these days talk about transsexuality is a bit difficult because we generally know very little, this does not mean that there is no material on this subject, there are some thoughts, articles and even some works devoted to this, but are few, and still full of prejudice and confusion.
At present, there is a concern for "understanding" classify and determine transsexuality. People and society in general, is egregious mess and even confusing homosexuality, transgender, intersex, transvestism and transsexualism. Even the media and some well-meaning, contribute to the confusion of terms related to sexual diversity, language seems Salvadoran, who have crossed wires, are not very clear, and tend to confuse one thing and another.
On the other hand, there are many prejudices, ideas rooted in concepts that have nothing to do with the reality of l @ s transsexuals, who only respond to part of your reality, but very biased and one-sided, inflexible to the discussion. Something similar to "all transsexuals mimic the prototype more exaggerated femininity," "all are and want to be a marginal," which women believe, "" feminine appearance is linked to transsexuality ", etc. ... (Almost all of these ideas are related to the transsexuals, because in the reverse case is less, and there seems to a lesser extent). Today
, transsexuality is considered, not as a sexual orientation, but as part of sexual identity, ie transsexuals are men or women, regardless of sexual orientation. With this, it is to end the misunderstandings or the fact that diversity, by unknown, it considers all under the same name. This is where it becomes important or desirable to differentiate what is the sexual identity of the subject orientation of sexual desire. In other words, identity answers the cuestionante Who am I, and is associated with feelings of adequacy and inadequacy of sex, that we classified as women or men, and in our particular case, as a transsexual man or woman. Sexual orientation responds to the question "who attracts me?, And relates to who we are attracted to sexually, this we classified as heterosexual, homosexual, lesbian, bisexual or asexual. As guidance
and identity are two completely different realities, are in reality all combinations of one or the other. In this case we understand that just as there are men and women who are accepted as such and are heterosexual, homosexual, lesbian, bisexual or asexual transsexuals may also like men, women, both or none.
addition, it is valuable in this section, clarifying the differences between transvestism, transgender and transsexual. We therefore consider that:
transvestism is wearing the clothing of another gender, eye transvestite person may feel very identified with their gender and only experience the pleasure of wearing apparel for the other sex, has not nothing to do with its identity or sexual orientation. When it becomes permanent in an individual merges with the transgender.
Transgender is a gender change in relation to sex. That is, transgender people experience the opposite gender to their sex, and generally do not want sex-change, otherwise this makes them transsexuals. \\
Transsexualism is to live in gender basis for the sex which is believed to belong ie express transgender people suffering and a mismatch at the genitals of birth, who can not appreciate. It is essential to underline that the person when operated on and should not be classified as transsexual, but a man or a woman, simply.
It is also important to note that transsexuals are extremely unhappy about sex that they have been assigned to transgender individuals over the years have been invisible and are encased within the group of transvestites gay or lesbian, many transsexuals have undergone a profound marginalization, particularly by the homosexual community, Bisexual and Lesbian. His coming-out process is similar to gay, lesbian and bisexual, and can bring the loss of support from family, friends and employment.
Discrimination against transsexuals is extreme, even greater for women wanting to belong transsexual a group that society has historically discriminated against. The path of the transsexual is long, difficult and tortuous, because no society is yet ready to merge them in his bosom, and trauma. Before the operation, many transgender hate themselves, living constantly with the feeling of being trapped in a body that is not yours. Those who choose sex-change have to fight a widespread misunderstanding.
Another issue is striking is how little that certain groups have made progress in removing the stigma surrounding transsexuals in comparison with other issues in our society were frowned upon, the issue of transsexuality is still regarded as a phenomenon, disorder, an abnormality, disease or perversion. Medicine and psychology play a role in the breakdown or maintenance of this stigma on transsexuality, and more so in our country.
So this is when there are a number of questions such as why transsexualism is still considered as a phenomenon?, What role they play in psychiatry and psychology in the maintenance of stigma towards transsexuals?, What is the relationship between stigma transsexualism hanging over the division of roles according to gender, ie the maintenance of the prototypes of femininity and masculinity force yet?, to whom corresponds the classification of certain terms?, "which is responsible for concept development?, what are argued to develop these concepts?, what factors are taken into account for the classification of groups, etc.? . As you can see the questions are multiple, and the truth is that not only have a favorable response, but can hardly be a reflection to start beating around the bush.
Also, another thing worth rescuing a point of reflection, is that most of our Latin American countries is extremely difficult to understand how some people who have physical characteristics a genre may actually believe they belong to another, and if we add the lack of education and information, will be even more difficult to break this stereotype.
Moreover, the scarcity of economic resources, the difficulty in finding decent and in good condition, almost like prostitution only way out for many, physical and verbal abuse, discrimination, on rights, legal abandonment, and also because they say , looks of contempt for people who still consider transsexuals as "rare bugs," causes more suffering and frustration, and all this means to them A CHALLENGE.
And finally, I would like to make a final call attention to this: the transsexual who unfortunately do not have access to the operation, for various reasons, should not be considered less women and fewer men, and this should be a collective struggle in which all and all work together in breaking stereotypes while contributing to social awareness, is a challenge to create opportunities for further discussion regarding this issue within the community Homosexual, Bisexual, Lesbian and Transgender in our population.
Writer: Voluntary Association Among Friends, San Salvador - El Salvador
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