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Terminology

Here are a few terms which are important to know.

Androgynous 

The combination of masculine and feminine characteristics, look, identity or lifestyle.

Autogynephilia 

A sexual response in biological males characterized by sexual arousal over the thought of being or becoming female.

Asexual/Non Sexual 

Little or no sexual attractions and practices.

Bigendered/Bi-Gendered 

see gender fluid.

Binder/Binding 

Clothing used to cover/hide breast often used by FtM.

Bisexual/bi 

Attractions to female and male.

Butterfly Woman 

English translation of the Native American term for a transgendered MtF

Cissexism 

The belief and treatment of transgender and/or transsexual people as inferior to cissexual (non-trans) people.

Cisgendered or Cisgender

What you are if the body you were born with and your gender presentation (clothes, mannerisms, etc) are aligned.

Cross-Dresser 

Someone who dresses as the opposite sex as they are, either in private or public. Often related to a sexual fetish.

Drag queen 

A male identifying with female/feminine but for whom the female persona is often a show or public display.

Drag king 

Female counterpart of a drag queen.

Electrolysis 

The removal of facial hair or genital hair through the insertion of an electrified probe or the use of a medical laser.

Full Time/FT 

Being, living as a Transgendered all the time, at work, at play, 24/7/365.

F2M, FtM 

A person who was born a female but transitions to a male.

GG 

Genetic Girl, born female.

Gafe, Gaff, Gaffe

Garments/underwear designed to hide/cover/minimize a penis (used by MtF).

Genderqueer 

Individuals that do not feel that they fit into either female or male.

Gender fluid 

Moving between genders. To relate to neither female or male but drift between the two, sometimes more to male and other times relating more to female but never fully one or the other.

Heterosexual 

Attractions to the opposite sex/gender.

Homosexual 

Attractions to the same sex/gender.

Hormones/mones/HRT 

Medication (usually pills or shots) prescribed by a doctor to change hormone levels in the body often estrogen or testosterone.

Intersexed/Intersex 

Born with both sexes, often partial and not complete working organs. Old non-politically-correct term "Hermaphrodite"

LGBT 

Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual-TransGender acronym.

M2F, MtF 

A person who was born a male but transitions to a female.

Metoidioplasty 

The surgical release and repositioning of the enlarged clitoral tissue forming a neo-penis (from the effect of male hormone replacement),

Orchiectomy/orchie 

The removal of the testicles (some times called poor-mans srs)

Part Time 

Living as a Transgendered only part of your life, often in hiding or secret (closeted).

Pansexual 

All kinds of sexuality, not limited too or inhibited by sexual choice, gender or practice.

Pre-Op, Non-Op, Pre-operation 

Before any or no surgeries/SRS done.

Post Op, Post, "Post-Operation" 

Has had SRS/surgery(s).

Polysexual 

A person who is attracted to more than one gender or sex but not the same as "Pansexual" (pan is all, poly is many).

Phalloplasty 

The surgical construction of a penis.

SRS 

Sexual Reassignment Surgery. Genital re-constructive surgery.

Top surgery 

Breast implants (for MtF) or mastectomy (for FtM).

Tracheal Shave 

The surgical procedure removing material from the thyroid cartilage producing a more female appearance of the Adams apple area.

Transgender/TG 

Is an umbrella term that does not have a precise definition. It tends to include a very broad spectrum of gender-variances. Transgender does not imply any specific form of sexual orientation; TG's may identify as heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, pansexual, polysexual or asexual.

Transman 

A person who is FtM, born female but identifies as being/is Male.

Transsexual 

Someone who has transitioned and identifies with another gender/sex.

Transvestite 

Someone who dresses and acts as the opposite gender/sex for exhibitionism or show but not necessarily for personal reasons.

Transwoman 

A person who is MtF, born male but identifies as being/is Female.

Trans, Tranny, Shemale, Ladyboy 

terms for Transgendered, sometimes/some countries can be offensive or pornographic in nature but not always.

Transition 

Transitioning from one gender to another. This can but doesn’t always include surgeries.

Twin Spirit 

Primarily Native American belief in both a male and female spirit inhabiting the same body.

Vaginoplasty 

The procedure creating a neo-vagiana from the inversion of the skin of the penis and scrotum.

History

Some basic history goes here.

World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) Standards of Care

Formerly the Harry Benjamin Standards of Care.

The Harry Benjamin Standards of Care are the currently accepted standards for medical treatment of transgendered individuals in the U.S.^[1]

Medical Treatment

Info about medical treatment goes here.

Science

Current Science

Info about current scientific research into transgenderism goes here.

Cutting Edge

The future of medical treatment may rest in gene therepy. Scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany and the Medical Research Council's National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR) at Mill Hill, UK have discovered a specific gene located on a non-sex chromosome in female mice which if turned off causes cells in the ovaries to convert to cells normally found in the testes. If this line of research could be applied to humans the potental is there for male testes or female overies to self produce the hormone needed for feminization or masculization to occur [1]

Legal Status

Info about legal status of being transgender in various jurisdictions goes here.

Politics

Info about how politics affects transgendered people goes here.

What is the Republican party's position on transgender?

What is the Democratic party's position on transgender?

What is the position of other political parties around the world?

Transgendered Parents

from TGForum; http://tgchatroom.com/bb/viewforum.php?f=7

Religion

Info about how religion affects transgendered people goes here.

Alternative Treatments

This section contains medical information. The information contained is not promoted by TGChatroom. All information contained herein is solely for comparative and/or historical informational value. Please discuss any medical treatment with your doctor before beginning treatment. Treating yourself with hormones or other substances can be dangerous or even fatal.

Info about alternative treatments goes here. We need a big disclaimer here about not advocating any but currently accepted medical treatment, this info is just for comparative/historical purposes.

See Also

If we break this page up or need to link to outside authoritative info, links would go here.

References

All references which establish the factual nature of a statement made on this page will go here.

1. ↑ "Standards of care for gender identity disorders." Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 14 Jul. 2010.

Links

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1. TGChatroom