Is sex and gender really different?

I always thought they were the same.
Everything is confusing these days. I'm a dumbass bigot transphobe according to everything.
Im sorry.
The more I try to learn the more confused I feel.
I'm open to everyone's perspective, but the gender spectrum just dosent make sense in my brain...i don't mean to sounds ignorant and hateful it's just.... True.

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BlueVeins · 22-25

Sex is the physiological and biochemical features that differentiate male, female, and intersex people. Gender is the set of social and psychological characteristics that are not intrinsic to human biology, but that are imperfectly linked to sex by social factors. Most people who are biologically male fit the social roles and mindsets corresponding with the male gender, which is what makes them men. Most people who are biologically female fit the social roles and mindsets corresponding with the female gender, which is what makes them women. These people are said to be cisgender.

A small minority of people, however, fit the social roles and mindsets of the gender which is opposite to their sex, and those people are said to be transgender. And yet a smaller minority of people fit neither the social roles and mindsets of males nor females; or fit both in relatively even proportions. These people are said to be non-binary.