The term “transsexuality” is often confused with “homosexuality” and “transvestism”. These terms, however, have different meanings; additionally, they have disparate complexity and dynamics depending on gender. Here, we will concetrate on the situation of men.

We will begin with simple definitions:

Adults experience a primary sexual attraction to other adults of the same gender. The wearing of clothes intended for the opposite sex ( so called cross dressing) with the aim of increasing sexual satisfaction and/or relieve anxiety.

The conviction that ones own body has the wrong gender. (e.g. “I look like a man from the outside, but I really am a woman on the inside, thus I need to ‘change’ this by means of surgery and hormones.)