transsexual

a transgender person who has undergone s-x re-ssignment surgery. usually of a binary gender. this term is considered outdated.
she was -ssigned male at birth, and identifies as a transs-xual woman.
a male or female that feels they were born in the wrong gender.
david is a transs-xual, he was born a woman
1. one who wishes to be considered by society as a member of the opposite s-x, because they have the external genitalia and secondary s-xual characteristics of one s-x, but their personal identification and psychosocial configuration is that of the opposite s-x.

2. one who has undergone a s-x change
what example could you possibly need?
a transs-xual is a person who was -ssigned one s-x at birth (male or female) but who identifies their gender in what society considers the “opposite” direction. there are two general “types” of transs-xual: female-to-male (ftm) and male-to-female (mtf). the former is a person labeled female at birth, but whose gender ident-ty and/or expression lie in masculine or male direction. the latter is a person labeled male at birth, but whose gender ident-ty and/or expression lie in the feminine or female direction.

many, but not all, transs-xual people take social, legal, medical and/or surgical steps to be seen and recognized in society as the correct gender, and to find comfort in their own body. social steps changing their clothing, hair, mannerisms, speech, etc. to be in line with what society considers appropriate for their true gender; or using other devices to adjust how their bodies appear, such as binding the br–sts (ftm) or padding a bra (mtf). legal steps include changing name and s-x on identification, etc. medical steps include hormone therapy. for mtfs, hormone therapy most typically involves taking estrogen, progesterone and an androgen blocker (usually in pill form)to feminize their body and appearance; for ftms, hormone therapy involves taking testosterone (usually in injection form) to masculinize their body and appearance. surgical steps include chest surgery (for ftms removal of br–sts and masculinization of the chest), removal of the gonads (for mtfs, removal of the testes; for ftms, removal of the uterus, cervix, fallopian tubes and ovaries), facial surgery (for mtfs, to feminize the face, remove the adam’s apple, etc.) and “s-x re-ssignment surgery” which involves the creation of a v-g-n-, l-b– and cl-toris from the p-n-s (in mtfs) or the creation of a phallas (in ftms).

however, having surgery, taking hormones, changing one’s appearance or does not make a person any more or less legitimately transs-xual than not doing so.
george transitioned from female to male. he is a transs-xual.
one of the most misunderstood groups of people today, transs-xuals (not to be confused with transgenders or crossdressers) are people who literally feel like they were born in the wrong body, and their outisde appearance doesn’t match their inner gender ident-ty.

there are two types of transs-xuals: female-to-male (ftm) and male-to-female (mtf). the first gender represents the s-x that they were born as, and the second is their goal.

transs-xual people aren’t transvest-tes or trannies (these are degrading terms invented by the p-rn industry and i highly discourage their use), perverts, freaks or aliens or whatever. we’re normal people that deserve just as much respect as anyone else.
transs-xualism is not a psychological condition. it’s a medical condition. a birth defect. it is scientifically proven that transs-xualism occurs in the womb. transs-xuals have had this dysphoria their entire lives and it only becomes stronger.

this feeling of being trapped in the wrong body is a matter of life and death, and i’m being very serious.
50% of all transs-xuals attempt suicide before age 20. i should know. i was part of that 50%.
and 50% die before age 30. main cause of death? suicide.

why do transs-xual people have such a high rate of suicide, depression, anxiety, and self injury? not only because of their unbearable feelings of being trapped in the wrong body, but because society sucks and most people are extremely ignorant of transgendered and transs-xual people. ignorance, inevitably, leads to fear which leads to hate. there is a lot of prejudice against us and the world needs to be educated more about it.

in america, supposably land of the “free”, only twelve states out of 50 protect us against hate crimes in housing, marketing, employment, insurance, social security, and much much more.
many states also don’t recognize their re-ssigned s-x in marriages.
a few states such as ohio won’t even allow a legal change of s-x on the birth certificate.
but society is much worse than the law. one infamous hate crime you should know about is the rape and murder of pre-op transman brandon teena. just watch the movie about him, boys don’t cry. it’s a great movie, but very sad.
even in the lgbt community, people aren’t very understanding.
our friends leave us, our families abandon us.
our suicide and homelessness and unemployment rates are incredibly high.
transition is extremely expensive and though insurance does cover some, we still have to pay a lot out of our own pocket.
many of us never get the money to transition.
many of us never get the courage or support and decide to conform to society’s expectations–live their life as a fake and suffer the consequences, only to die from the stress in the form of heart attack, stroke, or suicide.
in the dsm v, transgenderism is still listed as a mental illness though most transgenderists tend to be fine with the way they are and it’s transs-xuals that are uncomfortable with their bodies (however there are transgenders who are transs-xual to only a slight degree and there are also androgynous people) but either way it is not a mental illness, i cannot stress it enough. instead though they listed it as “harry benjamin’s syndrome” or “gender dysphoria.” muh…

transs-xualism is a birth defect that deserves just as much attention as any other defect people are born with. no one should have to go through such a difficult feat, especially not alone like so many of us do. no one should have to die struggling just to be, for the very first time in their lives, themselves.

