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Transexual and Transgender
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In my opinion,,transgender would cover the entire spectrum of the topic, from crossdressing to actual gender reassignment surgery. Transexual,, to me,,, better describes the latter,,, actual changing of gender through surgery.
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In my opinion,,transgender would cover the entire spectrum of the topic, from crossdressing to actual gender reassignment surgery. Transexual,, to me,,, better describes the latter,,, actual changing of gender through surgery.
Yup.
Transexualism is technically a mental disorder in the sense it has to be diagnosed by a shrink before it goes any further. It's the only way to get the hormones or surgeries
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In my opinion,,transgender would cover the entire spectrum of the topic, from crossdressing to actual gender reassignment surgery. Transexual,, to me,,, better describes the latter,,, actual changing of gender through surgery.
Gosh, this was an op from what seems like a lifetime ago and I've learned and researched so much since I joined Lush.
I, too, was under the misunderstanding that sexuality and gender were interchangeable but they are seperate entities.
So now I know transexuals and transgenders are two seperate groups and crossdressing is seperate again.
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Transsexual is a subset of Transgender. It is characterized by a congenital neurological disorder. It is an intersex condition naturally occurring at birth such as a female brain in a male body or male brain in a female body (Harry Benjamin's Syndrome). The condition almost always requires medical intervention to correct it, which typically includes Hormonal Replacement Therapy (HRT) and Genital Reconstructive Surgery (GRS). The medical treatment is designed to make their bodies match their psychological state (i.e., their inner gender), enabling them to assume a gender appropriate role in society. The key thing to note is that Transsexuals are born that way.
Transgender, on the other hand, is an umbrella term used to cover anyone whose gender identity, gender expression, and/or gender role doesn’t conform to the sex they were assigned at birth. Such umbrella term includes sometimes-overlapping categories such as transsexual, cross-dresser (transvestite), genderqueer, androgyne, and bigender. It usually excludes transvestic fetishists (because it is considered to be a paraphilia rather than gender identification), and drag kings and drag queens, who are performers who cross-dress for the purpose of entertaining. But it is not uncommon to see the term Transgender used to refer to drag kings / drag queens.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender
Transgender, on the other hand, is an umbrella term used to cover anyone whose gender identity, gender expression, and/or gender role doesn’t conform to the sex they were assigned at birth. Such umbrella term includes sometimes-overlapping categories such as transsexual, cross-dresser (transvestite), genderqueer, androgyne, and bigender. It usually excludes transvestic fetishists (because it is considered to be a paraphilia rather than gender identification), and drag kings and drag queens, who are performers who cross-dress for the purpose of entertaining. But it is not uncommon to see the term Transgender used to refer to drag kings / drag queens.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender
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