Every transsexual is transgender, but not every transgender person is transsexual. A transsexual is a person who experiences dysphoria (mental discomfort) with their societal role and their appearance as it relates to gender and sex, and attempt to change it medically. Other transgender sub-sets do not necessarily experience this type of dysphoria, such as gender non-binary, genderqueer, or gender fluid people.12 Transsexual is something of an archaic, clinical term, much the same as homosexual is.
