Ok I raised this issue awhile ago else where and kind of got the response of "so what does it matter... it's just someone definition so what". etc.
But I feel that it is important that for those that are unaware of our situation actually get the truth when they go searching for it. Places like
dictionary.com and wiki, youtube, google etc and places where people are going to go to find out ...and do their own research yet just how correct is that info they stumble across?
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Dictionary.com Unabridged - Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2010. transsexual
- 4 dictionary results
trans·sex·u·al
/trænsˈsɛkʃuəl/ Show Spelled[trans-sek-shoo-uhl] Show IPA
–noun
1.
a person having a strong
desire to
assume the physical characteristics and gender role of the opposite sex.
2.
a person who has undergone hormone treatment
and surgery to attain the physical characteristics of the opposite sex.
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Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition 2009—n
1. a person who permanently
acts the part of and completely identifies with the opposite sex
2. a person who
has undergone medical and
surgical procedures to alter external sexual characteristics to those of the opposite sex
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Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2007 Merriam-Webster, Inc. trans·sex·u·al definition
also tran·sex·u·al Pronunciation: /(ˈ)tran(t)s-ˈsek-sh(-ə)-wəl, -ˈsek-shəl/
Function: n
: a person who psychologically identifies with the opposite sex and may seek to live as a member of this sex especially by undergoing surgery and hormone therapy to obtain the necessary physical appearance (as by changing the external sex organs)
transsexualalso transexual Function: adj
trans·sex·u·al·ismalso tran·sex·u·al·ism Pronunciation: /-wə-ˌliz-əm, -shə-ˌliz-/
Function: n
trans·sex·u·al·i·tyalso tran·sex·u·al·i·ty Pronunciation: /-ˌsek-shə-ˈwal-ət-ē/
Function: n
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The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionarytranssexual trans·sex·u·al (trāns-sěk'sh&oomacr;-əl)
n.
1.
A person with the external genitalia
and secondary sexual characteristics of one sex, but whose personal identification and psychosocial configuration is that of the opposite sex.
2.
A person who has undergone a sex change.adj.
1.
Of or relating to such a person.
2.
Relating to medical and surgical procedures designed to alter a person's external sexual characteristics so they
resemble those of the opposite sex.
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I highlighted the words and phases I have a beef with. Also the contradiction of the following:-
"a person who has undergone medical and surgical procedures to alter
external sexual characteristics to those of the opposite sex"
"A person with the external genitalia and
secondary sexual characteristics of one sex, but whose personal identification and psychosocial configuration is that of the opposite sex. "
A lot of what is written is more or less correct but there is a lot of misleading information in there, the word transsexual is classed as a noun but that makes people think we are by definition "transsexual" in our status of sex as opposed to being male or female. I think this is part of the problem that we are labelled as our medical conditions as a whole.
"A person who has undergone a sex change." Now..... in my eyes someone who has undergone a sex change.. a sex CHANGE!!!!! <----- is not a transsexual.. they are a male or female. It's not MTtranssexual or FTtranssexual it's MTF or FTM. That section should read as follows "A person that is in the process of transitioning from one sex to the other". Trans-sexual... that is what the word means. It's not someone who HAS.
discuss? or......
