Transgender

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Transgender is an umbrella term referring to individuals who's gender identities do not match their birth sex. This includes both binary (male or female) and non-binary identifications. This umbrella term is sometimes extended to cover cross-dressers and others who "transgress" gender boundaries, though this is widely debated within the community.

While the term "transgender" is often conflated with transsexuality, not all transgendered individuals personally identify as transsexual. Some transgender individuals have no wish to transition. Some who do wish to transition consider themselves exclusively transsexual and separate from the transgender community, while others dislike the connotations of the suffix -sexual, which is most commonly associated with matters of sexuality.

[edit] Transsexuality

The term transsexual is commonly used to denote individuals with a strong and persistent cross-gender identification who wish to legally, socially, and/or medically transition^[1]. While male-to-female and female-to-male transitions are the most common, some non-binary individuals including genderqueers and neuter/genderneutral individuals also transition.

Transsexual individuals may chose to change their gender medically/surgically. This process, known as transition, is heavily monitored by medical and psychiatric professionals. Methods of transition include hormone injections and/or genital surgery. Many female-to-male transsexuals may chose to have a double mastectomy performed to remove their breasts; male-to-female transsexuals may undergo breast augmentation. There are also lower surgery for the construction of reproductive organs (albeit sterile). Transitioning transgendered individuals may also have reconstructive facial surgery, to give either a more masculine or feminine jawline.

Restrictions on changes to legal documentation such as birth certificates or drivers licenses vary from area to area, though many require some form of surgical transition. In some states transition is not recognized and there is no way for a transgender individual to amend their legal documentation.

[edit] Transgenderism/Transsexuality and furry

It is not uncommon to find furries who are transgender or transsexual, also known transfurries, or those who have create fursonas of the opposite sex for transgender roleplay. According to Pounced.org, 1 in 62 furs considers themselves transgendered, as compared to about 1 in 1000 for the United States as a whole. This may be as high as 1 in 10 when the group is limited to lifestylers.^{[citation needed]}

It is important to realize that during TinySex, though one may roleplay with a character of the opposite sex of one's own character, the actual person behind that character may in fact be of the same sex. This, in and of itself, does not make one transgendered (or homosexual).

[edit] See also

• Transgender on Wikipedia (A more political explaination)
• Furry Grrls
• Transfurry
• Shemale (derogatory)
• Hermaphrodite
• Transmale

[edit] External links

• Furry Grrls, a Livejournal community for trans-furries
• Transfurry, another Livejournal community catering to transsexual and transgendered furries

[edit] References

1. ↑ International Classification of Diseases (ICD): F64 Gender identity disorders. World Health Organization (2007). Retrieved on 2011-02-23.

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