WHAT IS TRANSSEXUALITY?
Transsexuality is an expression of gender identity in which people recognise themselves as belonging to the opposite gender to the one they were assigned at birth based on their physical characteristics.
A transsexual person is someone whose gender identity differs from the one attributed to them at birth based on their biological characteristics. It is important to highlight that transsexuality does not necessarily require surgical interventions or hormonal treatments to be valid; although many transsexual people choose these options to align their body with their gender identity.
Transsexual women
Transsexual women, also known as trans women, are individuals whose gender assignment at birth was based on their masculine physical characteristics, but who psychologically and emotionally identify with the female gender.
Transsexual men
Transsexual men, or trans men, are people who were assigned the female gender at birth due to their feminine physical characteristics, but who psychologically and emotionally identify with the male gender.