Transsexualism Health Dictionary

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Transsexualism: From 1 Different Sources

A rare disorder in which a person wishes to live as a member of the opposite sex. Transsexuals commonly seek hormonal or surgical treatment to bring about a physical sex change. A psychiatric evaluation and a physical examination are necessary before such treatment is undertaken.
Health Source: BMA Medical Dictionary
Author: The British Medical Association

Gender Identity

The inner feeling of maleness or femaleness.

Gender identity is not necessarily the same as biological sex.

It is fixed within the first 2–3 years of life and is reinforced during puberty; once established, it cannot usually be changed.

Gender identity problems, such as transsexualism, occur when a person has persistent feelings of discomfort about his or her sexual identity.... gender identity

Psychosexual Disorders

A range of disorders that are related to sexual function. Psychosexual disorders include transsexualism, psychosexual dysfunction, and sexual deviation.... psychosexual disorders

Sex Change

Radical surgical procedures, usually combined with hormone therapy, that alter a person’s anatomical gender. Sex-change operations are performed on transsexuals (see transsexualism) and on infants whose external sex organs are neither completely male nor female (see genitalia, ambiguous).... sex change

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