It’s apparently supposed to make a distinction between trans people before/after bottom surgery. I doubt that’s a common use for that word, but I still have a few points against that specifically:
- I don’t think it’s ok to make a distinction those in this way
- It straight up ignores that not everyone wants bottom surgery
- It’s not even the way ‘-sexual’ is used normally.
Most people just use it interchangeably with transgender to my knowledge.
If I hadn’t heard of it in context it’s commonly used in, I would think that it’s the attraction to trans people.
Idk if I’m making any sense here, I suck at saying/writing things that do
Not in the US they don’t… I very rarely see the term “transsexual” outside of medical literature and even then it has been partially replaced by “transgender”. I know in other languages there is often no equivalent, so that may be why it persists.
I think people overanalyze this. Transsexual has always referred to people like me, so while I self-identify as transgender, I’m cool with being a transsexual too. Honestly I’m not going to get worked up over it.