What are the differences between transsexuality (sex change),
intersexuality and transvestism (cross-dressing)? General
Reference (not clearly pro or con) The American Heritage
Stedman's Medical Dictionary, in its 2002 publication, provided
the following definitions: "1. A person with the external
genitalia and secondary sexual characteristics of one sex, but
whose personal identification and psychosocial configuration is
that of the opposite sex. 2. A person who has undergone a sex
change." "1. Having both male and female characteristics,
including in varying degrees reproductive organs, secondary
sexual characteristics, and sexual behavior, as a result of an
abnormality of the sex chromosomes or a hormonal imbalance
during embryogenesis." "1. Dressing or masquerading in the
clothes of the opposite sex." Eric Vilain, MD, PhD, stated in
his Apr. 19, 2004 Los Angeles Times commentary titled "Gender
Blender - Intersexual? Transsexual? Male, Female Aren't So Easy
to Define": "In reality, sex isn't so straightfor