Do most transsexuals prefer to categorized as transgendered? I thought the whole point was to go from male to female and vice versa.

This thread makes me feel like i'm on tumblr. A place of love, respect, and equality, providing you aren't a financially stable white middle class male. Then you're pretty much Hitler :D

Seriously though, i see no issue with it being an option. I doubt it would be particularly hard to implement.

You don't care? This isn't really about whether you care or not. It's about something greater than just yourself. Also, that transspecies argument has already been overused in this thread.

Human males and human females are close to 100% the same genetically. We can bridge the difference for the most part with surgery and hormone therapy. 

Wow, someone already wrote almost the exact same post as you. Read my OP thoroughly. I am asking for the option to change genders, not for the option to select "transsexual"

Hopefully Never.


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And yet another thread that is supposed to be funny yet people are taking it too serious.

Sorry my bad. I didn't read any of the other comments and misread your OP. I agree then it should be an option.  

While it can perhaps be called slightly humerous the point is still a serious one. I would like the option to be there.

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No, actually. There is something called sexual dimorphism. Men and women simply have different bodies, that is a scientific fact based on several parameters: bone density, musculature, hormone production, pelvic construction just to name a few. There is a reason why a male-to-female transsexual was not allowed in the professional women's MMA league (or some female fighting league I don't know which). Physiologically that person is a male and has an unfair advantage over every other compeititor in that league. The reason so many sports are divided between men and women isn't sexism. It's the simple fact that men and women are physiologically different.

Now, interesting enough. Transsexuals show brain chemistry/activity more similar to their desired gender than their biological one. Therefore it makes sense that they might attach more importance to their desired gender.

I personally don't care either way. I give zero shits about what another person sees themselves as. However, I and everyone else also has the right to hold differing beliefs. If a church doesn't want to perform a marriage for someone who has a perceived gender different from their biological gender you can't expect them to violate their beliefs just to satisfy those of the transexual's. Don't those church people have a right to their beliefs, also?

Back to the point of this thread, though. Sure, I guess the mods could add that. Like I said, doesn't really matter to me what a person considers themself.