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Community Conversation => Transsexual talk => Male to female transsexual talk (MTF) => Topic started by: Davina on December 05, 2009, 04:27:14 AM

Title: Excuse My ignorance - Am I Transexual or Transgendered?
Post by: Davina on December 05, 2009, 04:27:14 AM
My desire is to fully transition to a woman oneday. Am I then a transexual or am I transgendered? Or am I not considered neither until I begin transitioning?
Title: Re: Excuse My ignorance - Am I Transexual or Transgendered?
Post by: shanetastic on December 05, 2009, 04:35:01 AM
if you want to go with the whole label thing then transsexual. 

Transgender is the umbrella term for covering ->-bleeped-<-s, CDs, adrogyne(? maybe?), transsexuals. 

don't hold me to it though I'm not some super expert at this stuff hehe
Title: Re: Excuse My ignorance - Am I Transexual or Transgendered?
Post by: rejennyrated on December 05, 2009, 04:47:08 AM
I agree with Shane. TG is a term like Human, which then subdivides into a variety of sub-categories.

From what you say most people would assume you to be TS but, at the end of the day it's only a label.

So I would say that you are whatever you feel most comfortable being.
Title: Re: Excuse My ignorance - Am I Transexual or Transgendered?
Post by: Davina on December 05, 2009, 04:57:13 AM
You both right its just a label. I would prefer to be known as a woman.
Title: Re: Excuse My ignorance - Am I Transexual or Transgendered?
Post by: rejennyrated on December 05, 2009, 05:20:09 AM
Quote from: Davina on December 05, 2009, 04:57:13 AM
You both right its just a label. I would prefer to be known as a woman.
Well that's what you are then. I certainly won't quarrel with that.
Title: Re: Excuse My ignorance - Am I Transexual or Transgendered?
Post by: CypherEnigma on December 08, 2009, 12:48:08 AM
Quote from: shanetastic on December 05, 2009, 04:35:01 AM
if you want to go with the whole label thing then transsexual. 

Transgender is the umbrella term for covering ->-bleeped-<-s, CDs, adrogyne(? maybe?), transsexuals.
There are also other things under the Transgender umbrella such as Genderqueer(sometimes referred to as gender->-bleeped-<-) although these tend to get lumped under the Adrogyne label, they aren't necessarily noted by a lack of specific gender but a blend of genders.