I was just looking up the definition of transsexual in relation to
udonman's post and it seems, according to the medical dictionary on Answers.com, a person who has undergone hormone therapy and reassignment surgery is no longer transsexual. Well, according to the first definition, the second still includes them.
trans·sex·u·al (trăns-sĕk'shū-əl)
n.
trans·sex·u·al (trăns-sĕk'shū-əl)
n.
- 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.
- A person who has undergone a sex change.