Terminology - TG and TS ARE NOT THE SAME THING

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A transgender person is someone who self-identifies as one gender but has some significant qualities that are commonly associated with the opposite gender. A transsexual person is someone who self-identifies as one sex but has some significant qualities that are commonly associated with the opposite sex.

A cisgender person is someone who self-identifies as one gender and doesn’t have any significant qualities that are commonly associated with the opposite gender. A cissexual person is someone who self-identifies as one sex and doesn’t have any significant qualities that are commonly associated with the opposite sex.

Transgender people are transmasculine or transfeminine.

Transsexual people are transmale or transfemale.

Cisgender people are masculine or feminine.

Cissexual people are male or female.

Gender is a general formal and functional characteristic. Sex is a specific formal characteristic.

People who self-identify as one gender but dress like the opposite gender are transgender, not cisgender. Get a second opinion from any cisgender person if you need one.

Of course, all transgender people and cisgender people come in many variations. However, there is no intersection between these two groups.

Burly studs who wear dresses are not really burly studs, sorry to say, but some of them are very cute in a very transgender (not cisgender) non-manly manner.

P.S. Transsexual and cissexual are both sex types, not sexuality types. This post is about gender types and sex types, not about sexuality types. Honestly, I would prefer the terms transsex and cissex to transsexual and cissexual, but I am deferring to common usage in defining sex types. I am definitely not discussing any sexuality types (hetero, homo, or bi) or their relationship to gender types and sex types in this post.