Transexuals

[Vincent]

First I think there needs to be a clear distinction between transgender and transexual. (Even though there is heavy overlap). There plenty of genderqueer, trans masculine, trans feminine, and gender fluid etc people who are NOT transexual. My ex is genderqueer. And we traded clothes and hair accessories constantly. (I think he still had my Hello Kitty headband! Crap!) Anyway I think there's a huge difference in having a dysphoria about your physical body and psychologically feeling like the wrong sex, and how you present your gender identity.

I have been under the impression that the difference between transgender and transsexual is that transgender is an umbrella term that describes anyone whose gender identity and biological sex do not match up (which can include transmen, transwomen, genderqueer, genderfluid, agender, etc.), and a transsexual refers specifically to individuals who undergo medical procedures (hormones/surgery) in order to align their body with their identity. Like in other words, every transsexual person is transgender, but not every transgender person is transsexual.