Gender, sex and all that

Cake’s information pages on transsexuality... welcome ☺



Male and female bodies

Sex

Sex means the physical sex characteristics of a person, such as sex organs and appearance of the body.

Standard categories are
Male
Female
Intersexual

Brain

Gender

Gender is the psychological sex a person identifies with, often called gender identity.

Standard categories are
Male
Female
Androgynous

Female and male shoes

Gender Role

This is the social role a person lives in and how they are perceived by others.

Standard categories are
Male
Female
Androgynous

Two hearts

Sexual Orientation

Sexual orientation describes what gender a person is romantically and sexually attracted to.

Standard categories are
Heterosexual
Homosexual
Bisexual
Asexual


Introduction

More about the sexual identity diagram above can be found at: Sexual Identity – Intro

A very basic introduction to transsexualism is provided here: Transsexualism – Intro

Main part: Facts and lists of references

The majority of this website on transsexualism focuses on giving fact-based answers by reporting the current state of science. At last count, I included the findings of more than 800 scientific studies. The main overview pages including all references are:

What is transsexualism? | What causes transsexualism? | What helps?

More evidence: Disorders of sex development (DSD)

A summary of the findings of the reference pages is given here: Summary


More references can be found here (articles not directly relevant to the observations discussed on the main reference pages): Other references

A discussion on the biological basis of transsexualism, as evidenced by the reference pages: Biological basis

Articles and essays

This discussion gets a little philosophical: Is transsexualism an illness?

A discussion on the relationship between crossdressing and transsexualism: What about crossdressing?

Write-up about the intersection between religion and transsexualism: Religion and transsexualism

Miscellaneous and fun

Some psychological tests to get to know yourself: Gender tests and others

Lexicon

If you want to know about the medical classifications and diagnostic criteria for transsexuality, this is it: Medical classification

A little overview on symbols and logos related to gender, sex and support groups: Gender symbols

So confusing… is there help with all the words relating to gender, sex and transgender topics? Try here: Words and definitions

Links

Finally, links to some amazing and helpful websites are here: Links



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