Mazra wrote:
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A transsexual is one who has undergone surgery to become another gender right? Just to get things strait, sometimes I confuse transsexuals, transvestives, and strait up hermaphrodites
Dictionary.com wrote:
trans·sex·u·al (trns-sksh-l)
n.
A person with the external genitalia and secondary sexual characteristics of one sex, but whose personal identification and psychosocial configuration is that of the opposite sex.
n.
A person with the external genitalia and secondary sexual characteristics of one sex, but whose personal identification and psychosocial configuration is that of the opposite sex.
Dictionary.com wrote:
trans·ves·tite (trns-vstt, trnz-)
n.
A person who dresses and acts in a style or manner traditionally associated with the opposite sex.
n.
A person who dresses and acts in a style or manner traditionally associated with the opposite sex.
Dictionary.com wrote:
her·maph·ro·dite (hr-mfr-dt)
n.
An individual having the reproductive organs and many of the secondary sex characteristics of both sexes
n.
An individual having the reproductive organs and many of the secondary sex characteristics of both sexes
Examples:
Hermaphrodite is a guy/girl born with both a ***** and a ******.
Transvestite is a guy/girl who wants to be a girl/guy.
Transsexual is a guy/girl trapped in a girl/guy body.
Get it?
Oh, on another note, Elne. I took this quotation from your site, hope you don't mind:
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Since I have FMS/CFS, pain and sleeping seems to be large part of my life,
What exactly is FMS/CFS?
Edited, Thu Feb 2 08:58:22 2006 by Mazra
FMS/CFS stands for Fibromyalgia/Chronic Fatique Symdone. This site boards are run by facist, so I'm not welcome anymore, but they are a good site for information.
Tottem, I know lots of trangender folks, and not all of them have mental problems, just the ones who hold on to gruges of past wrongs. My ex suffers from depression (common for TG) and panic attacks that started while in Navy. So he's more mentally ill, then most of the ones I am friends with.
Drama is down to Daugther wants him out right away, but since she isn't talking to her father right now, her Husband is taking care of the details. Meanwhile grandkids are kept away from my ex as much as they can being in the same house.
My daugther is coming over to her sister's for a visit today, so I'll get to spoil them I go over there.