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| + | '''Transexual vs. Transsexual''' | ||
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| + | ''Transsexual'' - A person who identifies psychologically as a gender/sex other than the one to which they were assigned at birth. Transsexuals often wish to transform their bodies hormonally and surgically to match their inner sense of gender/sex.<ref> http://www.trans-academics.org/trans_and_sexuality_termi</ref> Transsexual with two s's is the official term used by medical establishments and in dictionaries. | ||
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| + | ''Transexual'' - Transexual with one s is most often used by activists to signify a reclaiming of the term transsexual from the medical establishment. | ||
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| + | '''Suggested Reading''' - Jacob Hale's [http://sandystone.com/hale.rules.html Rules for Non-Trans People Writing about Trans People] | ||
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Revision as of 13:59, 6 May 2008
See also Transexual
Transexual vs. Transsexual
Transsexual - A person who identifies psychologically as a gender/sex other than the one to which they were assigned at birth. Transsexuals often wish to transform their bodies hormonally and surgically to match their inner sense of gender/sex.[1] Transsexual with two s's is the official term used by medical establishments and in dictionaries.
Transexual - Transexual with one s is most often used by activists to signify a reclaiming of the term transsexual from the medical establishment.
Suggested Reading - Jacob Hale's Rules for Non-Trans People Writing about Trans People
Pages in category "Transexual"
The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
