i dunno...im not sure...it confuses meeeeeee :S
May 31st, 2007 at 01:45am
A man feels his is trapped in a woman's body; a woman feels she is trapped in a man's body.
- beautifullychaotic:
- i dunno...im not sure...it confuses meeeeeee :S
I wonder what people with breast-cancer induced Mastectomies would think of that.
- My_used_romance54:
- if i got rid fo my boobs that would make me a Transexual. at least thats what I thought
kk thats what i had heard but of course i get confused easily...thanks for clearing that up.
- druscilla; gone:
A man feels his is trapped in a woman's body; a woman feels she is trapped in a man's body.
- beautifullychaotic:
- i dunno...im not sure...it confuses meeeeeee :S
They may undergo surgery to change this, they may not.
They live the life of the sexual gender that they are, not the one they were given the parts for.
A friend of mine believes that they are a boy in a girl's body. Frankly I was surprised at people's reactions - I haven't seen what he gets from other people at our school, but his friends, and most people who hang around that group, are completely supportive of it, and accepting.
- Catastrophic:
- Transgenders should be given the rights of anyone else, after all, they're people too.
No, because that doesn't make you the opposite sex, your still a girl with or with out boobs- At least that's what I thought.
- Waffles:
- if i got rid fo my boobs that would make me a Transexual. at least thats what I thought
I think it's more than getting surgery, it's about how you see yourself. For example, if I got my breasts removed, I wouldn't be transgendered because I see myself as a female.
- Lost...?:
No, because that doesn't make you the opposite sex, your still a girl with or with out boobs- At least that's what I thought.
- Waffles:
- if i got rid fo my boobs that would make me a Transexual. at least thats what I thought
If you got surgical allterations and got a penis, then you would be a transexual.
Where as if you are a girl- dressed as a guy, then you are considered a transvestite.
So it's the state of mind, rather than the physical appearance?
- druscilla; fiction.:
- A transsexual is an individual who was born in the wrong body. If they are planning to get gender reassignment surgery they are referred to as pre-op or post-op in technical definitions.
A transgendered person is someone who rejects all or part of the gender assigned to them at birth based on what falls between their legs. This is a blanket term that includes transsexuals, cross-dressers, drag kings/queens, genderqueer, and some others.
Getting gender reassignment surgery does not make you a transsexual. You have to have been born into the wrong body.
Very much so. It's about your body not matching your brain. A transsexual female has a male body and a female brain. A transsexual male has a female body and a male brain.
- ChemicallyImbalanced:
So it's the state of mind, rather than the physical appearance?
- druscilla; fiction.:
- A transsexual is an individual who was born in the wrong body. If they are planning to get gender reassignment surgery they are referred to as pre-op or post-op in technical definitions.
A transgendered person is someone who rejects all or part of the gender assigned to them at birth based on what falls between their legs. This is a blanket term that includes transsexuals, cross-dressers, drag kings/queens, genderqueer, and some others.
Getting gender reassignment surgery does not make you a transsexual. You have to have been born into the wrong body.
Yup. They identify as a woman who is attracted to other women, which qualifies them as a lesbian.
- ChemicallyImbalanced:
- I know this is kind of a silly question to ask, but I was curious.
If someone is transsexual, say a girl's mind stuck in a boys body, and they liked other girls. Would that make them ... lesbian?
Like, since it's still the mind of a girl and such.
Sorry if it's stupid.
Not all lesbians present as butch. There are some very femme lesbians out there, and there are some who fall somewhere in between -- me, for example. Ellen DeGeneres, Portia DeRossi and Rachel Maddow are all lesbians, and IIRC their gender performances are all different -- Ms. Maddow looks much less butch on her MSNBC show than she presents elsewhere, check out the image gallery on MaddowFans for examples.
- Patrick Stump.:
- My grandma still doesn't get some things like... how lesbians dress like boys and act like boys, but don't want to be boys. :roll:
And recently, she watched a program on television about gender queers.
She doesn't get that much either, but to be quite honesty, neither do I. :XD
She has a fascination with transexuals and stuff, though.
She watches RuPaul's Drag Race like, whenever it's on. Even if it's a re-run. :roll:
She loves him. |:
He also links to Trans What?, and describes it as "trans* 101 for cis* folks". It seems pretty clear and concise to me. This is their explanation of transsexuality:
- Monster's Creed:
- Transsexual - Someone whose subconscious sex and assigned sex are not aligned.
While many people only include those who are post-surgery/hormones or at least those who desire surgery/hormones, I do not. Not all transsexuals have the same level of body dissonance or need the same things to cope with it.
Some people also think a person has to identify with a binary gender identity to be transsexual, I do not. So, I think it is possible to be both transsexual and genderqueer.
Also, I've never been sure whether to use "trans" as a prefix ("transperson", no space) or as a word in its own right ("trans person", purposeful space), and I just found this post addressing that question, so I thought I'd share.
- Trans What?:
- Transsexuality.
Some of these male-assigned people are, instinctively and naturally, more comfortable when people think of them as women. Living as a woman feels right — an unshaking feeling, bone-deep — and living as a man causes deep pain and discomfort. A discomfort that never goes away, that chases them weekly and hourly. A discomfort that can only be ameliorated by one thing: walking the world as a female. These people are women, they will always be women, and they should be addressed as such.
That's interesting and I can see their point. Consistently referring to someone as a "transperson" without the space seems to segregate those who are trans from the remaining population.
- vaginasaurus:
- Also, I've never been sure whether to use "trans" as a prefix ("transperson", no space) or as a word in its own right ("trans person", purposeful space), and I just found this post addressing that question, so I thought I'd share.