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WHO ARE TRANSGENDERED PEOPLE? |
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"Transgendered people - A nebulous category that can include anyone who crosses gender boundaries, regardless of whether that crossing is permanent or intentional; anyone who exhibits characteristics of a gender that does not match their apparent physical sex."
James Green, President of FtM International.Transgendered people have self-identified as:
Cross Dresser: Person who enjoys wearing clothes identified with the opposite gender, often, but not always straight.
Transgenderist: Person who lives as gender opposite to anatomical sex, i.e. man living as woman but retaining penis (& sexual functioning).
Transsexual: Person whose sexual identity is opposite to their assignment at birth. Not all TS folk undergo ‘sex reassignment surgery’ (SRS), for various reasons, including personal preference.
Transvestite: Original name for a cross dresser. From the Latin ‘trans’ = across and ‘veste’ = to dress.
Intersex: Person born with mixed sexual physiology. Often (surgically re-) ‘ assigned’ at birth, such practice is coming under well-founded attack as a hurtful violation of a person’s well being.
Androgyne: Person appearing and identifying as neither man nor woman, presenting a gender either mixed or neutral.
Drag Queen: Female-emulating male, usually campy, often (not always) gay.
Butch: Masculine-appearing person
Femme: Feminine-appearing person
Drag King:
Male-emulating woman.
In one survey conducted over the internet, within a 2 hour period
there were over 100 self definitions, these are just a very few.
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