Originally Posted by basschick
G-A - a transssexual person is NOT necessary one who has a surgical sex change. a person who lives their lives as the gender opposite their birth gender is a transsexual - not one who dresses up, but one who exists as that gender.
many of my friends are transsexual, but have not and will not ever get surgery.
"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.
or
A person who has undergone a sex change."