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The term trans women is sometimes used to mean transgender women or transsexual women. Transsexuals are a subset of transgender people, [8] [9] referring to people who desire to medically transition to the sex with which they identify, usually through sex reassignment therapies, such as hormone replacement therapy and sex reassignment surgery ...
A transsexual person is someone who experiences a gender identity that is inconsistent with their assigned sex, and desires to permanently transition to the sex or gender with which they identify, usually seeking medical assistance (including gender affirming therapies, such as hormone replacement therapy and gender affirming surgery) to help them align their body with their identified sex or ...
Transgender rights activist, first trans woman to be awarded with the prestigious International Women of Courage Award in 2016 [348] Remy Noe: b. 1974 English Landscape artist [349] Tracey Norman: b. 1951 American she/her First African-American transgender woman model to appear on a box of Clairol hair-coloring in the 1970s [350] Bell Nuntita ...
Mellow, a transgender woman, poses for a portrait, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025, outside of the Norfolk Circuit Court in Norfolk, Va., where she applied for a passport.
Simpson is the first openly transgender woman to be appointed in a presidential administration. [5] She is also the first openly transgender person to lead a United States Department of Defense organization. Rachel Levine: March 26, 2021 January 20, 2025 Assistant Secretary for Health: 2021–2025
Although transgender women athletes have become a source of controversy, the number of transgender student athletes is thought to be very small. The NCAA president Charlie Baker said last year he ...
Sexuality in transgender individuals encompasses all the issues of sexuality of other groups, including establishing a sexual identity, learning to deal with one's sexual needs, and finding a partner, but may be complicated by issues of gender dysphoria, side effects of surgery, physiological and emotional effects of hormone replacement therapy, psychological aspects of expressing sexuality ...
Christine Jorgensen (/ ˈ dʒ ɔːr ɡ ən s ən /; May 30, 1926 – May 3, 1989), born George William Jorgensen Jr., [4] was an American actress, singer, recording artist, and transgender activist. A trans woman, she was the first person to become widely known in the United States for having sex reassignment surgery.