Quote Originally Posted by Angela Campbell View Post
If the end goal is to be partial it seems it shouldn't be considered the same thing.
I agree, full transition is not the same as a not-full transition and they should not both be called just "transition", hence my attempt to differentiate between the two. But, they are indeed both processes that take, in the case of MtFs, a male body from one state to another (providing it is more than just clothes and there are indeed body modifications such as HRT or more) even if one desired end result is to present as female to everyone, and the other is to present as a female only to some people.

Separately from that is the way that people identify and this is where it gets sticky. Both the full-time transitioners and the people who go from male to in-between male and female (depending on what body parts have changed ... do they have breasts that can be hidden, do they continue to experience male sexual functioning to appease their marriage) all identify as women (except for Isha ). So do we negate the changes that the non-full-time transitioners experience and continue to call them male? Do we call them something in between male and female, or do we acknowledge they feel they are female?

Again, these are just questions.