ugh, and don’t forget what happens to those poor transwomen in prisons! and not to mention difficulty with public restrooms. something as simple as locker rooms and bathrooms can turn into a complicated nightmare. it’s amazing how much society stresses gender roles.

about transition. transition is a complicated, long, painful, and expensive process transs-xuals must go through. i stress the word must. it’s a matter of self-preservation.
but to break it down for now into the basics: there’s gender therapy, hormone re-ssignment therapy (hrt), the real life test (rlt) and finally s-xual re-ssignment surgery (srs).

gender therapy is how transs-xuals are diagnosed, and ultimately get put on the waiting list for hormones.

hrt is when the patient takes estrogen (for mtfs) or testosterone (for ftms) which results in dramatic changes in the body, such as changes in fat patterns, lean body m-ss, s-x drive, stops the period (for ftms), grows br–sts (mtfs), stops breast production (ftm), sprouts facial hair (ftm), deepens voice (ftm), changes the texture of your skin, lengthens the cl-toris (ftm), i could go on and on and on. hormones are usually taken via injection (the best and safest way to do it, in my opinion) but there are a few other methods.

the rlt (real life test) is a major step in the transition period. after a little while of taking hormones, the transs-xual is expected to go “stealth”–basically, blending in with their like-gendered peers (meaning, ftms for example, live life completely as male)–and if they decide that they aren’t really trans, they stop hormone intake and that is that. after six months, however, the effects of the hormones become permanent.

after at least a year of hormones and after p-ssing the rlt transs-xuals must gain permission from their gender therapist to be approved for surgery. ftms have “top” and “bottom” surgery while mtfs have just “bottom” surgery along with a shaving of the adam’s apple to feminize the voice.
ftm surgery, in a nutsh-ll, includes reducing the size of br–sts and shaping them so they look like pecs, and a cosmetic surgery involving sculpting the lengthened cl-toris into a functioning p-n-s. there are two types of bottom surgeries–metoidioplasty and phalloplasty. both have advantages and disadvantages, neither are actually very good, but personally i would go for metoidioplasty instead–phalloplasty involves pumps and nasty scars, which is too freaky and unnatural for me.
mtf surgery is much easier actually, shaping the p-n-s into a v-g-n- that’s capable of even -rg-sming. even during s-xual intercourse you can’t tell that the person was ever born male, even if the organ is examined by professionals no one can tell! i envy the success rate of mtf surgery vs. ftm surgery.

and finally, a couple definitions for ya:

transgender is an umbrella term for androgynes, bi/pan/a-gendered people, cross dressers (not transvest-tes, thanks), and other gender-variant people. transs-xuals are not part of this group because they aren’t changing their gender and are extremely uncomfortable with their appearance, unlike many transgenders.

transvest-tes and trannies don’t exist, except for in the p-rn industry. only use these terms if you want to get your -ss whooped.

androgynes are people who feel like they’re both male and female, or neither, but not always at the same time or anything. sometimes they feel like they’re a man, sometimes a woman, and it’s very difficult coping with it since no matter what your body looks like it won’t fit you 100% of the time.

anyway, i hope that anyone who may have read this has been more educated about transs-xuals and transgendered people and therefore, if not understanding, at least accepting by being informed about what we have to go through and such and such.
hi, i’m kira and i’m a 14 year old ftm transs-xual guy. 🙂
a person, born geneticaly one s-x, and surgicaly and hormonaly makeing a change to the other s-x. those haveing an unchangeable feeling that they were born in a body with the wrong s-x.
that woman is a transs-xual
a man or woman who feels that he or she was born into the wrong gender. the man or woman most likely has the personality of the opposite gender, and feel they cannot relate to their own gender. also, someone who has undergone surgery to become the opposite gender they yearned to be.
i. i’ve always had a desire to be a man; i am a transs-xual.

ii. david used to be delilah- he is a transs-xual.
caroline cossey also known as tula was the first transs-xual woman to be a bond girl. in the movie for your eyes only alongside roger moore.
tula: i am a woman

“i have commited no crime. my only “sin” was to be born in the wrong body. forced into the open, i will speak out for transsesxuals everywhere, and i will continue to fight a government that allows its doctors to perform gender re-ssignment surgery, but refuses to acknowledge those who benefit from that technology.”