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Transsexualism
This section is for questions about those who were born with a body that does not match who they are. They often use hormones or surgery to correct this condition.
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Does it hurt getting screwed by a transsexual?
That depends upon the technique. However, there is nothing inherently painful about sex with a transsexual.
A genuine transsexual woman would likely wait until after surgery before attempting to have sex with a man. So she would be unable to be the one penetrating - just like with any other woman.
How can you tell if someone is transsexual?
There are some tell tale signs, but almost all can be corrected with various types of surgery. Everyone seems to know ONE method, but unless you do a thorough examination and have extensive medical knowledge can you be sure if the "girl" is truly convincing as some asians are. Typical tells are Adam's apples, size of feet and hands, width of shoulders in relation to hips, length of humorous, size of her head, a square jaw, dominant chin, hair line, slope of forehead and length of index finger in relation to ring finger.
Adams apples can be shaved and some TSs simply don't have prodominant Adams apples, but you can still tell if you get them to open wide and say "ahhh". Not a good idea in a nightclub. Index finger/ring finger ratio is a pretty good tell. Generally women have ratios closer to 1.0 and in some cases their index finger is longer than their ring finger, 1.1 or so. For men it's usually much less 0.8. Guess you have to hold her hand for a while, but she might think you're being exceptionally romantic.
Voice can be an indicator but many men can imitate a very sexy and lightly pitched female voice and vocal chord surgery can make a males voice indistingishable from a females. Although sometimes scarring after surgery leaves the beauty with an extremely DEEP voice.
If she's had full sex reassignment surgery, then experience and intimate carnal knowledge may be needed. Usually there's scarring and most man made labia, etc, still don't quite look as good as the natural variety. There's the fact that they still can't have babies, less depth of penetration and no natural lubricant.
In Asia, especially Thailand where ladyboys are plentiful and are the true "third sex" sometimes the only tell is voice and the girls height. The beautiful Nong Poy is nearly six feet tall, and typical Asian women aren't that tall. However, there are always exceptions.
Many runway models are transgender and an old adage may be true, if a girl is really really extremely beautiful, she's was probably born a male.
From a transsexual:
Not all drag queens are transsexuals, but some are. Just ask. If they're like me, they don't mind educating the public about their cause (that's why I'm answering this question). If you are in the grocery store or some other mundane place and see a -male- dressed in women's clothing, chances are likely that they are transsexual. Cross dressers usually don't venture out into public like that.
Is Pink the singer transsexual?
No, she was born a woman, and is still a woman, she's been a woman all her life.
How do you know if you are transsexual?
Quick and dirty: Are you a boy or a girl? Do your sex organs match the sex you are or are they opposite. If they don't match, then you are a transsexual (or transgendered if you want to keep your genitals as they are or are choosing to vary your gender expression). If they do match, then you are not.
A lot of persons born as TS and people in the TG (transgendered) spectrum end up asking themselves this. In general if you have to ask, then you are not. One of the very basic things people own about themselves is their sex. Ask someone in front of you what their sex is, and you are gonna get scary looks. Most are of the type "DUUHHH, are you stupid? It's clear I'm ......" Because your sex is so intimately intertwined with your identity, since 95%+ of the people look the sex they identify themselves with (and have the parts), in most cases people have 0 question about their sex. If you feel you might be a (opposite sex) and don't believe with all your heart you are one or the other, you are not a transsexual.
Is a transsexual a man trying to be a woman?
No, a transsexual woman is a woman born wrongly with male parts. They are not becoming anything else, but they are merely fixing their bodies to be what they should have been like all along. Removing the penis turns no man into a woman, but a person who was born a woman inside would never really want a penis permanently attached to their body.
Also, keep in mind that there are transsexual men too. They were wrongly born with female parts and want them to be gone.
When a gender is prefixed by the word transsexual, the gender is always what the person identifies as, and who they were in the brain since the first trimester in the womb. A transsexual woman has always had the brain, nature, and being of a woman, even though they were born with the wrong parts for a woman. A transsexual man has always had the brain, nature, and being of a man, even though he was born with the wrong parts for a man.
First I want to define another few words:
Gender: self perception - what's between your ears
Sex: reproductive organs - what's between your legs (and on your chest)
Orientation: sex which you are attracted to - who you want to be physically and romantically intimate with.
gender role. A set of behaviors that are caused by both biological and environmental conditions, and that decide what jobs (paid and not), status and forms of interacting that a person can, and (according to society) should exhibit.
binary. The fact of having only two polar states that are mutually exclusive: on and off. Light and dark. evil and good. male and female.
binary gender roles. The, generally accepted by society, "fact" that a person may have only one gender role and that is exclusive i.e. you can't be male and female at the same time. This system precludes those who exhibit either physical or behavioral affects of both sexes.
