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transsexual
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transsexual, transexual
1. a person who permanently acts the part of and completely identifies with the opposite sex
2. a person who has undergone medical and surgical procedures to alter external sexual characteristics to those of the opposite sex
transsexual [tran′sek·shə·wəl]
(psychology)
An individual whose chromosomes, gonads, and body habitus mark that individual as a member of one sex, but who feels psychically to be of the other sex, with an overwhelming desire for sex reassignment through surgical and hormonal intervention.
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Transsexuals are individuals born with the physiological and chromosomal identity of one gender, but who mentally and emotionally believe they belong to the opposite gender.
Screening the borderland: transsexualism as cinematic metaphor by Kraus, Carolyn / CineAction
Like many transsexuals in Malaysia, a conservative and mostly Muslim country, the clash between ID card and appearance means Tasha is shunned by employers, and forced to make her living as a sex worker.
Twilight life of Malaysia's Muslim transsexuals by AFP / AFP Global Edition
Like many transsexuals in Malaysia, a conservative and mostly Muslim country, the clash between ID card and appearance means Tasha is shunned by employers, and forced to make her living as a sex worker.
Twilight life of Malaysia's Muslim transsexuals by AFP / AFP Asian Edition
 
 
 
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