Is it not the same thing? I've just been wondering why it's called transgendered on here.
2006-11-30 05:27:50 · 5 answers · asked by mom 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
Gladly!
A transgender individual is one who does not fit into traditional definitions of gender (gender being the way one looks and behaves). There are many 'varieities' of transgendered people, so to speak, from those who feel they embody both masculine and feminine characteristics and hence aren't truly one or the other, those who feel they are both, neither, or are a 'third gender', so to speak, some cross-dressers and other folk who don't necessarily think of themselves as men or women in the way that society defines men and women. They do not alter their bodies with surgery or hormones, however.
Transsexuals usually have gender dysphoria, where they feel a mind-body dissonance (that they were born in the wrong body), and they take steps to remedy that with surgery and hormones. Oftentimes transgender individuals will become transsexuals, and some transsexuals, even after their transitions, will realize that they are transgender, and that although they love and prefer their new bodies, they still have traits of each within them (for a wonderful discussion of this, read some of Kate Bornstein's work).
Hope that helped! A lot of people confuse the term- I'm trying to set them all straight, but it will take a while . . .
2006-11-30 07:02:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Technically, transgenders are people who feel and act like they belong to the opposite gender, while a transexuals are those who went or currently going trough the process and opperation to physically change their sex.
So all transexuals are transgender, but not all transgenders are transexual.
However, most people use the two terms interchangably.
2006-11-30 05:42:01 · answer #2 · answered by Thek 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OK, a transsexual is someone who feels the need to change their body to match their brain gender so basically a transsexual undergoes gender reassignment.
Transgender is a umbrella term for anybody from a Transvestite, to casual crossdresser right through to Transsexuals.
2006-11-30 05:42:34 · answer #3 · answered by poodle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Transgender is the broad term that encompasses the entire trans community, from transsexuals to crossdressers to genderqueer to etc.
2006-11-30 07:34:16 · answer #4 · answered by carora13 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its one n same thing
2006-11-30 05:29:53 · answer #5 · answered by kawal 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