Now to the meat:
Transgender: A word used 2 different ways by 2 different sets of people -
a) A word used to describe the state of a person being born with a specific set or reproductive organs BUT the gender (the social role) of the person is of the opposite sex. A bad analogy is "a man born in a woman's body or a woman born in a man's body." This is too simplistic and demeaning, and medical science is finding ways to explain better this condition. In some cases a person has the driving need to match the physical body to the mind. Others may only simulate the opposite sex i.e. dress and act as the opposite sex but don't get surgery or hormones to change the physical structure.
b) A word used by people to describe someone who does not fit into the binary-only gender role beliefs of society-at-large. They believe (and perceive) that sex and gender are not 2 mutually exclusive states, but a spectrum from "Ultimate Manly" to "Ultimate Femalely" and most people are somewhere in between or a mix of both: a stay at home dad has male parts but a "female" role. A female CEO has female parts but a generally male role. Transgender is being appropriated by the group of people in the world who's gender does not fit in the binary gender system put forward by society.
Transsexual: An older word, previously used by therapists and psychiatrists, to describe a person who's selfimage and the gender contained there does not match the physical organs they were born with. Nowadays those who would be called transsexuals in the past no longer wish to be associated with the word as they are not "between sexes" but between genders. {trans = between}
Transvestite: A male or female who wishes to display some or all the gender characteristics (actions and perception) of the opposite sex, but does not wish to live that way permanently nor do they wish to physically change their body. You could say it's similar to role-playing: there are times when assuming the shape and role of another person allows you to express parts of yourself that would otherwise be unacceptable totally to society-at-large. Crossdresser is another word for Transvestite, as the word Transvestite now has social connotations as a sex based fetish (like feathers or some bondage), where "Crossdressing" just means you wear clothes of the opposite sex (male or female.) They are the same thing, just usage. Most male transvestite and almost all female transvestites are straight in orientation (want sex with a person of the opposite sex) and a very large percentage are married have children and both romantically and platonically love their opposite sex partner.
Drag Queen: Generally a gay male who dresses as a female for entertainment or social commentary. Often they show exaggerated female features (6" heels, 4ft high hair, glitter, heavy/pasty makeup, more padding than a US Football player.) A Drag Queen does NOT want to be a woman, they are having fun and pointing out some of both men and women's flaws.
Gay: Your orientation is such that you want to have sexual relations with a person of your own sex and only those of your own sex. Dressing has nothing to do with it, surgery or hormones have nothing to do with it, social role/gender has nothing to do with it. 99% of Gay males want a male partner who looks like a man; 99% of Gay females want a female partner who looks like a woman. Most Gay people cannot fathom Transvestites, Transgendered or Transsexuals: they are in their head what they are born with and like being the physical sex they are; they just want to have sex with a person of the same sex.
What does fully functional transsexual mean?
The term "fully functional" as it pertains to preoperative transsexuals, generally means whether or not she can maintain an erection and/or ejaculate.
During a 'male to female' transsexual's transition process, hormones are are administered to feminize their body, which generally causes a lack of male sex drive and/or ejaculation.
Pre-op refers to the fact that a person with transsexualism has not yet had surgery to change their sexual organs from what they are presently to what they will be when they are done. Surgery costs a lot of money, and psychiatrists require a year of living as a person of the opposite sex BEFORE getting the reassignment surgery, so there is always a period of time where they are caught between worlds: male parts but female appearance or female parts and male appearance.
A pre-op transsexual person is someone who hasn't undergone sexual reassignment surgery. They still have the genitals they were wrongly born with.
Post-op is after the reassignment surgery (they now have the parts of the sex opposite to what they were declared at birth). Most of the time, the person doesn't consider themselves transsexual anymore and simply wants to assimilate into a gender binary world.
It means in-between sexes. Most of those tests don't have much validity to them, they can read what you want them to. If you have issues with your gender then you should search the internet and wikianswers for more info on gender issues. Often people have strange feelings for a long time and repress them only to find out later it related to their gender or sex and then it starts to make sense.
Androgyne=man-woman (between genders). This is kind of a misnomer, as it would be more unusual to find someone who DOES totally fit all stereotypes of their genders.
Also, gender tests generally aren't accurate enough to worry about.
How can you tell if a woman is a transsexual?
