Transsexual vs Abnormal - What's the difference?
transsexual | abnormal |
One who has changed or is in the process of changing their physical sex (because it did not match their desired sex) by undergoing medical treatment such as hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and/or sex reassignment surgery (SRS).
* {{quote-video, year=1995, title=
, passage=When a man is a woman trapped in a man's body, and has a little operation, he is a transsexual .}}
* Myra Love, Reality’s Friends'', excerpted in Gertrude M. James Gonzalez and Anne J. M. Mamary (editors), ''Cultural Activisms: Poetic Voices, Political Voices , SUNY Press (1999), ISBN 978-0-7914-3965-4,
* 2003 December 9, Kitty Fine, “How to Tell If Your Fella Wants to Be a Woman!”, in , ISSN 0199-574X,
* anonymous, “My Husband’s Secret”, in Grandma Joy, Grandma Joy's Hope for Hurting Women: Healing the Wounds of the Past and Gaining Hope for the Future , Destiny Image Publishers (2006), ISBN 978-0-7684-2351-8,
Not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type.
* 1899 , (Arthur Conan Doyle), A Duet , ch. 6:
Of or pertaining to that which is abnormal, in particular, behaviour that deviates from norms of social propriety or accepted standards of mental health.
* 1904 , (Jack London), The Sea Wolf , ch. 23:
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As adjectives the difference between transsexual and abnormal
is that transsexual is (of a person) being a while abnormal is not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type .As nouns the difference between transsexual and abnormal
is that transsexual is one who has changed or is in the process of changing their physical sex (because it did not match their desired sex) by undergoing medical treatment such as hormone replacement therapy (hrt) and/or sex reassignment surgery (srs) while abnormal is a person or object that is not normal.transsexual
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Alternative forms
* transexual (rare)Synonyms
* transsex (less common), transsexed (uncommon)Noun
(en noun)page 107:
- He claimed that they had this wonderful and loving relationship in which the transsexual -to-be had felt that his suitor truly loved him the way he was and didn’t want him to have the surgery,
page 14:
- Hundreds of women every year are taken completely by surprise when their husbands announce they want to undergo sex-change surgery — and the news is even more shocking when comes, as it often does, from a burly he-man who’d given no clue to his inner girl. ¶ But the signs are definitely there if your husband is dreaming of becoming a transsexual , says a new study by a top sexologist.
page 133:
- He was wearing women’s clothes before he had the surgery; then, he actually became a transsexual , and they (amazingly) stayed together.
Usage notes
* It may be inappropriate to refer to or describe a transsexual person as "a transsexual"; compare "a black", "a gay". "A transsexual man" (for a man who is biologically female, or was biologically female prior to sex reassignment) or "a transsexual woman" (for the reverse) is frequently more appropriate.Synonyms
* TS * transpersonHyponyms
* transman (female-to-male transsexual ) * transwoman (male-to-female transsexual )Derived terms
* transsexualism * transsexualitySee also
* male-to-female * female-to-male * intersexual, intersex * transvestiteExternal links
* (projectlink) *Lynn Conway's website on transsexuality*
Andrea James' web resources for gender transition----
abnormal
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Alternative forms
* anormal * (obsolete) abnormousAdjective
(en adjective)- And then after an abnormal meal, which was either a very late breakfast or a very early lunch, they drove on to Victoria Station.
- Furuseth was right; I was abnormal , an "emotionless monster," a strange bookish creature, capable of pleasuring in sensations only of the mind.