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• Transsexual sexuality — refers to sexual and romantic behavior of transsexual people, and is a complex interaction between identity and attraction.Characterizing a transsexual person as heterosexual or homosexual is problematic. Historically, clinicians labeled… …   Wikipedia

• transsexual — adj. & n. (also transexual) adj. having the physical characteristics of one sex and the supposed psychological characteristics of the other. n. 1 a transsexual person. 2 a person whose sex has been changed by surgery. Derivatives: transsexualism… …   Useful english dictionary

• transsexual — A person who identifies with a sex different from the physical or genetic sex with which the person was born. Often, transsexuals undergo surgery to bring their physical sex into conformity with their experienced gender identity. Category:… …   Law dictionary

• transsexual — (also transexual) ► NOUN ▪ a person born with the physical characteristics of one sex who emotionally and psychologically feels that they belong to the opposite sex. ► ADJECTIVE ▪ relating to such a person. DERIVATIVES transsexualism noun… …   English terms dictionary

• transsexual — ☆ transsexual [trans sek′sho͞o əl, transek′sho͞o əl ] n. a person who is predisposed to identify with the opposite sex, sometimes so strongly as to undergo surgery and hormone injections to effect a change of sex transsexualism n …   English World dictionary

• Transsexual — A person who desires or has achieved transsexualism. See transsexualism. * * * 1. A person with the external genitalia and secondary sexual characteristics of one sex, but whose personal identification and psychosocial configuration is that of… …   Medical dictionary

• transsexual — 1. adjective Being a transsexual. 2. noun a) A person whose gender self image contradicts with the physical gender he/she was born with. He claimed that they had this wonderful and loving relationship in which the transsexual to be had felt that… …   Wiktionary

• transsexual — [[t]træ̱nse̱kʃuəl[/t]] transsexuals N COUNT A transsexual is a person who has decided that they want to live as a person of the opposite sex, and so has changed their name and appearance in order to do this. Transsexuals sometimes have an… …   English dictionary

• transsexual — transsexualism, transsexuality, n. /trans sek shooh euhl/, n. 1. a person having a strong desire to assume the physical characteristics and gender role of the opposite sex. 2. a person who has undergone hormone treatment and surgery to attain the …   Universalium

• transsexual — (also transexual) noun a person born with the physical characteristics of one sex who emotionally and psychologically feels that they belong to the opposite sex. adjective relating to such a person. Derivatives transsexualism noun transsexuality… …   English new terms dictionary

• transsexual — trans•sex•u•al [[t]trænsˈsɛk ʃu əl[/t]] n. 1) psl prs a person who strongly desires to assume the physical characteristics and gender role of the opposite sex 2) psl prs a person who has undergone surgical and hormonal treatment for this purpose… …   From formal English to slang