All of the following categories are included in Transgenderism......
CROSS DRESSERS
DRAG QUEENS
TRANSVESTITES
TRANSSEXUALS
TRANSSEXUAL BASICS
The term "transgender" is an umbrella term, used to
refer to individuals who dress and/or live in a gender
different than the one they are supposed to adopt. The
following groups of people are included in the category
"transgender".
Cross-dressers;
Cross-dressers wear the clothing and attire associated
with the opposite sex. For example, men who are
cross-dressers dress up as women. A cross-dresser chooses
when and where they will present themselves in their
chosen gender. Cross-dressers are considered to be
primarily Heterosexual but can be Bisexual or
Homosexual although most individuals involved in
cross-dressing social groups maintain that cross-dressers
are strictly heterosexuals.
Transvestites is the term commonly used to describe a
Homosexual cross-dresser. Transvestites are gay and
frequent gay bars and gay outings and dress when and
where they wish as women and tend to be involved
primarily in the street trade (prostitution).
Drag queens are men who dress as women, and who
usually circulate within the gay male communities. They
frequently perform shows at gay bars and often identify
themselves as gay men. Like cross-dressers, drag queens
only dress as women at certain times and in certain places.
Most individuals who are drag queens tend to be
primarily performers.
Transsexuals live in a gender other than the one assigned
to them at birth. Some are considered transgenderists and
take hormones to change their physical appearance.
Hormones change the physical structure of the body,
including secondary sex characteristics like facial hair,
skin tone and voice pitch. Unlike a transgenderists who
may take hormonal treatment and live as their opposite
sex, they tend to not have sex reassignment surgery. While
the true Transsexual will take the final step and have sex
reassignment surgery.
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