Obama And "Gender Identity Expression" (Cross Dressing etc)

[fallout man]

Originally posted by: Atomic Playboy

Not to thread necro, but you've got your definitions mixed up. Transgender refers to anyone who feels that their gender identity is not necessarily aligned with the presumed gender identity corresponding to the sex they were born. Transsexuals are people who wish to be identified as the opposite sex than that which they were born and undergo physical alterations (including surgery and hormone replacement therapy) to change their sex. So all transsexuals are transgender, though not all transgendered people are transsexuals. To say that transsexuals are merely playing dress-up is completely backwards; you're thinking of transvestites (which include drag queens and drag kings).

Wiki

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You are correct sir. I was trying to draw on the distinction between transgendered/transsexual and transvestites.