Slightly feel redic for posting this but for some reason (not sure if im jus retarted or over tired...but i never thought there was a difference until i looked it up) there seems to be a difference that I'm unaware of or just cant seem to grasp, i googled it and came across this...
'Transgender' describes a person, male or female, who dresses, behaves or presents themselves in a way that is different from their gender norm. Transgender includes ->-bleeped-<-s/crossdressers, Drag Queens/Kings, androgynes and genderqueers. It does NOT include transsexual people.
'Transsexual' describes a person, male or female, born with a congenital neurological intersex condition (Benjamin's syndrome). Although transsexualism almost always requires some form of medical intervention up to and including genital surgery, it is not defined by, nor restricted to, that treatment.
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Transsexualism is a medical condition, and transsexuals are not gender variant. Every true TS believes in a binary gender construct and therefore cannot be gender variant. Their bodies are wrong, not their gender (who they are).
->-bleeped-<- is a mere choice, and transgenders are gender variant since they will never be completely women and refuse to behave as men. They are something between men and women and are happy like that, and don't want the surgery. Transgender is a term used to erase the identity and culture of true transsexuals - those who actually change sex.
Transgenders are mostly men who want to keep their original parts, maybe practice fetish, and have the rights and privileges of being a woman, without doing anything to earn such.
Lets look at the words:
Transsexual - Trans+ means "to cross" and the +sexual part refers to the physical body. To cross, there must be 2 options. If you cross a river, you are either on one side or the other. It also implies surgery, since that is the only way to change the body (sex).
Transgender - It is logically impossible. Trans+ means to cross, but gender refers to your brain and nature. Why would a person destroy their nature and become what they are not? It was a term coined by Charles "Virginia" Prince. He was a married crossdresser who hated TSs (those who actually need the surgery), but felt he was somehow better than ->-bleeped-<-s. So he wanted to distance himself from ->-bleeped-<-s and transsexuals and live somewhere between. He was even a terrorist according to some who claim to have been at Stonewall. Who else would throw IEDs at the police besides a terrorist?
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People who identify as transgender or transsexual are usually people who are born with typical male or female anatomies but feel as though they've been born into the "wrong body." For example, a person who identifies as transgender or transsexual may have typical female anatomy but feel like a male and seek to become male by taking hormones or electing to have sex reassignment surgeries.
People who have intersex conditions have anatomy that is not considered typically male or female. Most people with intersex conditions come to medical attention because doctors or parents notice something unusual about their bodies. In contrast, people who are transgendered have an internal experience of gender identity that is different from most people.
Many people confuse transgender and transsexual people with people with intersex conditions because they see two groups of people who would like to choose their own gender identity and sometimes those choices require hormonal treatments and/or surgery. These are similarities. It's also true, albeit rare, that some people who have intersex conditions also decide to change genders at some point in their life, so some people with intersex conditions might also identify themselves as transgender or transsexual.
In spite of these similarities, these two groups should not be and cannot be thought of as one. The truth is that the vast majority of people with intersex conditions identify as male or female rather than transgender or transsexual. Thus, where all people who identify as transgender or transsexual experience problems with their gender identity, only a small portion of intersex people experience these problems.
It's also important to understand the differences between these two groups because in spite of some similarities they face many different struggles, including different forms of discrimination. The differences between transgender and transsexual and intersex have been understood by lawmakers in countries such as Australia where lawmakers have publicly acknowledged that people with intersex conditions have distinct needs from people who identify as transgender or transsexual.
People who identify as transgender or transsexual also face discrimination and deserve equality. We also believe that people with intersex conditions and folks who identify as transgender or transsexual can and should continue to work together on human rights issues; however, there are important differences to keep in mind so that both groups can work toward a better future.
so can someone see why im confused....anyone that can clear this up for me...im just tryingt o make sure im very well educated on all terms and such before i do start therapy...so that the doc cant throw any curve balls at me...if anyone catchs my drift
d.j
p.s sorry so long...
