Three aspects

When we speak about gender we are referring to three key aspects which constitute it, namely: identity, presentation and role. Not everyone adopts all three and historically those who did (as reversal from birth sex) were referred to as transsexuals. However, the three don't individually exist in a vacuum and they can sometimes blur into each other.

Since I am increasingly getting away from talking about spectrums and umbrellas because these definitions shift over time and are malleable (plus we do not have general consensus), I want to focus on thinking about how these three aspects manifest in people and life choices made as a consequence of their combination into a unique gender variance cocktail.