Who is a Transsexual?
A transsexual is a person who has the internal and external bodily features of one sex, but has the irrefutable conviction that he or she belongs to the opposite sex. Generally, together with this conviction there is present a strong desire to alter their physical appearance so that it conforms to that of the desired sex. Transsexuals are different from transvestites, who identify with the opposite sex in varying ways by dressing up in clothes of the opposite sex (occasionally or frequently) or even adopting an opposite gender identity, without any desire to go through a sex change. Transsexuality is not a sexual orientation. A transsexual person could be heterosexual, bisexual, gay or lesbian. Sex Reassignment Surgery (SRS) Sex reassignment surgery refers to the administration of surgery to change the sex appearance according to one’s sex identity. There are two kinds of surgery. • Genital surgical sex reassignment: surgery of the genitalia and/or breasts performed for the purpose of
