They are transsexuals. Period.
Humans can not transform from male to female or female to male biologically and gender is determined by chromosome pairs. You can be transsexual but never transgender.
It's a pseudo term, in my humble opinion. Why? "Transgender" is a false, pseudo term because humans can never change the gender locked in your genetics they're born with. "Biological sex" replaces the former word "gender". I can't help but think it's another way to mask over what was formerly called "gender dysphoria".
What is the definition of transgender?
Liberals are known for distorting and changing meanings and definitions. It is no wonder the world stays so confused.There is a traceable history of the evolution of these words.
Originally, the term "transgenderism" was coined by psychiatrist John F. Oliven in 1965 to describe a condition where a person desired a gender role opposite to their biological sex, distinct from purely sexual motivations.
Early Coining and Medical Usage (1960s–1970s)
John F. Oliven: The American psychiatrist used "transgenderism" in his 1965 reference book Sexual Hygiene and Pathology. He considered it more accurate than "transvestism" because he believed the psyche's role outweighed clothing or sexuality in these patients.
Virginia Prince: In the 1970s and 1980s, transgender activist Virginia Prince popularized terms like "transgenderist" and "transgender". She used them to describe people (specifically heterosexual cross-dressers or those living full-time in a non-birth gender role) who did not seek medical genital surgery, separating them from the narrow medical definition of "transsexual" at the time.
Shift to the Modern Umbrella Term (1990s)
Broadening Definition: In the early 1990s, the word transitioned from describing specific behavioral roles to functioning as a broad political and social umbrella term.
Displacement of Older Terms: Activists and communities adopted "transgender" to cover a wide spectrum of gender-variant identities, largely replacing the older, clinically restrictive term "transsexual".
The shift in the definition of gender from a purely biological description to a concept focused on social roles and personal identity began in the 1950s and 1960s within the fields of psychiatry and sexology, later expanding into sociology and feminism during the 1970s.
The Timeline of the Shift
Pre-1950s: The word "gender" was almost exclusively a linguistic term used to describe whether a noun was masculine, feminine, or neuter in certain languages. "Sex" was the term used to describe biological differences.The 1950s (Medical Origin): Sexologist John Money first used the term "gender role" in 1955 to describe the public expression of being a man or a woman, separate from biological sex, while studying intersex individuals.The 1960s (Psychiatric Differentiation): Psychoanalyst Robert Stoller formally separated "sex" (the biological makeup) from "gender identity" (the psychological sense of being male or female) in 1968 during his work with transsexual individuals.The 1970s (Sociological Adoption): Feminist theorists adopted this distinction to argue that while biological sex is fixed, social roles (gender) are culturally constructed and can be changed to achieve equality. What is "Gender Identity"? In MODERN SOCIOLOGICAL and PSYCHOLOGICAL frameworks, gender identity refers to a person's DEEPLY FELT, internal sense of being male, female, a blend of both, or neither. For the vast majority of people (cisgender individuals), this internal identity aligns naturally with their BIOLOGICAL SEX (male or female). For others, this internal sense does not match their biological anatomy. The Current Debate reflects a frustrating, major, ongoing cultural debate. Many people share the view that decoupling gender from biological sex undermines the traditional, binary understanding of male and female, creating confusion, political mayhem or erasing important biological realities.The shift in language reflects decades of evolution that is debated still, in medicine, academia, and law.
In the 1800s, the word "gender" did not have a distinct medical definition. Old medical books from the 19th century rarely used the word at all, and when they did, it carried the same definitions found in standard literature of the era:
[1] (https://ls.berkeley.edu/news/author-interview-sandra-eder-how-clinic-made-gender),
[2] (https://www.academia.edu/129665755/A_brief_history_of_defining_sex_and_gender)
A Grammatical Term: The primary, formal definition of "gender" was strictly linguistic, referring to the classification of nouns and adjectives as masculine, feminine, or neuter.
[1] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender),
[2] (https://webstersdictionary1828.com/Dictionary/gender)
A GENERAL SYNONYM for Biological Sex: In non-grammatical writing, it was used colloquially to mean "kind," "sort," or "sex" (e.g., "the male gender").
[1] (https://webstersdictionary1828.com/Dictionary/gender)
Medical and legal professionals in the 19th century exclusively used the term "sex" when discussing anatomical, reproductive, and biological differences.
