I've been uncomfortable with the term 'transsexual' for quite awhile – right from the start, really. We live in a prudish society (like it or not), and it seems to me that when you say 'transsexual,' people hear 'trans-sex-ual.' They think of it as about sex, the act springs into their mind, naked bodies, the whole works. Not the kind of connection and connotation I want, since transsexualism, to me, has little to do with sex, and everything to do with identity, gender, how I relate to others, how I think, the role I want to live in society, and so forth. Sex is a part of it, of course, as it is a part of every complete human. But I want to be seen in the fullness of who I am, not in the narrow confines of the part of my life that is most personal and private.
Therefore, my new semantics campaign: I am transgendered. I am a transwoman. But most of all, I'm a transperson, and we are transpeople.
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Thank You, Seda!!!
I thought that I was the only one who hated the word "Transexual". I am very vocal about this and I know it doesn't seem to fly with a lot of Ts but I do not want any word describing me as some kind of "sexual". This is not about sex! It's about who you are. Thank you for expressing your thoughts! I wholeheartedly agree!
Luvs,
Deja, simply a Transgender (sfter all, what the heck does the "T" stand for in LGBT?)
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