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Posted on 25-01-2014 04:44
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Transgender/Trans (adj) An umbrella term describing people who feel the need to present themselves to the world in a gender other than the one they were assigned at birth. Transgender people may go on to describe themselves as transsexual, transvestite, crossdressers, intersex or by a number of other terms (including, simply, man or woman). Transvestite (adj, occ n) A person who wears the clothing of the gender opposite to the one they were assigend at birth, but does not feel the requirement to to live permanently in that role, and does not fundamentally question the gender with which they were assigned at birth. Transsexual (adj) A person who holds the belief that they should be living full time in the gender role opposite to that assigned to them at birth may be said to be transsexual (NB not 'a transsexual' ). Transsexual people often (though not always) take steps to change their bodies to reflect their deeply held understanding of their inner gender. Transition (n, vi) The process of moving from living in one gender to living in the other, usually undertaken by transsexual people. Transitioning involves major social and emotional adjustment, and can be a period of great stress and vulnerability. Crossdresser (n) An alternative word for 'transvestite', a crossdresser is a person who wears the clothing of the gender opposite to the one they were assigend at birth, but does not feel the requirement to live permanently in that role, and does not fundamentally question the gender with which they were assigned at birth. Drag Queen/King (n) A person who dresses in the clothes of the gender opposite to the one in which they live for much of the time, often for performance reasons. People who use these terms as the primary way of describing themselves may be less likely to be gender dysphoric, and are often entirely content to live in their assigned gender role. FtM (adj) Female to Male. Describes a person who is transitioning from living as a female to doing so as a male. MtF (adj) Male to Female. Describes a person who is transitioning from having lived as a male to living as a woman. Gender Affirmation Surgery (GAS) (n) The best term to use to cover the range of medical interventions a transitioning person may undertake. Gender Confirmation Surgery is also used. Gender Realignment Surgery is in wide use but is less accurate. Sex Reassignment Surgery is now obsolete, and Sex Change is inappropriate. Gender Dysphoria (n) An underlying and incessant disquiet or anxiety centred on the understanding that who you are is not reflected by the gender of your body. Gender Identity Disorder (GID) (n) Another term for gender dysphoria. Widely disliked by trans people as the word 'disorder' marginalises and pathologises rather than simply recognises difference. Gender Identity Clinic (n) A specialist NHS clinic to which transgender people may eventually be referred by their GP after presenting with the symptoms of gender dysphoria. Gender Recognition Act (GRA) (n) 2004 legistlation which gives transsexual people who have transitioned full legal rights as a member of the gender in which they are living, including the right to have their birth cirtificate revised, and to marry. Genderqueer (adj) Individuals who call themselves genderqueer may regard themselves as having aspects of either gender, or none. They will typically feel uncomfortable with using language that fits into a binary definition of gender. Gender Variant (adj) A general term that describes all those who express their gender in a way at odds to society's 'normalised' male or female. Or those who feel they are not described by this binary. Intersex (adj) A medical term covering a range of recognised conditions, which create an ambiguity around the physical sex of an individual. Real Life Experience/Real Life Test (n) Clinical protocols recommend that a transsexual person transitioning must live for one year in their 'new' gender, full-time and uninterrupted, before being referred for GAS. In England, the NHS adopted a two year system, elsewehere it is one year. Terms to avoid Sex Change (n, adj) Transitioning individuals are confirming their gender, not 'changing their sex'. 'Sex change' and 'sex swap' are widely regarded as offensive. Tranny (n) While still a term that may be used within the trans community (with understanding, or ironic affection), use by those outside it has come to be seen as highly abusive by most trans people. Pre-op (n, adj) Many trans people detest having their experience reduced to a surgical event. Using 'pre-op' (as in 'pre-op transsexual'  implies that 'post-op' is the more valid status. It also adds to the impression that transsexual people need to be labelled by others.Source: Channel 4 |
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