[1] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_history),
[2] (https://www.academia.edu/129665755/A_brief_history_of_defining_sex_and_gender)
How 1800s Medical Books Addressed the Concept
While the modern medical and psychological word "gender" didn't exist yet, 19th-century medical books discussed the concepts we associate with it today under entirely different terminology:
Conflation of Sex and Behavior: Doctors did not differentiate between biological sex and socially constructed behavior. 19th-century medical literature viewed social behavior, temperament, and societal roles as direct, inescapable mandates of a person's biological organs (a concept known as biological essentialism).
[1(https://www.researchgate.net/publication/356647287_A_brief_history_of_defining_sex_and_gender),
[2] (https://ethos.lps.library.cmu.edu/article/id/42/)
"Sexual Inversion": People who dressed or behaved in ways that did not match their biological sex were not described as having a different "gender identity." Instead, late 19th-century medical books and early psychologists (like Richard von Krafft-Ebing) classified them under terms like sexual inversion or perversion, completely conflating what we now separate into sexual orientation and gender identity.
[1] (https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9286744/),
[2] (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22844818/)
Hyper-Polarization: Driven by Victorian societal norms, 1800s medical texts went to great lengths to find anatomical proofs for distinct social roles. For example, anatomical illustrations of female skeletons routinely exaggerated the width of the pelvis and minimized the skull size to biologically justify keeping women in the domestic sphere and out of higher education.
[1] (https://journals.ispan.edu.pl/index.php/adeptus/article/download/a.1470/3452),
[2] (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-024-03366-x),
[3] (https://ethos.lps.library.cmu.edu/article/id/42/)
When did the medical definition change? The deliberate medical separation of "sex" and "gender" did not occur until the 1950s. It was introduced by psychologists and sexologists—most notably JOHN MONEY at JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY —who needed a way to distinguish biological anatomy from a patient's psychological and social upbringing when treating intersex and transsexual individuals.
[1] (https://debuk.wordpress.com/2016/12/15/a-brief-history-of-gender/),
[2] (https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2024/definition-gender-sex-changed-meaning-state-laws/),
[3] (https://ls.berkeley.edu/news/author-interview-sandra-eder-how-clinic-made-gender),
[4(https://www.researchgate.net/publication/356647287_A_brief_history_of_defining_sex_and_gender)
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When Meanings Shift
Unless one can change their chromosomes....Humans can not transform from male to female or female to male biologically and gender is determined by chromosome pairs. You can be transsexual but never transgender.
It's a pseudo term, in my humble opinion. Why? "Transgender" is a false, pseudo term because humans can never change the gender locked in your genetics they're born with. "Biological sex" replaces the former word "gender". I can't help but think it's another way to mask over what was formerly called "gender dysphoria".
What is the definition of transgender?
Liberals are known for distorting and changing meanings and definitions. It is no wonder the world stays so confused.There is a traceable history of the evolution of these words.
Originally, the term "transgenderism" was coined by psychiatrist John F. Oliven in 1965 to describe a condition where a person desired a gender role opposite to their biological sex, distinct from purely sexual motivations.
Early Coining and Medical Usage (1960s–1970s)
John F. Oliven: The American psychiatrist used "transgenderism" in his 1965 reference book Sexual Hygiene and Pathology. He considered it more accurate than "transvestism" because he believed the psyche's role outweighed clothing or sexuality in these patients.
Virginia Prince: In the 1970s and 1980s, transgender activist Virginia Prince popularized terms like "transgenderist" and "transgender". She used them to describe people (specifically heterosexual cross-dressers or those living full-time in a non-birth gender role) who did not seek medical genital surgery, separating them from the narrow medical definition of "transsexual" at the time.
Shift to the Modern Umbrella Term (1990s)
Broadening Definition: In the early 1990s, the word transitioned from describing specific behavioral roles to functioning as a broad political and social umbrella term.
Displacement of Older Terms: Activists and communities adopted "transgender" to cover a wide spectrum of gender-variant identities, largely replacing the older, clinically restrictive term "transsexual".
The shift in the definition of gender from a purely biological description to a concept focused on social roles and personal identity began in the 1950s and 1960s within the fields of psychiatry and sexology, later expanding into sociology and feminism during the 1970s.
