Tag: Transsexuality
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Cis and Trans: Untangling Confusions
by Jason Stotts There is a new movement underfoot now, coming from the transsexual community, to rename non-transsexuals “cis-sexuals”. The name comes from a play with the Latin prefixes. The Latin prefix “trans-” means “across” and is used to signify that one’s gender is “across” (different than) one’s biological sex: that while one might be…
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Physical Differences Found in Transsexual Brains
by Jason Stotts Transsexuals have long said that they feel like they are trapped in the body of the wrong sex. Well, now science is giving them evidence that their feelings are correct. A new study is providing evidence that the brains of transsexuals are more like the brains of the sex they feel they…