Definitions, definitions...

[rrq3200]

Hmmm... I'm relatively new here, and relatively new to this exquisite world of the "Third Sex", so I would like for any of you (particularly Allanah or Wendy or any other "girl") to please clarify some definitions for me...

Shemale
Transsexual
Hermaphrodite
Transgender
Tranny (a diminutive, I think)
Sheboy
Ladyboy
Boneca (which I think is a Portuguese expresion)
or any other similar words...

Seems like everybody is using this or that definition without really mind the exactness of the word.

Gracias for your clarifications...

[NickTheQuick]

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[Ecstatic]

Ladyboy is derived from the Thai "kathoey"; a similar Japanese term is "new half" and in the Philippines "bakla".

Some transsexuals--particularly who consider themselves "non op" as opposed to "pre op" (not intending to have SRS) and who work in adult entertainment--have laid claim to the term "shemale" as being more honest.

[TomSelis]

Boneca is like the Portugese equivalent of tranny.

[Ecstatic]

boneca = doll
travesti = transvestite/transsexual

Both are used commonly to refer to transsexuals in Brazil.

[NiceGuy Eddie]

One of the first shemale movies that I saw was a brazilian production titled " Las Bonecas son Depravados" or something like that. I didn`t know what it meant up to now.