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Transgender is a general term applied … a variety of individuals, behaviors, and groups involving tendencies to vary from culturally conventional gender roles.

Transgender is the state of one's "gender identity" (self-identification as woman, man, neither or both) not matching one's "assigned sex" (identification … others as male, female or intersex based on physical/genetic sex). "Transgender" does not imply any specific form … sexual orientation; some may consider conventional sexual orientation labels inadequate or inapplicable to them. The precise definition … transgender remains in flux, but includes of, relating to, or designating a person whose identity does not conform unambiguously to conventional notions of male or female gender roles, but combines or moves … these.

A transgender individual may have characteristics that are normally associated … a particular gender, identify elsewhere on the traditional gender continuum, or exist outside of it as "other", "agender", "genderqueer", or "third gender". Transgender people may also identify … bigender, or along several places on either the traditional transgender continuum, or the more encompassing continuums which have been developed … response to the significantly more detailed studies done in recent years.

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The stress response (also called the fight or flight response) is … during emergency situations, such as when a driver has to slam on the brakes to avoid an accident. It can also be activated in a … form at a time when the pressure's on but there's no actual danger — like stepping up to take the foul shot that could win the game, getting … to go to a big dance, or sitting down for a … exam. A little of this stress can help keep you on your toes, ready to rise to a challenge. And the nervous system quickly returns to its … state, standing by to respond again when needed.

But stress doesn't always happen in response to things that are … or that are over quickly. Ongoing or … events, like coping with a divorce or moving to a new neighborhood or school, can cause stress, too.

Long-term stressful situations can produce a lasting, low-level stress that's hard on people. The nervous system senses continued pressure and may remain slightly activated and continue to pump out … stress hormones over an extended period. This can wear out the body's reserves, leave a person feeling depleted or overwhelmed, weaken the body's immune system, and cause other problems.