The Timeline of the Shift
Pre-1950s: The word "gender" was almost exclusively a linguistic term used to describe whether a noun was masculine, feminine, or neuter in certain languages. "Sex" was the term used to describe biological differences.The 1950s (Medical Origin): Sexologist John Money first used the term "gender role" in 1955 to describe the public expression of being a man or a woman, separate from biological sex, while studying intersex individuals.The 1960s (Psychiatric Differentiation): Psychoanalyst Robert Stoller formally separated "sex" (the biological makeup) from "gender identity" (the psychological sense of being male or female) in 1968 during his work with transsexual individuals.The 1970s (Sociological Adoption): Feminist theorists adopted this distinction to argue that while biological sex is fixed, social roles (gender) are culturally constructed and can be changed to achieve equality. What is "Gender Identity"? In MODERN SOCIOLOGICAL and PSYCHOLOGICAL frameworks, gender identity refers to a person's DEEPLY FELT, internal sense of being male, female, a blend of both, or neither. For the vast majority of people (cisgender individuals), this internal identity aligns naturally with their BIOLOGICAL SEX (male or female). For others, this internal sense does not match their biological anatomy. The Current Debate reflects a frustrating, major, ongoing cultural debate. Many people share the view that decoupling gender from biological sex undermines the traditional, binary understanding of male and female, creating confusion, political mayhem or erasing important biological realities.The shift in language reflects decades of evolution that is debated still, in medicine, academia, and law.
In the 1800s, the word "gender" did not have a distinct medical definition. Old medical books from the 19th century rarely used the word at all, and when they did, it carried the same definitions found in standard literature of the era:
[1] (https://ls.berkeley.edu/news/author-interview-sandra-eder-how-clinic-made-gender),
[2] (https://www.academia.edu/129665755/A_brief_history_of_defining_sex_and_gender)
A Grammatical Term: The primary, formal definition of "gender" was strictly linguistic, referring to the classification of nouns and adjectives as masculine, feminine, or neuter.
[1] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender),
[2] (https://webstersdictionary1828.com/Dictionary/gender)
A GENERAL SYNONYM for Biological Sex: In non-grammatical writing, it was used colloquially to mean "kind," "sort," or "sex" (e.g., "the male gender").
[1] (https://webstersdictionary1828.com/Dictionary/gender)
Medical and legal professionals in the 19th century exclusively used the term "sex" when discussing anatomical, reproductive, and biological differences.
[1] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_history),
[2] (https://www.academia.edu/129665755/A_brief_history_of_defining_sex_and_gender)
How 1800s Medical Books Addressed the Concept
While the modern medical and psychological word "gender" didn't exist yet, 19th-century medical books discussed the concepts we associate with it today under entirely different terminology:
Conflation of Sex and Behavior: Doctors did not differentiate between biological sex and socially constructed behavior. 19th-century medical literature viewed social behavior, temperament, and societal roles as direct, inescapable mandates of a person's biological organs (a concept known as biological essentialism).
[1(https://www.researchgate.net/publication/356647287_A_brief_history_of_defining_sex_and_gender),
[2] (https://ethos.lps.library.cmu.edu/article/id/42/)
"Sexual Inversion": People who dressed or behaved in ways that did not match their biological sex were not described as having a different "gender identity." Instead, late 19th-century medical books and early psychologists (like Richard von Krafft-Ebing) classified them under terms like sexual inversion or perversion, completely conflating what we now separate into sexual orientation and gender identity.
[1] (https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9286744/),
[2] (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22844818/)
Hyper-Polarization: Driven by Victorian societal norms, 1800s medical texts went to great lengths to find anatomical proofs for distinct social roles. For example, anatomical illustrations of female skeletons routinely exaggerated the width of the pelvis and minimized the skull size to biologically justify keeping women in the domestic sphere and out of higher education.
[1] (https://journals.ispan.edu.pl/index.php/adeptus/article/download/a.1470/3452),
[2] (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-024-03366-x),
[3] (https://ethos.lps.library.cmu.edu/article/id/42/)
When did the medical definition change? The deliberate medical separation of "sex" and "gender" did not occur until the 1950s. It was introduced by psychologists and sexologists—most notably JOHN MONEY at JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY —who needed a way to distinguish biological anatomy from a patient's psychological and social upbringing when treating intersex and transsexual individuals.
[1] (https://debuk.wordpress.com/2016/12/15/a-brief-history-of-gender/),
[2] (https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2024/definition-gender-sex-changed-meaning-state-laws/),
[3] (https://ls.berkeley.edu/news/author-interview-sandra-eder-how-clinic-made-gender),
[4(https://www.researchgate.net/publication/356647287_A_brief_history_of_defining_sex_and_gender)
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