The cricoid cartilage in the throat is larger and more prominent in a male than in a female. On most females it is not visible . If there is a visible "adams apple" likely it is a male at birth. Body weight affects this for instance it may be visible on very slender females and not visible on obese males.
I'm a boy in a girls body what can you do?
There are many places and people to talk to beginning with your local GP, or if in a small community, to a GP in another town. If you are young, talk with your mother, or a kindly aunt or grandmother, or to a trusted teacher, preferably a female. (Excuse the gender bias here, I am male.) There are also websites for for the nearly 6& of people who do not fit neatly into the two other categories of "Male" or "Female" and in fact there are 27 or 63 genders or sexes depending on who you believe. Most importantly, whether you have an issue of not, you are not alone. Search the terms "Intersex" or "Transgender".
There are things that happen at conception, then during development, and later at puberty that can mean you are indeed trapped in a body built under another plan. Please take a deep breath and know, there are people who can help.
No, he never did, he is a 100% male since he was born. He also has an identical twin brother named Tom. Yes, Bill Kaulitz does have a feminine side to him but he is definitely a guy and has never had a sex change.
Why is Jeffree Star a transsexual?
Jeffree Star. He's not. He's a rarity, a gay transvestite and self proclaimed 'gender-bender.' A transsexual wants to change their appearance and sexual organs to be that of the sex opposite of what they were proclaimed to be at birth. They want to be happy home makers or bread winners or the family next door.
Mr. Star appears to want to be a much bigger, much more antagonistic RuPaul and causes people to pay attention much like David Bowie did as 'Ziggy Stardust' - by playing on society's sense of boy and girl and ... He wants to be a big star and that takes glitter and paparazzi and excitement. He has done some cross-gender modeling and is very much a singer, but is in no way a transsexual.
Is it okay to date a pre-op transsexual?
Yes, it is perfectly fine, but not if you can only like them with their current genitalia. Some people form relationships with transsexual persons and can't take it when they get sex reassignment surgery. They don't understand the difference between a non-op transgender person who is satisfied with their genitalia and a pre-op transsexual person who needs surgery to feel whole and complete. You might have a fetish for a female-presenting person with a penis, but a genuine transsexual person doesn't want it, and to love someone for something about them they hate and want gone means that you are not really loving them.
Why do pre-op do not have full sex reassignment?
Pre-op means before the surgery, and implies that there will be surgery. That is not the same as a "non-op" transsexual, which is often a misnomer, since a person can't both hate their genitals so much to want them removed and also desire to keep them. Transgender would be a better term for them, though every person has a right to call themselves whatever they want.
Anyway, if a person is of the type that will get surgery, then it could mean that they don't have the money, cannot find the medical support needed, hasn't been approved for surgery, or has been disqualified from surgery due to health, age, weight, STDs or other concerns.
As for why non-ops don't get the surgery, it is often because they don't have transsexualism. They are transgender, but don't have transsexualism.
What is the difference between a post op transsexual and a pre op transsexual?
Post-op is after the reassignment surgery (they now have the parts of the sex opposite to what they were declared at birth).
A pre-op transsexual person is someone who hasn't undergone sexual reassignment surgery. They still have the genitals they were wrongly born with.
Are there any transsexual celebrities?
There have been many transsexual persons throughout history but who were not transgendered. Transsexual persons, unlike transgender persons, belong to a gender binary and wish to eliminate incongruity. It is thus unfair to lump those who get surgeries to fit into the existing gender binary in with those who fit outside the gender binary, often by choice.
Here are some of the well-known transsexual persons, most of whom never labeled themselves as transgendered.
Lilli Elbe - First in modern times to receive sex-reassignment surgery. Unfortunately, she died of complications from the surgery within a year.
Christine Jorgenson - First to undergo successful sex-reassignment surgery. She was a GI and a writer as well.
Jan Morris - Writer.
Nancy Hunt - Journalist, writer. She wrote "Mirror Image."
Dr. Marcie Bower - Ob/Gyn and sex-reassignment surgeon.
Lynn Conway - Computer science professor at MIT. She worked at IBM, Xerox, and other major corporations. She also made a few inventions. She helped develop the superscalar architecture used in most modern computers and invented the design rules used for VLSI (Very Large Scale Integration) designs. Those design rules greatly reduced the size of IC circuits and increased the available chip space.
Who is the hottest transexual?
It depends who you ask. Lilli Elbe was among the first in modern times, though Christine Jorgensen was the first to successfully transition. Renee Richards was a tennis star, and her lawsuit certainly got some attention.
