For many people, their gender-identity - the psychological identification as male or female - not the sex they were
assigned
and recorded in the seat of birth. The sex is assigned it is inferred that, generally, a brief examination of the genitalia, ignoring other characters are secondary, or genetic factors, endocrine, or neurological. Estimates vary, but it is estimated that a "man" in every 12 000 this is a woman and a smaller proportion of "women" feel that is a man (although there are studies that suggest or otherwise, or a balance between proportions between men and women), or feel that the sex they were assigned at birth is not in line with the
identity of gender. These people are transgender, or
transsexual men (those with a gender identity of men, whose sex assigned at birth was female, also known as FTM - the English "Female to Male", ie the sense in which make their transition to gender) and female transsexuals (people with a gender identity of women, whose sex assigned at birth was male, also known as MTF - the English "Male to Female). To non-transgender people, also is given the name of cissexuais. This profound and persistent belief that the gender identity (the self-identification as a woman or man) does not agree with the physical appearance and / or anatomy (physical phenotype), either completely or partially, is known as gender dysphoria of or the disturbance of gender identity. The transexualismo or transexualismo is the most extreme form of disturbance of the identity of gender, where people persistently identified as members of the opposite sex to which they were assigned at birth and need to adapt their physical appearance to their gender-identity through hormonal therapy and / or surgical procedures (which are not limited to genital surgery). Some people feel this conflict between identity and body since childhood (transexualismo primary, or fever), while others feel it later (transexualismo secondary). When the identification with the opposite sex that was assigned at birth is continuous, it is unlikely that it disappears, but years may pass until the person agrees, for various reasons, the transitional process (known as "transition") from the sex assigned birth to what is in line with the identity of gender. The desidentificação to the sex that was assigned at birth and identification with the opposite sex are not just in body, although transgender people obviously feel uncomfortable with your body. It is at least as important to them the perception by others of its kind since the identification as a member of a sex that does not match the gender identity takes the forms of treatment and expectations of behavior inconsistent with that identity. It is often denied to people transsexuals the expression of its real identity (for example, through restrictions on the exercise of certain activities), making their social integration and harmonious development of personality. The identification with the opposite sex to that which was assigned at birth is not the sexuality, nor has sexualizados shades. Transgender people may be heterosexual (a transsexual man who feels attracted to women, or a transsexual woman who feels attracted to men), gay (male transsexual who feel attracted to other men), lesbians (transsexual women who feel attracted by other women), bisexual (male or female transsexual who feel attracted or drawn, for both sexes), or even asexual (male or female transsexual with sexuality).