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[[File:Transsex.png|thumb|The transsex flag.]]
'''Transsex''', also known as '''Transexual'''/'''Transsexual''', is a [[sex]] label to refer to someone whose current or desired sex characteristics doesn’t match their original natural sex characteristics. This may include, differing genitals, gonads, or other secondary sex characteristics. A transsex invididual either has changed some or all sex characteristics, or desires to change these characteristics, typically through [[Hormone Replacement Therapy|hormone replacement therapy]], or sex reassignment surgery. Those who are transsex may also be considered [[altersex]].
Transsex is not the same as [[transgender]]. Transgender individuals who don’t plan to physically transition would not be considered transsex. Additionally, not all transsex individuals are transgender. It should also be noted that not all transgender individuals who wish to transition reclaim the term transsex/transexual. The term should not be applied to someone unless they have expressed that they are fine with it.
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Benjamin's book described transsexualism on a scale which was later called the Benjamin Scale. He described them in three scales: non-surgical, moderate intensity and high intensity. In Benjamin's book, he described "true" transsexualism as the following:<blockquote>''True transsexuals feel that they belong to the other sex, they want to be and function as members of the opposite sex, not only to appear as such. For them, their sex organs, the primary (testes) as well as the secondary (penis and others) are disgusting deformities that must be changed by the surgeon's knife.''</blockquote>In 1965 John Oliven coined the term "transgender." By the 1990's the term "transsexual" became a subset under the transgender label. The term transgender is now more common and a majority of the trans community prefer the term "transgender" over "transsexual."
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