Terminology
Here are terms which are important to know in the Transgendered community.
- Admirer
- Someone who likes and respects the Transgendered.
- 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
- Cisgendered or Cisgender
- What you are if the body you were born with and your gender presentation (clothes, mannerisms, etc) are aligned.
- Cissexism
- The belief and treatment of transgender and/or transsexual people as inferior to cissexual (non-trans) people.
- 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 physically but transitions to a male.
- 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.
- GG
- Genetic Girl, born female.
- 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"
- Intense Pulsed Light/IPL
- A non permanent method of hair removal using a high intensity pulse of light to kill the follicles.
- Laser
- A medical-grade laser, in the red visible spectrum, to essentially 'cook' the follicle and kill it. Only works on dark hair, not blond, white or gray.
- LGBT
- Lesbian Gay Bisexual TransGender acronym.
- M2F, MtF
- A person who was born a male physically 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)
- Pansexual
- All kinds of sexuality, not limited too or inhibited by sexual choice, gender or practice.
- Part Time
- Living as a Transgendered only part of your life, often in hiding or secret (closeted).
- Phalloplasty
- The surgical construction of a penis.
- 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).
- Pre-Op, Non-Op, Pre-operation
- Before any or no surgeries/SRS done.
- 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 physically 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 physically 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.
- Troll
- Someone looking for sex, dating, using or just confrontational and attention seekers in chatrooms.
- 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.
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History
Even though transgenderism may seem like a relatively new situation there is documentation from many cultures showing people in gender roles different than birth gender. In many of these early cultures this variance was seen as a blessing being one born of both the worlds of male and female, life and death. giving these individuals the ability to see more than one side of a situation. These people often held positions of medican men/women ,shamen and handlers of the dead.
Legal
Info about legal status of being transgender in various jurisdictions goes here as well as information on subjects such as name changes, marriage, etc.
Identity Documentation
Discrimination
Police and Prison
Marriage
Child Custody
Letters From a Therapist
Medical Treatment
Recent discoveries and procedures will be discussed here.
Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome
Sex Chromosome Anomalies
Any variation of the chromosones producing a atypical variation of the sexual organs. Examples Kleinfelter Syndrome and Triple X Syndrome
Cosmetic Surgery
Gender Reassignment Surgery (GRS/SRS)
Orchiectomy
Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)
Voice Surgery
In Popular Culture
World Wide Web and the Internet
Famous People
Books
"The testosterone files" written by Max Wolf Valerio is a biography about a ftm
"Parrotfish" by Ellen Wittlinger for teens. Thanks Vinmeister!
Movies
Soldiers Girl. Boys Don't Cry. Crying Game. Girl Like Me.
Television
Popular TV shows about TG's.
Fan Fiction
Serialized Fiction
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Transition
When to Transition? How to Transition? What will happen when/if I do? I hope you can share your story and life with us and we can all learn the "do's" and "don'ts" that you have experienced.
WPATH
Standards of Care
Real-Life Experience
Family
What you and your family went through and your thoughts on family.
Transgendered Parents
Transgendered Children
Science
Current Science
Cutting Edge Research
Politics
Other Cultures
Countries, places, times will be discussed here.
Religion
Not many religions support or accept Transgendered. I hope to discuss this and add as many examples as possible, the positive and the negatives.
Our goal is education and understanding and acceptance of all.
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