TRANSSEXUAL [TS]

Either genetic females who want to be full time males, or males who want to be full time females, who most often will go to the point of having their genitalia surgically reassigned to match the gender they identify with. Though Sexual Reassignment Surgery [SRS] is the option chosen by many Transsexuals, it is not always the case. Some may choose to live as a NON-OPERATIVE [Non-Op] TRANSSEXUAL. Most frequently, Female to Males [FTM or F2M] will opt against phalloplasty (creation of a penis) surgery as it is very complicated, more expensive than the Male to Female [MTF or M2F] vaginoplasty (creation of a vagina), and does nothing to enhance - and in fact reduces - sexual arousal ability in new men. For F2Ms and M2Fs who desire surgery, there is a waiting period of living full time for a minimum of one year as the opposite sex, or a PRE-OPERATIVE [Pre-Op] TRANSSEXUAL. After the medical prerequisites have been fulfilled, the individual is free to pursue the SRS; thus eligible for SRS to correct their genitalia to match their gender identity, and becoming a POST-OPERATIVE [Post-Op] TRANSSEXUAL.