One of the components of a person's happiness is satisfaction with his gender. Many people do not think about it, because they feel comfortable in the body that nature gave them. If someone does not like his sex, and he feels himself not what he is, then we can assume that this person belongs to a group of transgender people.
Transgender - what does this mean?
To explain who such transgenders are in plain language, one should refer to the content of this term. The literal translation of this word from English means "going beyond the gender, gender". This term is used to refer to people whose biological sex and self-image do not match. Speaking about this group, another term is often used - gender, which denotes the inner feeling of a man of his gender. Psychologists and sociologists refer to transgender all people whose gender and biological sex do not coincide.
There are such groups of transgender people:
- Bigger is a person who feels like a man, then a woman alternately.
- An agender is a situation where a person does not perceive himself as a representative of a particular gender.
- Genderware - this group includes people who have a mixed gender, different from the usual understanding of the male and female.
- A transgender woman is a biological man, perceiving herself as a lady.
- Male transgender is a biological woman with male gender.
Externally, the transgender is not easy to identify. Usually such people easily learn the ability to dress and look like representatives of the opposite sex. They learn the demeanor of the opposite sex, live their interests and behave accordingly. At the same time, they can not lead a full life, because their body gives the existing disagreement between the physical and psychological component of their personality.
What does a transgender woman mean?
A transgender woman is a biological man who feels herself as a representative of the beautiful half of humanity. The legislation of many countries allows such men after changing a number of examinations and procedures to change their name and surname given to him at birth. Since men who feel like women, doctors often prescribe hormonal therapy , outwardly they can look like ordinary ladies. Hair, clothes and manners of behavior can not betray a woman in the body of a man.
Male Transgender
A transgender male is a biological woman, perceiving herself as a male representative. In this case, a woman can notice such signs of a transgender:
- she is not comfortable with women's clothes;
- she is interested in men's activities and sports;
- it is more coarse and harsh behavior.
The first transgender in history
The stories of the first transgenders can be taken from the oldest mythology, which describes the cases of the transformation of men into women and vice versa. In ancient times, this was considered normal and no one was surprised. For example, the popular Roman emperor Elagabal, or Heliogabal, ruling the empire in the third century, was known for his oddities, which were perceived as some peculiarity. He even promised a large sum of money to those doctors who would help him change the sex.
Another case of transgenderity is described in the Hussar Ballad. The main heroine of the work had a real prototype - Nadezhda Durova. In her memoirs, she writes that since childhood she has seen her own difference from other children and has felt hatred towards herself because of this. She liked to wear men's clothes and asked to call themselves Alexander.
The world's first transgender, described in the medical literature, is Einar Wegener Mogen. He was born a boy, but from childhood he felt a female beginning. Einar was a famous artist, but left this activity to become a model for the magazine in which his wife worked. Einar was the first to undergo a sex change operation. His life was the basis of the biographical film "The Girl from Denmark".
How many transgenders are there on the planet?
Accurate statistics on how many transgenders in the world do not exist. In most countries of the world such people are negatively affected, because of what they prefer not to show their feature. Often, as a figure reflecting transgenderness, the number of referrals to clinics about sex change is taken. Such an indicator can not be considered accurate, because operations are costly and only a few can afford them.
Given the number of appeals to plastic surgeons and data from some surveys, sociologists call such an approximate figure of transgender people: about 112 million people or 1.6% of the population. Most research on this issue was conducted in America. The largest number of people in this group was recorded in the state of Columbia. There, the number of people unsatisfied with their sex is approaching three percent.
What is the difference between a transgender and a transsexual?
The main difference between a transsexual and a transgender is that a transsexual underwent a sex change operation. Every transsexual is a transgender. Surgical and plastic surgery is only part of a long process of transgender correction. Prior to serious interventions in the body, a person should consult a psychiatrist, a sexologist and an endocrinologist. A change in gender can be made only once in a lifetime, so this decision must be weighty and deliberate.
How to recognize - transgender or not?
There is no way how to distinguish a transgender from a girl, especially if he has gone through a sex change operation. Hormonal therapy allows a person to smooth out the signs of sex in which he was born. That is, men who take female hormones become more feminine, they have less hair, and the skin becomes softer. In women after androgen therapy, the voice becomes rougher, the amount of hair increases, the figure acquires masculine traits.
How many transgender live after the operation?
The life span of a transgender depends on what kind of correction it went through. The state of health affects which hormonal preparations, in what volume and for how long they were taken. The use of estrogenic drugs can worsen the work of the cardiovascular system, and antiandrogenic drugs can damage the kidneys.
The sex-change operation alone does not harm more than normal cavitary operations. With proper postoperative therapy and properly selected hormonal treatment, a transsexual can live as long as an ordinary person. Increase the life expectancy helps to maintain a healthy lifestyle, systematic observation of the endocrinologist and the absence of bad habits.
Can a transgender have children?
Doctors are unequivocal in the question of whether a transgender can give birth. Although plastic surgery helps to achieve significant changes in appearance, medicine is not yet able to help a transsexual become pregnant and give birth to a child. During the operation, the main work is on changing the external genitalia. In this case, the internal genital organs often remain unchanged. Only a transgender can give birth to a child, who has not gone through the procedure for changing sex.
How to become a transgender?
Psychologists and sexologists have the same idea of where transgenders come from. The main cause is considered a hormonal failure in the mother during pregnancy, which leads to violations in the formation of the organs and psyche of the baby. In addition, these are the reasons:
- incorrect family education, in which parents raise a child not in accordance with his natural sex, but in accordance with their desires to have a boy or girl;
- a variety of mental trauma received by a child in early childhood.
Transgender problems
The main problem of transgender people is connected with the reaction of society to such people. Most people tend to treat this group of people as people with the wrong orientation. Aggression in relation to such people can be not only verbal, but also physical. So, for example, Tara Hudson, a transgender in the UK, was found hanged in a male prison. For this reason, a phenomenon such as a latent transgender that hides its feature becomes quite common.
The most famous transgender
The most famous transgender are representatives of show business or their relatives:
- Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt is a transgender girl, to whom star parents help to accept herself as she is. Shilo Nouvel wears only in men's clothes, wears short hairstyles and supports his masculine status in every possible way.
- Tara Hudson is a transgender who considers herself to be a woman. She was imprisoned at a time when she had already undergone sex change surgery, but the new documents were not yet ready. Tara was placed in a male prison, which was covered in the media and showed the government the need to simplify the process of obtaining new documents for such people.
- Transgender Conchita Wurst became famous after winning the Eurovision Song Contest in 2014.
- Transformer Dalida - a famous French singer, in fact is an ordinary woman. The myth that she was born a boy appeared later as a version that could explain why a famous and successful singer committed suicide.