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Yeah, the only time I actually heard that phrase in real life was at a transsexual gaming night, followed by a burst of laughter.
pls say transgender thanksies <3
Did you just assume Gaming Night's transness? Transsexual is a thing, and it's distinct from transgender.
It's not really that distinct, no. Not unless you're transmed and believe pre and post op trans people need to divided from each other.
Youre free to use whatever terms you'd like to use for yourself, but transsexual was how people referred to all transgender people until the term transgender took off in the late 90s.
You might say that term is a bit of a time warp.
go on bluesky and nearly the entire trans community uses the word transsexual. not in a transmed way (the community, at least my bubble, was very anti-transmed), but rather a "much of my trans identity comes from body dysphoria" way. when I was experimenting with bsky it was definitely a culture shock lol. I ultimately ditched bsky for separate reasons though
oh, then i am very sorri. i as genuinely not aware and assumed that it was an old-timey word. i apologize.
Even if it were an old timey word what's the issue?
It implies a sex change op which is quite invasive of people's privacy. It's also inaccurate for a lot of trans folks who may only change their gender expression and avoid the operation altogether, hence the adoption of transgender that has the right emphasis.
Not what I asked, but understood
It seems quite literally what you asked? If not then you should rephrase.
Sorry, I wasn't clear!
~It~ ~also~ ~sounds~ ~lewd~ ~but~ ~there's~ ~a~ ~similar~ ~debate~ ~about~ ~"queer"~ ~even~ ~though~ ~that~ ~one~ ~has~ ~been~ ~mostly~ ~reclaimed.~
Not op, but I was taught by one of my trans friends it was an old term and not very correct nowadays as it inferred being trans was something sexual and not just yknow, bring trans ig
Can you explain what it means to me? I'm nb and I've always disliked it because it tends to confuse people, making them think being trans is a sexuality.