http://us.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/06/11/ent.chastity.bono/index.html
What confuses me is this:
Someone's decision to transition does not necessarily mean they are undergoing gender reassignment surgery, and in many cases they do not, said Mara Keisling, executive director of the Washington-based National Center for Transgender Equality.
"The whole media fixation on surgery is kind of misplaced," she said. "Almost no transgender people ever have surgery. We don't have any idea how many do."
An estimated one-quarter to one-half percent of the American population is transsexual, however, Keisling said. "It's sort of a general term that encompasses both or either a social transition or a medical transition."
Keisling said she was unaware of the specifics in Bono's case, but speaking generally, a transition means that he will now want to be "known, seen, viewed" as a male.
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I don't how you can "transition" from being a female to a male without surgery (or vice versa). I mean if I start telling people I'm a female and that I think of myself as a female and I start dressing like one, that doesn't make me a female... that makes me a transvestite and maybe gay (if I start screwing men). But I would still be a male.... just a male that wants to be a female.... until surgery is performed. Strange
What confuses me is this:
Someone's decision to transition does not necessarily mean they are undergoing gender reassignment surgery, and in many cases they do not, said Mara Keisling, executive director of the Washington-based National Center for Transgender Equality.
"The whole media fixation on surgery is kind of misplaced," she said. "Almost no transgender people ever have surgery. We don't have any idea how many do."
An estimated one-quarter to one-half percent of the American population is transsexual, however, Keisling said. "It's sort of a general term that encompasses both or either a social transition or a medical transition."
Keisling said she was unaware of the specifics in Bono's case, but speaking generally, a transition means that he will now want to be "known, seen, viewed" as a male.
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I don't how you can "transition" from being a female to a male without surgery (or vice versa). I mean if I start telling people I'm a female and that I think of myself as a female and I start dressing like one, that doesn't make me a female... that makes me a transvestite and maybe gay (if I start screwing men). But I would still be a male.... just a male that wants to be a female.... until surgery is performed. Strange
