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LGBT Young Adult Literature/Transsexuality
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A transsexual is one who experiences a gender identity that's inconsistent with their assigned sex, and desires to permanently transition to the sex/gender they identify with.
This term is a subset of transgender, although some transsexuals reject the label transgender.