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Title: Answers About Transgender Issues
Post by: Shana A on April 22, 2010, 08:43:58 AM
 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/ (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.