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See also [[:Category:Transexual|Transexual]]
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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 14:59, 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.