As used in this Act:
     “Council” means the Illinois Council on Women and Girls created by this Act.
     “Woman” or “women” means all persons of the female gender, including both cisgender and transgender persons.
     “Transgender” describes persons whose gender identity is different from the gender they were assigned at birth.
     “Cisgender” describes persons whose gender identity is the same as the gender they were assigned at birth.
     “Gender identity” means a person’s deeply felt, inherent sense of who they are as a particular gender, such as female.