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Modern society can generally be described as quite liberal. Behavior previously considered inappropriate and incomprehensible are noticeable and increasingly acceptable. Despite this, intolerance and harassment of otherness are still ubiquitous. Is transgender behavior accepted by society? Who is a transsexual and how is he different from a transvestite?
Transsexual – who is this?
Transsexualist is a person who experiences constant mental discomfort related to his appearance, the so-called gender identity disorder. It manifests itself in the lack of acceptance of one’s own body structure and mental identification with the sex opposite to the anatomical structure. This disorder is characterized by a constant desire to change the image, in the final stage most often by a gender change surgery. Transsexualist for example, she paints nails, does makeup, dresses appropriately for the opposite sex, uses cosmetics intended for the opposite sex, and even uses an altered grammatical form of words.
Transsexualist notices the problem already in childhood, e.g. when he prefers to play with peers of the opposite sex and identifies with them. Parents seeing abnormalities in development most often, underestimate them and try to counteract the child’s natural behavior, as well as consider it a whim. The child hides the problem within itself, often for many years. Only when he is a mature and fully aware person does he begin to emphasize this difference. There are also people who hide their true identity throughout their lives and never come out of their “foreign skin”, as they usually call their anatomical structure.
Problems they face transsexuals it is primarily the lack of acceptance from the environment, which causes depression and anxiety every time transsexual has to face everyday life. Sometimes transsexual people they cannot come to terms with their situation, they do not understand why they have faced this “punishment”. On the other hand, people who seek sex reassignment surgery sometimes face financial problems, because such surgery is expensive and the whole process is complex and lengthy, which can cause frustration. It also happens that, despite their willingness to change their appearance, they are afraid of the consequences, including lowering the quality of sexual life or legal problems, because there are problems with issuing a new identity document. All these situations make it transsexuals they are usually lonely people, cannot function normally and in some cases they attempt suicide.
Transsexual portal
In this connection, that transsexuals they meet with intolerance and sometimes even aggression of a part of society, are often very lonely and seek help on internet forums. They exist Internet portalswhich bring together such people, where they share their experiences.
How is transsexualism different from a transvestite?
Often the terms are used interchangeably when describing a person behaving differently from other members of a given gender transsexual i transwestytaconsidering both phrases as equivalent. Nothing could be more wrong. Transwestyci they tend to resemble the opposite sex out of curiosity or a fetish (some people can achieve sexual satisfaction only in this way). These are often temporary preferences, and the psychological gender is consistent with biological appearance, as opposed to transsexuals.
Treatment of transsexualism
In the first phase leczenie it is based on talking to the therapist. In the past, it was the only form aimed at reconciliation and identification with biological sex. Currently, therapists check whether the patient has emotional disorders and whether it is not a temporary fascination with the opposite sex. At the time of diagnosis, the patient can proceed to the next steps in the treatment, which are hormone therapy, and in its final stage, sex reassignment surgery.