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sequinedlizard (![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} sequinedlizard) wrote in ![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/community.gif){kind=small} unfunny_fandom, |
Re: For you, and for anyone who might be curious
It's part of the problem of people using "gender" as a polite euphemism for "sex." Generally people can mostly get "sex is biological, gender is psychological/social" but that's still simplifying things, so things like "transgender" and "transsexual" get smooshed together, when really they're related but not the same.
Reading my comment again, I should have said that "transgender" is more having a gender identity that is the opposite of one's socially assigned gender, not just having a different gender identity. I did not proofread well in my annoyance :)
It's part of the problem of people using "gender" as a polite euphemism for "sex." Generally people can mostly get "sex is biological, gender is psychological/social" but that's still simplifying things, so things like "transgender" and "transsexual" get smooshed together, when really they're related but not the same.
Reading my comment again, I should have said that "transgender" is more having a gender identity that is the opposite of one's socially assigned gender, not just having a different gender identity. I did not proofread well in my annoyance :)
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