What is the difference between transsexual and transgender?
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Originally posted by janny-ammerson View PostWhat is the difference between transsexual and transgender?
/tran(t)(s)ˈsekSH(o͞o)əl/
adjective- denoting or relating to a transgender person, especially one whose bodily characteristics have been altered through surgery or hormone treatment to bring them into alignment with their gender identity.
"transsexual women"
- a transgender person, especially one whose bodily characteristics have been altered through surgery or hormone treatment to bring them into alignment with their gender identity.
- "a pre-operative male-to-female transsexual"
trans·gen·der
/transˈjendər,tranzˈjendər/
adjective- denoting or relating to a person whose sense of personal identity and gender does not correspond with their birth sex.
"a transgender activist and author"
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- denoting or relating to a transgender person, especially one whose bodily characteristics have been altered through surgery or hormone treatment to bring them into alignment with their gender identity.
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