Transsexuality

A transsexual (sometimes transexual) person establishes a permanent identity with the opposite gender to their assigned (usually at birth) sex. Transsexual men and women make or desire to make a transition from their birth sex to that of the opposite sex, with some type of medical alteration (gender reassignment therapy) to their body. The stereotypical explanation is of a "woman trapped in a man's body" or vice versa, although many in the transsexual community reject this formulation.

External links

• The International Journal of Transgenderism - The Official Journal of the Harry Benjamin International Gender Dysphoria Association (HBIGDA)
• Basic TG/TS/IS Information - including Successful Transwomen and Successful Transmen
• Transsexuality - Jennifer Diane Reitz's Help & Support Site. Her COGIATI test is often misconstrued as an accurate test of transgender identity, but the majority of her site is quite helpful.
• How to Respect a Transsexual Person
• What transsexuality Is
• Transgender Law Center - California, USA, civil rights organization advocating for transgender communities through direct legal services, public policy advocacy, and educational opportunities
• Press for Change - UK information about the trans rights campaign, and details about the legal, medical, political and social issues surrounding the people it represents
• The Gender Trust - The UK Charity for the support of trans individuals, their friends & family, employers and professionals
• Definition and Synopsis of the Etiology of Adult Gender Identity Disorder and Transsexualism - prepared by 24 internationally recognized experts

Specific to trans women

• Mom, I Need to Be a Girl - a book by the mother of a transsexual child
• Transsexual Road Map - practical and medical information
• Lynn Conway - her goal is to "illuminate and normalize the issues of gender identity and the processes of gender transition."
• Annelawrence.com Medical and Other Resources for Transsexual Women - often considered to be a controversial figure within the community due to her support for the autogynephilia theory
• Genderrain - contains the web version of Saving Throw. Saving throw is a transsexual person's autobiography which also touches on bisexuality, abuse, recovery, drug abuse, gender ethics and politics.

Specific to trans men

• FTM International - Female To Male International: practical and medical information
• FTMA Network - Australian-wide network providing up to date contact, support and information.

Media treatment of transsexuality

• spectator.net article: Embracing the Transsexual Menace: Another Radical Idea Whose Time Has Come?
• GLBTQ article: Pornographic Film and Video: Transsexual