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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http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/transsexual (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/transsexual)
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Dictionary.com Unabridged - Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2010.
transsexual
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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 Dictionary
transsexual 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......
Personally I view the term transsexual as the opposite of cissexual and I do not see it as "in transition only".
I am a bloke who was born with female bits. I will have to treat my body for as long as I have it in order to correct that error (I will be taking testosterone the rest of my life).
I do not mean I'll be permanently in transition. I mean the simple fact that I will never have testicles that produce my own testosterone in the amounts I require to sustain a normal male hormone balance.
I do not view transsexual and male/female as mutually exclusive. I'm a guy, a man, but I'm also a transsexual.
Just like I'm a guy and also a mom. Just like I'm a man and also tall. Just like I'm a bloke and also a friend and lover and husband and tall and intelligent and so on and so forth.
Just like I have fibromyalgia but I'm also a good swimmer.
Transsexuality does not rob me of who I am. It does not rob me of my masculinity. It does not override my gender. It's something I was born with and which I'm treating to the best of my ability, but I will need to keep taking my medication for it for the rest of my life or I will suffer osteoporosis.