[Magdalen] Christine Jorgensen

[Grace Cangialosi]

Thanks, David!  
I am now completely confused, which is certainly NOT your fault...
I'll have to spend some time with these.

> On Jun 4, 2015, at 1:47 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
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> In a message dated 6/4/2015 12:48:18 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
> gracecan at gmail.com writes:
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> David,
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> I heard someone on NPR the other day say that  transsexual and transgender
> aren't the same thing, but I forget the  distinction. Maybe transsexuals
> have had the surgical procedures and  transgenders haven't?
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> Definition of  "transsexual"
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> noun  
> 1.  
> a person having a strong desire to assume the physical characteristicsand 
> gender role of the opposite sex.
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> 2.  
> a person who has undergone hormone treatment and surgery toattain the 
> physical characteristics of the opposite sex.
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> adjective  
> 3.  
> of, relating to, or characteristic of transsexuals.
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> Transgender
>    *   Transgender  (sometimes shortened to trans or TG) people are those 
> whose psychological self  ("gender identity") differs from the social 
> expectations for the physical sex  they were born with. To understand this, one 
> must understand the difference  between biological sex, which is one's body 
> (genitals, chromosomes, ect.), and  social gender, which refers to levels of 
> masculinity and femininity. Often,  society conflates sex and gender, viewing 
> them as the same thing. But, gender  and sex are not the same 
> thing.Transgender people are those whose  psychological self ("gender identity") differs 
> from the social expectations  for the physical sex they were born with. For 
> example, a female with a  masculine gender identity or who identifies as a 
> man. 
>    *   An  umbrella term for transsexuals, cross-dressers (transvestites), 
> transgenderists, gender queers, and people who identify as neither female 
> nor  male and/or as neither a man or as a woman. Transgender is not a sexual 
> orientation;transgender people may have any sexual orientation. It is  
> important to acknowledge that while some people may fit under this definition  
> of transgender, they may not identify as such.
> These  are a couple of definitions I've found:
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> David  Strang.
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