Sex is different from Gender
[SIZE=3]I recently received a notice on labour employment conditions which outlines (amongst other items) anti-discriminatory clauses which covers all the usual items you would expect - except for gender orientation.
As a part quote from the text "... sex, sexual preference, ..." No mention of gender at all, let alone in regard to orientation such as transgender or transsexual and anything in between those two extremes.
So in theory, because gender is not a provision in the discrimination rulings, I could lose my employment if it was discovered I was TG by an employer!
I'm strongly thinking of writing to the Authority concerned to raise the topic of including "gender" as a legitimet consideration in anti-discrimination laws here in Australia.[/SIZE]
The term Gender is replacing sex
The term Gender is replacing sex.
At least in the US.
Just like in applications and forms you are asked your gender instead of sex now. Sex is being redefined as a verb ie “a thing to do” not gender.
So Transsexual is being replaced by Transgender to be politically correct. But some see the two terms as different and you will find different definitions of them.
My question:
If you feel you are in the wrong body but can do nothing about it, ie family income or age etc. Are you Transgendered or transsexual or what?
For us it is just a label that the society needs
What I have seen is that the Sex in TS is being replaced with Gender at least in the US, just like it is in general use, ie forms, applications, drivers license and ID etc.
You can look these up in the Web and find different definitions of all. Transvestite, Cross-dresser, Transsexual, Transgendered, Gender Disphoria, gender confusion and Gender identity disorder. Now is that confusing?
If you find so called "medical" definition they differ as well.
Transsexualism is a condition in which a transsexual person self-identifies as a member of the gender opposite to the one assigned to them at birth.
Transgender is the state of one's "gender identity" (self-identification as male, female, both or neither) not matching one's "assigned gender" (identification by others as male or female based on physical/genetic sex).
(Love the word assigned must have been on the work order!)
They seem to be the same, do they not?
Transvestite is another term that none of us like. It was originally for men who dress in woman’s clothes. It has changed to men who dress in woman’s clothes for a sexual fetish. Cross-dresser was added to replace it in the 70’s because of sexual fetish part. Also cross-dresser covers both genders, transvestite is just for men.
So a transvestite is a cross-dresser but not the other way around!
Gender dystopia and gender confusion are another couple of terms that leave much to be desired. Both gender confusion and gender dysphoria are being forwarded to the definition of Gender Identity Disorder in the Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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They seem to be in the process of being replaced by Gender Identity Disorder.
Gender identity disorder, as identified by psychologists and medical doctors, is a condition in which a person has been assigned one gender (usually at birth on the basis of their sex, but compare intersexuality), but identifies as belonging to another gender, or does not conform with the gender role their respective society prescribes to them.
Confusion: A lack of clarity or order, jumbled. Or the state of being confused; not understanding.
Dysphoria: is the opposite of euphoria. It is generally characterized as a feeling of emotional and/or mental discomfort, restlessness, malaise, and depression. A person suffering from dysphoria will feel that "Things aren't the way they are supposed to be."
Neither confusion or disphoria seem to do it do they? But people with Gender Identity Disorder one can be confused and do not know what to do. So I would see confusion and dysphoria a symptom of Gender Identity Disorder in some cases.
And none of these definitions even mention sexual orientation. That is a different problem not related to these or so they seem to be suggesting.
(However in my case it is confusion. I have always liked women and find men and their bodies repulsive. But I want breasts and an innie" down there. I like a relationship with a woman, but really want to be a woman.) So that is confusion, within the gender identity disorder. This is probably why CD’ing does not work for me, it is more than the just dressing I need, then but maybe not!)
So what does this all mean: Well, who cares what the medical and general public defines these terms they are just labels and really do not mean anything.
No one person fits in any one perfectly anyway.
