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I decided to create a list of terms for those who are new to all of this. This is based mostly on my own personal experiances and looking a few things up. If you wish me to add more clarification or more terms then feel free to tell us about them.

Well here you go
Gender - is the social, mental and emotional state equated with sex (sex is purely physical) and sex role stereotypes.
Sex - the physical make up of our bodies.
Trans - a catch all term for anyone crossing gender or sex boundaries.
Transgender - A person who lives most of the time or completely as the opposite gender of their born sex.
Transsexual - A person who takes the step to change their physical sex to match their internal gender. Taking hormones or completed sexual reassignment surgery.
Transvestite - A person who cross dresses for pleasure and not because their body is different then their mind set.
Boi - A very boiish girl who dresses and acts like a boy, but is still a girl underneath. Also associated with Andro.
Andro - Someone who looks both male and female at the same time. Also associated with Boi and Birl.
Birl - A girl who looks like a boy.
Butch - A masculine woman.
Intersex - Someone born with ambiguous genitalia that makes it hard to distinguish if they are male or female. They end up having a bit of both sexes in their bodies.
f** Boi - A girl who takes male hormones in order to look more male, but still feels female.
Gender Queer - Someone who does not associate with the genders of Male or Female.
FtM - Short for Female to Male, usually referring to a Transsexual.
MtF - Short for Male to Female, usually referring to a Transsexual.
Gender Bending - To cause gender confusion.
Post-op - A transsexual who has completed all of the surgeries they intended to have.
Pre-op - A transsexual who had not yet had any surgeries, but intends to do so.
Hym/Hir - genderless pronouns use by those who do not like the usual she/he ones that most of society use.
Drag King - A female who cross dresses in order to entertain others.
Drag Queen - a male who cross dresses in order to entertain others.
S/he - gender neutral pronoun.
Packing - the act of stuffing a bra to appear to have breast or stuffing pants to appear to have a p***s.
Passing - the act of dressing as ones desired gender to the point of passing for that gender.

Odd... I thought non-op MtF's were called Transgenderist. I never heard the term newhalf before.

I've got a friend who informed me of 'new half.' Apparently, it started down somewhere in Asia...Probably from Thailand. Anyways, it has to do with being a non-operative transsexual. They just have a prettier title for it than 'non-op.' biggrin

I'm surprised I didn't see 'Two Spirited' on there...o-O;; It's an old name that originates from old Native Americans, who revered transsexuals, in that they were generally wise, because they could look at all aspects, because of their involvement with both sexes.

The "Berdache" tribe