I'm the director of a gender education group and i'm just curious to see what sort of answers people will give to this question. I mostly like to inspire conversation. But, i also feel it is important to study what people are thinking, in order to offer better education about the matter. Thank you for your time.
2006-08-26 13:49:05 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
if you don't know the difference, please research before answering. a good place to start is gender shcmender, a group on myspace.
2006-08-26 14:01:26 · update #1
Responding to some answers i received: The umbrella term is trans, not transgendered. ^_^ some people are nongendered, like myself. Then what if i experience sex dysphoria sepparate from my body?
Look up the group: Gender Schmender, on myspace. or the memories for prof fallen2gabriel on livejournal. ^_^
2006-08-26 18:48:07 · update #2
In response to one person's answer about transexuals and men and women, I wanted to add that i also study transexuals who identified as non-gender.
2006-08-28 16:48:14 · update #3
the short version is: absolutely!! i speak from personal experience.
2006-08-30 07:15:58 · answer #1 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
well, i read about the difference between the terms on wikipedia... and it seems to me that someone who is transexual is a man or woman, not the gender they are born with; and someone who is transgendered feels that they are not the gender they are born with but may feel like they are a third gender, or the opposite gender, etc.
i don't know if i got that right.... if so, i myself feel i am transgendered because i don't really feel like a woman but i have no interest in going through an operation to become a man.
i hope you get some more answers... i enjoy seeing intelligent questions on here.
2006-08-26 21:21:20 · answer #2 · answered by thirty-one characters 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, no. As I understand it, transgendered is an umbrella term used to describe all kinds of people who associate with genders that don't line up with their physical sex, including transsexuals. So a transsexual is a type of transgendered person, but a transgendered person isn't necessarily transsexual. They could also be intersexed or transvestites or genderfucks or something like that.
2006-08-26 21:12:47 · answer #3 · answered by cay_damay 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't really know the difference...
2006-08-26 20:57:10 · answer #4 · answered by gnomeworshipper13 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