I'm trying to think of questions that have a similar vibe. these may be way off (I'm not trans) so take with a grain of salt -
a religious person meets someone in their congregation and asks if they are a convert or were born in.
a person on a date asks their date, a single person, if they are divorced or never married.
I think I would struggle to define the category being asked about in these questions too. It's something about history and expectations.
I would probably call them 'boards'. Communities is too long of a word imo and it makes it sound like the people subscribed all have some kind of shared culture or relationship. That definitely happens in some cases (there are subreddits which have built a community around them) but it's not universal.