[Magdalen] Christine Jorgensen

[Lynn Ronkainen]

And how does what was once referred to as hermaphrodite fit into this? 
Because is seems as though many refer to themselves 'trans' or 'intersex' 
these days too... and from reading in the news occasionally decisions to 
'define' gender at birth with any kind of surgery is definitely on the way 
out in most medical circles.

her·maph·ro·dite

/h?r'mafr?dit/

noun: hermaphrodite; plural noun: hermaphrodites
1. a person or animal having both male and female sex organs or other sexual 
characteristics, either abnormally or (in the case of some organisms) as the 
natural condition.
synonyms: androgyne, intersex, epicene; More
bisexual, gynandromorph

adjective: hermaphrodite
1. of or denoting a person, animal, or plant having both male and female sex 
organs or other sexual characteristics.
"hermaphrodite creatures in classical sculpture"
synonyms: androgynous, intersex, hermaphroditic, hermaphroditical, epicene; 
bisexual
"hermaphrodite creatures"

(and I still wonder about all the estrogen in our water and in 'plastics', 
especially that which has lined the inside of cans for 40 years,  and if has 
played into  any and all of these categories, including transsexual and 
transvestite.

Lynn

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When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not a 
single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me." 
attributed to Erma Bombeck

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From: "Cantor03--- via Magdalen" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2015 12:47 PM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Cc: <Cantor03 at aol.com>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Christine Jorgensen

>
>
> In a message dated 6/4/2015 12:48:18 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> gracecan at gmail.com writes:
>
> David,
>
> 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?
>
>
>
>
> Definition of  "transsexual"
>
>
> noun
> 1.
> a person having a strong desire to assume the physical characteristicsand
> gender role of the opposite sex.
>
> 2.
> a person who has undergone hormone treatment and surgery toattain the
> physical characteristics of the opposite sex.
>
> adjective
> 3.
> of, relating to, or characteristic of transsexuals.
>
>
>
>
>
> 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:
>
>
>
>
>
> David  Strang.
>
>