AllAfrica.com – Audrey Mbugua
The term ‘transgender people’ refers to those who identify with a gender identity and role different from the one assigned by birth. Among transgender people is a group referred to as ‘transsexual people’ which consists of individuals suffering from severe dysphoria and social and occupational functioning as a result of their assigned sex at birth. This dysphoria, which some refer to as ‘transsexualism’, is the most severe form of gender-identity disorder.
It is also crucial to note that transgender people can identify themselves as transsexual people.