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- noun The state of being
transsexual .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun condition in which a person assumes the identity and permanently acts the part of the gender opposite to his or her biological sex
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You give great respect to Ken Zucker’s ideological beliefs, minimizing the ever-increasing data showing that transsexualism is biological.
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You give great respect to Ken Zucker’s ideological beliefs, minimizing the ever-increasing data showing that transsexualism is biological.
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Resolution 11 said transsexualism is a congenital birth condition where there is a mismatch between the physical outward appearance of a person’s gender and his or her inner perception.
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Resolution 11 said transsexualism is a congenital birth condition where there is a mismatch between the physical outward appearance of a person’s gender and his or her inner perception.
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Resolution 11 said transsexualism is a congenital birth condition where there is a mismatch between the physical outward appearance of a person’s gender and his or her inner perception.
Why It’s Unlikely I’ll Ever Vote Liberal « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2008
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In the early cases, courts routinely rejected the argument that discrimination against transsexuals is a form of sex discrimination prohibited by Title VII, just as they had rejected the notion of transsexualism as a protected class under the statute.
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Nonvexacious - What I understand about "transsexualism" is, it's a made-up condition.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008
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They might provide insights into conditions such as transsexualism — and perhaps eventually lead to tests that could determine whether a baby with an intersex condition is more likely to grow up thinking, feeling and behaving like a man or a woman.
Brain development: The most important sexual organ Zoe Brain 2005
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Such research into the genetics of gender identity is inevitably controversial — especially given the dark history of the eugenics movement, which viewed conditions such as transsexualism as 'diseases'.
Brain development: The most important sexual organ Zoe Brain 2005
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Such research into the genetics of gender identity is inevitably controversial — especially given the dark history of the eugenics movement, which viewed conditions such as transsexualism as 'diseases'.
Archive 2005-08-01 Zoe Brain 2005
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