What does transgendered mean?

[Mass_Liberal]

I'm not sure I understand.

[rabid_nerd]

1. I know of that old joke about being a

pre-operative transsexual lesbian

what movie was that from?

On Edit, an explination: it was a man lying about intending to undergo a sex change and becoming a lesbian to a lesbian. Typical Man Show caliber humor.

[freetobegay]

2. This clarify it for you?

exhibiting the appearance and behavioral characteristics of the opposite sex

[Mass_Liberal]

5. ok

thanks. So..... you can't really.... come out. And what would transgendered rights be? And why is it GLBT and not GLB?

[La Lioness Priyanka]

3. chk this out

http://www.sexuality.org/l/incoming/trbasic.html

[listenup]

4. Maybe

"between" or "across" genders.

The simple answer. For a more detailed analysis, look here:

http://www.altsex.org/transgender/benjamin.html

[ElsewheresDaughter]

6. someone who has been surgically altered into opposite gender

[La Lioness Priyanka]

7. transsexual is the term for that

transgendered is the umbrella term

[ElsewheresDaughter]

10. and i thought "transexual" was the umbrella term

[listenup]

8. Though

transgendered also refers to those who may have undergone hormone therapy and live as the opposite gender, but have not yet had sex-reassignment surgery.

The term used these days is still gender dysphoria.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

9. yup

transgendered is the umbrella term that cover people who are pre and post ops transexuals and also people who prefer to dress/live as a person of the opposite sex

[slksln]

11. I just found out not too long ago

that one of my (born physically male) friends, who is transgendered, actually registered to university as a female, even though she has never had, and does not plan to have surgery to changer her genetalia. She does take horomones, dress and live as a woman.

She's actually an attractive woman, and she has a strange way of introducing herself to guys that she's interested in.