The term transsexual...why doesn't it apply to me?
I am not making a blanket statement here so whatever you see yourself as or whatever issues with your sexuality that you might have, please understand this is about me and possibly a few others here. And if this comes across as kind of insipid or stupid, my apologies. I've been struggling with this for along time.
Let's take a look at the sexuality labels and their 'medical' definitions:
Heterosexual: A person sexually attracted to persons of the opposite sex. Or a person who has sexual relations with the opposite sex. Colloquially known as "straight."
Homosexual: A person sexually attracted to persons of the same sex. Homosexuals include males (gays) and females (lesbians).
Bisexual: An individual who engages in both heterosexual and homosexual sexual relations. Bisexual can also refer to the corresponding lifestyle.
Transsexual: One who mentally and emotionally identifies as a different sex to the one they have been assigned by society according to their anatomy. Transsexual people will often undergo hormone therapy and sex reassignment surgery (as finances and opportunity allow). While the medical establishment claims that transsexual people are suffering from "gender dysphoria", many transsexuals reply that the problem is not with their "gender" but with their "sex" (i.e. their bodies) and that "anatomical dysphoria" is a much more accurate description. Some therapists and sex researchers now use this term and some research suggests that transsexualism is caused by a brain which is differently "sexed" to the person's body.
Other terms: Heteroflexible, trisexual, fauxmosexual, and many more...
There is much debate as to actual definitions, but I'm just using these as a base to work from.
Okay, for years I've thought to myself, why is there no label for me, a person who is soley attracted to transsexuals. If you look at the terms above, you can see that all of them are alike, can be applied to whatever sex, except for the term, transsexual. That is used soley for transsexuals proper.
If I was gay I could be a homosexual. If I was straight, i could be a heterosexual. Bisexual, same thing. And so on. But I can't be a transsexual.
I've heard all the other terms used and tried them on for size like transsensual, transamorous, queer, and all the rest. But none of them are definitive. None of them identify me as what I am. They come across as throwaway terms. There's nothing to root myself in definitively.
So, I'm putting this out there to see what others like me have come up with for themselves. This isn't a rehash of the "am I straight?" threads. I know I'm not straight. And therein lies the problem. Why can't I respond to someone with one definitive word when they ask me what my orientation is? I know what I am. Why is there no term for me? And if all of the -sexual terms are used to identify sexuality, why doesn't transsexual apply to me?
Oh, and tranny chaser is bs term with nothing but negative connotations, so let's just throw that one out with the bathwater right away, hmm. ")
Thoughts?
Re: The term transsexual...why doesn't it apply to me?
Quote:
Originally Posted by whatsupwithat
I am not making a blanket statement here so whatever you see yourself as or whatever issues with your sexuality that you might have, please understand this is about me and possibly a few others here. And if this comes across as kind of insipid or stupid, my apologies. I've been struggling with this for along time.
Let's take a look at the sexuality labels and their 'medical' definitions:
Heterosexual: A person sexually attracted to persons of the opposite sex. Or a person who has sexual relations with the opposite sex. Colloquially known as "straight."
Homosexual: A person sexually attracted to persons of the same sex. Homosexuals include males (gays) and females (lesbians).
Bisexual: An individual who engages in both heterosexual and homosexual sexual relations. Bisexual can also refer to the corresponding lifestyle.
Transsexual: One who mentally and emotionally identifies as a different sex to the one they have been assigned by society according to their anatomy. Transsexual people will often undergo hormone therapy and sex reassignment surgery (as finances and opportunity allow). While the medical establishment claims that transsexual people are suffering from "gender dysphoria", many transsexuals reply that the problem is not with their "gender" but with their "sex" (i.e. their bodies) and that "anatomical dysphoria" is a much more accurate description. Some therapists and sex researchers now use this term and some research suggests that transsexualism is caused by a brain which is differently "sexed" to the person's body.
Other terms: Heteroflexible, trisexual, fauxmosexual, and many more...
There is much debate as to actual definitions, but I'm just using these as a base to work from.
Okay, for years I've thought to myself, why is there no label for me, a person who is soley attracted to transsexuals. If you look at the terms above, you can see that all of them are alike, can be applied to whatever sex, except for the term, transsexual. That is used soley for transsexuals proper.
If I was gay I could be a homosexual. If I was straight, i could be a heterosexual. Bisexual, same thing. And so on. But I can't be a transsexual.
I've heard all the other terms used and tried them on for size like transsensual, transamorous, queer, and all the rest. But none of them are definitive. None of them identify me as what I am. They come across as throwaway terms. There's nothing to root myself in definitively.
So, I'm putting this out there to see what others like me have come up with for themselves. This isn't a rehash of the "am I straight?" threads. I know I'm not straight. And therein lies the problem. Why can't I respond to someone with one definitive word when they ask me what my orientation is? I know what I am. Why is there no term for me? And if all of the -sexual terms are used to identify sexuality, why doesn't transsexual apply to me?
Oh, and tranny chaser is bs term with nothing but negative connotations, so let's just throw that one out with the bathwater right away, hmm. ")
Thoughts?
Interesting. I have no idea what the answer is. A long time ago, on a different forum, the term "Stray" was born, for guys only interested in TS girls. My post on that forum initiated the term, and it honestly was kinda a lie. I'm no more or less attracted to TS girls then I am to GG girls.
I was hopelessly attracted to a specific girl, and I would have said anything to get her attention.
I don't know the answer.