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LostOne4Ever

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10. Transsexual implies that someone is undergoing transition to become their target sex

Reply to gregcrawford (Reply #8)

Wed Jun 10, 2015, 04:06 PM

Jun 2015

[font style="font-family:'Georgia','Baskerville Old Face','Helvetica',fantasy;" size=4 color=teal]Transgender simply means one who does not identify with the sex they were assigned at birth.

Transvestite implies a person who crossdresses due to a fetish. [/font]

Edit: "target sex"..."not other sex." Bad lost, quit using binary-normative language!

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