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Northern Monkey 01-11-2015 02:55 PM

What's the difference between.....
 
A transvestite,A transgender and a transexual?


I know you're expecting a punch line:laugh: 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. 01-11-2015 02:56 PM

Transsexual/transgender are the same thing surely?

Northern Monkey 01-11-2015 02:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marsh. (Post 8259502)
Transsexual/transgender are the same thing surely?

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

Denver 01-11-2015 02:59 PM

Use Google

Marsh. 01-11-2015 03:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adam. (Post 8259505)
Use Google

Is she transgender?

Northern Monkey 01-11-2015 03:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adam. (Post 8259505)
Use Google

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

arista 01-11-2015 03:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marsh. (Post 8259502)
Transsexual/transgender are the same thing surely?



Yes Smithy will put us right



Marsh Lad

arista 01-11-2015 03:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adam. (Post 8259505)
Use Google


No there is Freaks on here
that can Help

Marsh. 01-11-2015 03:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by arista (Post 8259552)
Yes Smithy will put us right



Marsh Lad

Quote:

Originally Posted by arista (Post 8259555)
No there is Freaks on here
that can Help

:omgno:

Kate! 01-11-2015 03:43 PM

Omg Arista

arista 01-11-2015 04:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kate! (Post 8259615)
Omg Arista



What?

Jack_ 01-11-2015 04:17 PM

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 01-11-2015 04:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by arista (Post 8259555)
No there is Freaks on here
that can Help

:omgno:

arista 01-11-2015 04:26 PM

What is wrong with a freak?


Its Good to have Variety

Northern Monkey 01-11-2015 04:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jack_ (Post 8259747)
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_ 01-11-2015 05:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Northern Monkey (Post 8259899)
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 01-11-2015 05:05 PM

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 01-11-2015 05:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Northern Monkey (Post 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

http://www.quotecollection.com/autho...-everage-3.jpg
No that was a just a Act

Also Clary is just Gay

arista 01-11-2015 05:25 PM

Prof Jack

I am a Freak Robot

kirklancaster 01-11-2015 05:49 PM

[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]

:laugh::laugh::laugh: LMFAO LOL -- This is a beauty. :laugh:

Dominic 01-11-2015 05:52 PM

here we go again

DemolitionRed 01-11-2015 05:56 PM

What about a X-dresser?

Smithy 01-11-2015 05:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by arista (Post 8259552)
Yes Smithy will put us right



Marsh Lad

Quote:

Originally Posted by arista (Post 8259555)
No there is Freaks on here
that can Help

You little bitch

Northern Monkey 01-11-2015 06:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DemolitionRed (Post 8260071)
What about a X-dresser?

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

Marsh. 01-11-2015 06:04 PM

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.


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