Monga "zokonda zogonana," lingaliro la "transgender" palokha ndizovuta chifukwa liribe maziko asayansi kapena ngakhale mgwirizano pakati pa omenyera ufulu wa LGBT*. Komabe, n’zosakayikitsa kuti m’madera akumadzulo mlingo wa zochitika za transgender zomwe zimakana zenizeni za chilengedwe zawonjezeka kwambiri m’zaka zaposachedwapa. Ngati mu 2009 mu Tavistock Clinic Achinyamata a 97 adalankhula ndi dysphoria ya jenda, ndiye chaka chatha kuchuluka kwawo kudapitilira zikwi ziwiri.