->-bleeped-<- and transsexualism are expressions of life-loving invention
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6/1/11
Eva Hayward
A love affair broke out between a transsexual woman—male to female—and a transgender man—female to male.
I have lived as a woman for years, and he had recently transitioned from female to male. I define as transsexual—someone who feels an essential need to modify her body—and he is transgender—not necessarily wanting sex reassignment. I always desired men, and he always women. While sex and gender identity do not define one's sexuality, we moved across cultural categories of gay and lesbian, man and woman. Neither of us was looking for a transgender lover, but we found each other and became a different kind of heterosexual couple.