From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishtranssexualtrans‧sex‧u‧al /trænˈsekʃuəl $ trænsˈsek-/ noun [countable] SYa man who wants to be a woman and has medical treatment to make him into one, or a woman who wants to be a man and has medical treatment to make her into one → transvestite —transsexual adjective —transsexualism noun [uncountable]
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transsexual• Not all transsexuals opt for mutilation.• There is in this du Transvestites and transsexuals do not challenge the social construction of gender.• Daily life at home was often like a scene from the Rocky Horror Picture Show with transvestites and transsexuals continually visiting.• For convenience throughout this paper, I shall speak of male-to-female transsexuals.• There still exists some considerable division of opinion among psychologists and psychiatrists as to the most appropriate form of therapy for transsexuals.• Rather, like the gallae or modern transsexuals, they follow an inner drive or compulsion.• Further questions about the rights of paedophiles, transsexuals and bisexuals in relation to the centre were mooted, but full-scale debates never materialized.• If the skeletal analysis of marriage proposed above is accepted, why should relationships between unoperated transsexuals and others be excluded? 