You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
Trans, like transitory, is a state of change. Transgender is someone who, for example, is born male, but identifies as female and seeks to change their body to match their perception (with variants of stopping at certain points along the way - only having top surgery, having no surgery but wearing female-perceived clothing, etc).
The usual word used for this context is intersexed. Inter, meaning, between. (Though there are problems with this as well - I was reading an article the other day on intersexuality and one commenter noted that they didn't like the term because it sounds like homosexuality/heterosexuality and intersexuality has nothing to do with sexuality. But at least everyone understands what it means, mostly.)
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Date: 2009-09-19 07:25 am (UTC)Trans, like transitory, is a state of change. Transgender is someone who, for example, is born male, but identifies as female and seeks to change their body to match their perception (with variants of stopping at certain points along the way - only having top surgery, having no surgery but wearing female-perceived clothing, etc).
The usual word used for this context is intersexed. Inter, meaning, between. (Though there are problems with this as well - I was reading an article the other day on intersexuality and one commenter noted that they didn't like the term because it sounds like homosexuality/heterosexuality and intersexuality has nothing to do with sexuality. But at least everyone understands what it means, mostly.)