An Overview of Transsexuality

<Tab/>What is gender? It seems like a simple question. Most people would agree that there are two genders, male and female, and your gender is chosen by your genitals at birth. Unfortunately, this definition has little to do with true gender.
<Tab/>Gender can be more properly defined as "a societally constructed status to which one is assigned (boy or girl, woman or man)". Unlike sex, which refers specifically to one's anatomy, gender reflects attitudes, behaviors and characteristics that are associated with sex. A person who speaks quietly, wears dresses…