April 21, 2010, 12:42 pm
Answers About Transgender Issues
By THE NEW YORK TIMES
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/21/answers-about-transgender-issues/Following is the first set of responses from Dr. Laura Erickson-Schroth, who is working on "Trans Bodies, Trans Selves," a resource guide for transgender and other gender-variant people, covering health, legal issues, cultural and social questions, history and theory.
Question:
What's the difference between transgender and transsexual? I've had this debate with a number of people and we don't know what language to use.