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It is important to remember, when trying to refer to transsexual/transgendered people, that it is as a community that has only recently started to claim the right to self definition and self naming. Therefore, our use of words is fluid and constantly evolving. It reflects our sometimes frustrating but always motivating struggle with language. These different categories or identities are not mutually exclusive. Someone can be a transsexual man and Intersexed, or a transsexual woman and a drag king. Many of people will identify as members of another group. Furthermore, some people could perfectly fulfill the “criteria” for being transsexual or transgendered but simply don’t identify as such. That doesn’t mean that they’re not dealing with gender identity issues or that they don’t suffer discrimination based on a perceived transgression of sex/gender rules. Each group has its own specific agenda, issues, ideas, opinions, strategies in fighting transsexual/transgendered oppressions etc. Finally, never forget that transsexual/transgender people are very diverse when it comes to sexual orientation. We are bisexuals, lesbians, heterosexuals, queers, gays, asexuals… We are all of it and even more!


 
 
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