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| What am I ? |
Transgendered Soul
| Terminology |
Sex - refers to your physical anatomy that determines if your body is considered female or male.
Gender - is a psychosocial construct for classification.
Gender Identity - is a person's sense of their own gender
Gender Expression - is the gender you demonstrate to others.
Gender Variant - variation from society gender norms associated with one's physical sex.
Gender Dysphoria - is an overwhelming desire to assume the physiological characteristics and social roles of the opposite sex.
Transgender - is an umbrella term used to describe gender variant people who have gender identity expressions or behaviors
not traditionally associated with their birth sex. Not all transgendered persons alter their physical anatomy.
Transvestite - Fetish in which a heterosexual male dresses in the clothing of the opposite sex, as the primary means of sexual
arousal.
Crossdresser -one who wears opposite gender clothing.
Transsexual - by definition is one who wishes to be considered a member of the opposite sex and/ or has undergone a sex
change.
Intersexed - people with chromosomal or physiological anomalies that lead to ambiguous genitalia.
Stone Butch or No-ho/No-op are female bodies persons that live full-time in the male gender role without the use of hormones
or surgery.
Butch and femme are terms often used in the lesbian and gay subcultures to describe a person's approximate adherence to
traditional masculine and feminine gender roles respectively, within a same-sex relationship.
Two Spirit - A native American term for people who blend the masculine and feminine.
Drag Queens or Drag Kings - Typically a gay man or lesbian (respectively) who wears opposite gender clothing, makeup
and displays mannerisms for their own or others appreciation or for entertainment.
Gender Queer - a term used by many trans people who do not identify as either male or female.
Sexual Orientation - The desire for intimate emotional and sexual relationships with people of the same gender (homosexual),
or another gender (heterosexual), or more than one gender (bi-sexual).
Boi - misspelling of "boy" and used by young gay males, some female bodied transsexuals, lesbians, dykes or queers, gender queer or
gender fucked.
Gender Questions
Do you like being the gender you are?
Do you like your body shape?
Do you like your genitals?
Does being a man, or woman depress you?
Have you ever wanted to kill yourself because of being perceived as your birth gender?
Have you ever wanted to kill yourself because of your gender?
Have you ever attempted to correct your birth gender by threatening to cut off your genitals?
In an ideal world, would you be the opposite gender?
Do you have a history of wanting to be the opposite gender?
Would you like to take hormones for the opposite gender?
Are you interested in sex reassignment surgery?
If you answered yes to some or most of these questions, you are likely a transsexual/ transgendered person. For an
accurate evaluation, you need to see a therapist who specializes in treating transsexual/transgendered people.
See our Resources page for a therapist near you.
Gender Identity Disorder
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Gender%20dysphoria
"Gender Identity Disorder as identified by psychologists and medical doctors is a condition where a person who has been assigned one
gender "..." but identifies as belonging to another gender, or does not conform with the gender role their respective society prescribes to
them. It is a psychiatric term for what is widely known by terms like transsexuality, transgender and (subject to debate, but full-fledged
GID is present in at least some cases) transvestism or cross-dressing.
This feeling usually is reported as "having always been there", although in many cases it seems to appear in adolescence or even in
adulthood, and has been reported by some as intensifying over time. Since many cultures strongly disapprove of cross-gender
behaviour, it often results in significant problems, for example a severe identity crisis. In many cases discomfort is also reported as
stemming from feeling like one's body is "wrong" or meant to be different."
For the rest of this article, click here.
Transsexual
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/transsexual
"A transsexual (sometimes transsexual) person establishes a permanent identity with the opposite gender to their assigned (usually at
birth) sex. Transsexual men and women make or desire to make a transition from their birth sex to that of the opposite sex, with some
type of medical alteration (gender reassignment therapy) to their body. The stereotypical explanation is of a "woman trapped in a man's
body" or vice versa, although many in the transsexual community reject this formulation. For the exact wording of formal diagnosis,
see gender identity disorder.
Definitions
The minimum requirements for a person to be considered transsexual are debated. Some feel that hormone-induced changes, without
surgical changes, are sufficient to qualify for the label transsexual. Others, especially health care providers, believe there is a certain set
of procedures that must always be completed. The general public often defines "a transsexual" as someone who had or plans to have a
"sex change" surgery. The current term in widest use for modification of sexual characteristics is sex reassignment surgery (SRS), a
term which reflects the belief that transsexual people do not consider themselves to be changing their sex, but to be correcting their
bodies."
For the rest of this article, click here.
Additional Links
Gender Identity 101: A Transgender Primer - online
http://sagatucson.org/saga/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=42&Itemid=94
What is Gender and Who is Transgendered? - online
I see gender not as a bimodal male or female dichotomy but as a matrix—a possible mix of male and female development within the
same individual.
http://www.transgendercare.com/guidance/what_is_gender.htm
Gender - is a psychosocial construct for classification.
