Lgbti

[Jackdaw33]

Apparently the T stands for transgender and the I for intersex. Can anyone explain the difference to me?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-31169885

Sorry if I sound thick.

[Orderlimit]

See if this helps.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersex

[Cloverjo]

I think transgender refers to people who are changing or want to change their sex/gender, whereas intersex people are born with sexual, physical characteristics of both or neither male and female.

[1ozzy]

Transgender...denoting or relating to a person whose self-identity does not conform unambiguously to conventional notions of male or female gender.

Intersex...the abnormal condition of being intermediate between male and female; hermaphroditism.

[Jackdaw33]

Thanks. I understand now.

[Cloverjo]

I don't understand why people who sleep with their own and/or opposite sex, and those whose gender is changing or indeterminate are all lumped together under one umbrella term. The things seem to be completely unrelated.

[Jackdaw33]

I agree with Clover. Given the definition it would appear that intersex denotes a purely physical accident of nature.

[waterboatman]

Cloverjo has explained the difference perfectly.

[douglas9401]

Transgender's a route over the Pennines and intersex is a young person's European rail travel system.

I think.

[anotheoldgit]

Just another excuse to create yet another quango.