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Title: Transgender terms
Post by: LostInTime on February 05, 2007, 07:30:47 AM
Post by: LostInTime on February 05, 2007, 07:30:47 AM
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Terms regarding transgender individuals can be confusing. Here are some distinctions, culled from various sources:
Transsexual: Physical appearance and gender identity are at odds, causing conflict and anguish. May or may not resort to "gender reassignment" (see below).
->-bleeped-<-: Also called cross-dresser. The person wears clothes of the opposite sex, often as a sexual release.
Terms regarding transgender individuals can be confusing. Here are some distinctions, culled from various sources:
Transsexual: Physical appearance and gender identity are at odds, causing conflict and anguish. May or may not resort to "gender reassignment" (see below).
->-bleeped-<-: Also called cross-dresser. The person wears clothes of the opposite sex, often as a sexual release.
Title: Re: Transgender terms
Post by: BrandiOK on February 05, 2007, 10:42:31 AM
Post by: BrandiOK on February 05, 2007, 10:42:31 AM
Lovely...the media takes it upon themselves to explain to the rest of the confused public the distinctions of transgender terms and this what they come up with.
->-bleeped-<-s and crossdressers are synonomous (since when, oh wise reporter person? The 60's? The 50's? earlier?)
Stand by while I explain the distinctions of quantum physics to the masses.
<sigh>
->-bleeped-<-s and crossdressers are synonomous (since when, oh wise reporter person? The 60's? The 50's? earlier?)
Stand by while I explain the distinctions of quantum physics to the masses.
<sigh>
Title: Re: Transgender terms
Post by: LostInTime on February 05, 2007, 11:13:53 AM
Post by: LostInTime on February 05, 2007, 11:13:53 AM
Well ->-bleeped-<- was more or less replaced by a whole group of terms, one of which is crossdresser. I think they crossed wires between a crossdresser and a transvestic fetishist though.
Oh and which quantum physics theory(ies)?
Oh and which quantum physics theory(ies)?