honest question seeking honest answer : is there political baggage around using the word "transsexual" vs "transgender"?
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@amandapalmer they mean drastically different things & the former is tied to the "you're only valid if having had or seeking surgery" model -
@amandapalmer "transsexual" is about alteration of sex, a physical attribute (which incidentally is not binary!), gender = social attribute -
@amandapalmer one thing findable digging into it is how the model of physical sex as a binary = enforced by surgical intervention on infants -
@amandapalmer which is what this quote is talking about: http://discordianquotes.com/quote/love-idea-baby-challenges-idea-existing-cut-babys …
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