Gender Identity - is a person's sense of their own gender
Gender Expression - is the gender you demonstrate to others.
Gender Variant - variation from society gender norms associated with one's physical sex.
Gender Dysphoria - is an overwhelming desire to assume the physiological characteristics and social roles of the opposite sex.
Transgender - is an umbrella term used to describe gender variant people who have gender identity expressions or behaviors
not traditionally associated with their birth sex. Not all transgendered persons alter their physical anatomy.
Transvestite - Fetish in which a heterosexual male dresses in the clothing of the opposite sex, as the primary means of sexual
arousal.
Crossdresser -one who wears opposite gender clothing.
Transsexual - by definition is one who wishes to be considered a member of the opposite sex and/ or has undergone a sex
change.
Intersexed - people with chromosomal or physiological anomalies that lead to ambiguous genitalia.
Stone Butch or No-ho/No-op are female bodies persons that live full-time in the male gender role without the use of hormones
or surgery.
Butch and femme are terms often used in the lesbian and gay subcultures to describe a person's approximate adherence to
traditional masculine and feminine gender roles respectively, within a same-sex relationship.
Two Spirit - A native American term for people who blend the masculine and feminine.
Drag Queens or Drag Kings - Typically a gay man or lesbian (respectively) who wears opposite gender clothing, makeup
and displays mannerisms for their own or others appreciation or for entertainment.
Gender Queer - a term used by many trans people who do not identify as either male or female.
Sexual Orientation - The desire for intimate emotional and sexual relationships with people of the same gender (homosexual),
or another gender (heterosexual), or more than one gender (bi-sexual).
Boi - misspelling of "boy" and used by young gay males, some female bodied transsexuals, lesbians, dykes or queers, gender queer or
gender fucked.
Gender Questions
Do you like being the gender you are?
Do you like your body shape?
Do you like your genitals?
Does being a man, or woman depress you?
Have you ever wanted to kill yourself because of being perceived as your birth gender?
Have you ever wanted to kill yourself because of your gender?
Have you ever attempted to correct your birth gender by threatening to cut off your genitals?
In an ideal world, would you be the opposite gender?
Do you have a history of wanting to be the opposite gender?
Would you like to take hormones for the opposite gender?
Are you interested in sex reassignment surgery?
If you answered yes to some or most of these questions, you are likely a transsexual/ transgendered person. For an
accurate evaluation, you need to see a therapist who specializes in treating transsexual/transgendered people.
See our Resources page for a therapist near you.
Gender Identity Disorder
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Gender%20dysphoria
"Gender Identity Disorder as identified by psychologists and medical doctors is a condition where a person who has been assigned one
gender "..." but identifies as belonging to another gender, or does not conform with the gender role their respective society prescribes to
them. It is a psychiatric term for what is widely known by terms like transsexuality, transgender and (subject to debate, but full-fledged
GID is present in at least some cases) transvestism or cross-dressing.
This feeling usually is reported as "having always been there", although in many cases it seems to appear in adolescence or even in
adulthood, and has been reported by some as intensifying over time. Since many cultures strongly disapprove of cross-gender
behaviour, it often results in significant problems, for example a severe identity crisis. In many cases discomfort is also reported as
stemming from feeling like one's body is "wrong" or meant to be different."
For the rest of this article, click here.
Transsexual
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/transsexual
"A transsexual (sometimes transsexual) person establishes a permanent identity with the opposite gender to their assigned (usually at
birth) sex. Transsexual men and women make or desire to make a transition from their birth sex to that of the opposite sex, with some
type of medical alteration (gender reassignment therapy) to their body. The stereotypical explanation is of a "woman trapped in a man's
body" or vice versa, although many in the transsexual community reject this formulation. For the exact wording of formal diagnosis,
see gender identity disorder.
Definitions
The minimum requirements for a person to be considered transsexual are debated. Some feel that hormone-induced changes, without
surgical changes, are sufficient to qualify for the label transsexual. Others, especially health care providers, believe there is a certain set
of procedures that must always be completed. The general public often defines "a transsexual" as someone who had or plans to have a
"sex change" surgery. The current term in widest use for modification of sexual characteristics is sex reassignment surgery (SRS), a
term which reflects the belief that transsexual people do not consider themselves to be changing their sex, but to be correcting their
bodies."
For the rest of this article, click here.
Additional Links
Gender Identity 101: A Transgender Primer - online
http://sagatucson.org/saga/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=42&Itemid=94
What is Gender and Who is Transgendered? - online
I see gender not as a bimodal male or female dichotomy but as a matrix—a possible mix of male and female development within the
same individual.
http://www.transgendercare.com/guidance/what_is_gender.htm
| If you think you might be transsexual/transgendered, or are not sure, use the resources below to help you discover what you may be. |
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