gender-queer). I’m tagging my responses with 30 Day Genderqueer Challenge.

I often use the term transgender (or rather trans*) in 1) an umbrella sense encompassing gender identity that transcends societal gender norms, or 2) to imply transgender identity specifically (as I think it is quite possible to—and people do!—identify as transgender by itself, just as it is possible to identify as genderqueer, full stop). The trouble with the term transgender is that its associations have been at times with binary-associated transitional paths only, and at times positioned as if it is an identity that is opposed to transsexuality (such as with radical or political connotations). I don’t think there is any way to universally define transgender as either inherently implying transition or inherently opposed to an aspect like medical transition - transgender has as many individually nuanced meanings as there are people who are transgender, I would argue.

~Marilyn