[Northern Monkey]

A transvestite,A transgender and a transexual?


I know you're expecting a punch line but no i actually don't know the difference between the three.

So a transgender has a mental condition where they want to be the opposite sex.

A transvestite just enjoys dressing up as the opposite sex but does'nt want to actually be the opposite sex and have the operation to change.

So what is a transexual?

[Marsh.]

Transsexual/transgender are the same thing surely?

[Northern Monkey]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

Transsexual/transgender are the same thing surely?

I don't know.That's why i'm asking you

[Denver]

Use Google

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Adam.

Use Google

Is she transgender?

[Northern Monkey]

Originally Posted by Adam.

Use Google

I find TIBB to be a much more reliable source of information.

[arista]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

Transsexual/transgender are the same thing surely?

Yes Smithy will put us right



Marsh Lad

[arista]

Originally Posted by Adam.

Use Google

No there is Freaks on here
that can Help

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by arista

Yes Smithy will put us right



Marsh Lad

Originally Posted by arista

No there is Freaks on here
that can Help

[Kate!]

Omg Arista

[arista]

Originally Posted by Kate!

Omg Arista

What?

[Jack_]

Transvestites are people who experiment with dressing up and acting as a different gender to their own but have no desire to redefine themselves permanently (see: drag queens, someone like Pete Burns):

Transgenders are people for whom their biological sex does not align with the gender that they wish to identify as, this is an all-encompassing umbrella term for all in the trans community.

Transsexuals refer to those individuals who fall into the above bracket but wish specifically to have sex reassignment surgery (the 'op' to you and me) to aide their transition, hence the reference to sex in the term. And it's this that is often the centre of misconceptions regarding transgenders, that all of them are transsexuals and wish to have surgery - or even worse, have to have surgery to become a 'real' man/woman. This is simply not the case, and many trans people have no desire to have the operation, and really, why should they? We are not defined by our sex and more specifically our genitalia, but instead by our gender which is what we outwardly portray to other people. Having a 'sex change' is a very small part, often no part at all, of what being transgender is all about.

Transgender is the term most prefer, in fact the usage of transsexual can be offensive to some who have no wish to biologically transitions for the reasons I outlined above.

Hope this clears things up.

[Dollface]

Originally Posted by arista

No there is Freaks on here
that can Help

[arista]

What is wrong with a freak?


Its Good to have Variety

[Northern Monkey]

Originally Posted by Jack_

Transvestites are people who experiment with dressing up and acting as a different gender to their own but have no desire to redefine themselves permanently (see: drag queens, someone like Pete Burns):

Transgenders are people for whom their biological sex does not align with the gender that they wish to identify as, this is an all-encompassing umbrella term for all in the trans community.

Transsexuals refer to those individuals who fall into the above bracket but wish specifically to have sex reassignment surgery (the 'op' to you and me) to aide their transition, hence the reference to sex in the term. And it's this that is often the centre of misconceptions regarding transgenders, that all of them are transsexuals and wish to have surgery - or even worse, have to have surgery to become a 'real' man/woman. This is simply not the case, and many trans people have no desire to have the operation, and really, why should they? We are not defined by our sex and more specifically our genitalia, but instead by our gender which is what we outwardly portray to other people. Having a 'sex change' is a very small part, often no part at all, of what being transgender is all about.

Transgender is the term most prefer, in fact the usage of transsexual can be offensive to some who have no wish to biologically transitions for the reasons I outlined above.

Hope this clears things up.

Right so being a transexual or a transgender all depends on if you are considering having surgery to fully transform.

[Jack_]

Originally Posted by Northern Monkey

Right so being a transexual or a transgender all depends on if you are considering having surgery to fully transform.

In a nutshell, yes. Here's some more reading if you would like it, which also references other important issues like intersex people:

http://campus.ie/surviving-college/p...d-transvestite

http://www.medicaldaily.com/what-dif...licated-271389

[Northern Monkey]

So

Eddy Izzard,Sean Miley from X-Factor,Julian Clary,Edna Everage = Transvestite

Lauren Harries,Kelly Maloney,Trans person who got put in mans prison = Transexual

Can't think of anyone = Transgender

Optimus Prime = Transformer

[arista]

Originally Posted by Northern Monkey

So

Eddy Izzard,Sean Miley from X-Factor,Julian Clary,Edna Everage = Transvestite

Lauren Harries,Kelly Maloney,Trans person who got put in mans prison = Transexual

Can't think of anyone = Transgender

Optimus Prime = Transformer

No that was a just a Act

Also Clary is just Gay

[arista]

Prof Jack

I am a Freak Robot

[kirklancaster]

[QUOTE=Northern Monkey;8259952]So

Eddy Izzard,Sean Miley from X-Factor,Julian Clary,Edna Everage = Transvestite

Lauren Harries,Kelly Maloney,Trans person who got put in mans prison = Transexual

Can't think of anyone = Transgender

Optimus Prime = Transformer[/QUOTE]

LMFAO LOL -- This is a beauty.

[Dominic]

here we go again

[DemolitionRed]

What about a X-dresser?

[Smithy]

Originally Posted by arista

Yes Smithy will put us right



Marsh Lad

Originally Posted by arista

No there is Freaks on here
that can Help

You little bitch

[Northern Monkey]

Originally Posted by DemolitionRed

What about a X-dresser?

I thought a cross dresser is somebody who gets 'turned on' by wearing womens clothes?

[Marsh.]

A cross dresser is someone who just likes dressing in the opposite sex's clothing on occasion but doesn't actually want to be the opposite sex.