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RumpusParable -> RE: The rise and fall of the binary. (9/22/2013 2:59:31 PM)
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ORIGINAL: DarkSteven
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ORIGINAL: masterdrax1
Is that right that transgender addresses both crossdressers and transvestites???
Doesn't sound right to me - then again I'm a Software Engineer that likes a spec to make some sort of sense even when its on the back of a cig packet - which it is most of the time.
The term transgender addresses crossdressers, transvestites, and transsexuals. All three.
Actually, no, it doesn't. Transgender addresses all of those who are not cisgender, anyone whose gender identity does not match the assumed/expected/assigned one for their sex.
Most crossdressers and transvestites are cisgender. There are exceptions, yes, but the majority are cisgender so far studies show. At first they were included in the general terminology regarding transsexuality due to the assumptions (just like that a male dressing in culturally-assigned "women's clothing" was assumed bisexual at least, but most likely gay) that their dressing so meant they were not cisgender. Today referring to a transgender person as a transvestite or vice versa is largely offensive within the LGBT and Transgender communities/sub-cultures.
Transgender is an umbrella term used as I stated above. It covers transsexuals, genderfluid, agender, bi-gender, third gender, genderqueer, androgyne, and other gender identities. Anyone who is not cisgender.
What clothing one prefers to wear, for sexual reasons, for comfort reasons, for genderfucking reasons, whatever, isn't addressed by the distinction between cisgender and transgender people nor does it indicate status.
You will find many references that still confuse these, but as said this lack of distinction is outdated though still repeated, but as research continues and sub-cultural definitions are refined, it is becoming more understood and acknowledged that the clothing one chooses to wear does not indicate gender status on its own. It may be in relation to gender status, but does not itself define one as other than cisgendered. Again, it's a case similar to the (still hanging around to a large extent) beliefs about cisgender crossdressing or transvestism indicating homosexuality in males.
Additionally, sexuality has no bearing on transgenderism just like it has none on cisgenderism. It doesn't have any part in indicating if a person is either and either can be of any sexuality.
Take me as an example: I am a transgender person as a genderless female. I usually dress neutrally but am assumed a girl due to body shape. For me, dressing in distinctly our culture's feminine or masculine clothing is one of a few things or a mix depending on the day: 1) dressing how I please regardless of gender assumptions, 2) presenting as a binary gender for the hell of it, 3) presenting as a boy or girl more distinctly or more extremely for the enjoyment of being in drag, and/or 4) intentionally engaging in genderfucking. My sexuality is pansexual.
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