terminology

it has occured to me that i may want to include some definitions for the sake of clarity and cause i know how you hate to open new tabs or browser windows to look up words so here goes - from wikipedia (isnt the internet wonderful):

. "FTM" (sometimes FtM, F2M, F->M or F>M) is short for "female-to-male", and identifies the general direction of transition (from assigned to actual), and not a conscripted "start" to "finish" process.

. A transman or transguy (often referred to as FTM) is short for transsexual or transgender man - a person who was naturally born or physically assigned as female at birth, but who feels that this is not an accurate or complete description of themselves and consequently identifies as a male

. Transgender is a general term applied to a variety of individuals, behaviors, and groups involving tendencies that diverge from the normative gender role (woman or man) commonly, but not always, assigned at birth, as well as the role traditionally held by society;
-is the state of one's "gender identity" (self-identification as male, female, both or neither) not matching one's "assigned gender" (identification by others as male or female based on physical/genetic sex);
-does not imply any specific form of sexual orientation; transgender people may identify as heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, pansexual, polysexual, or asexual.

. Transitioning is the process of changing genders - the idea of what it means to be female or male.

. World of Warcraft (commonly known as WoW) is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG).

and one definitions from another source:

Addict - "Very simply, an addict is a man or woman whose life is controlled by drugs," NAWS.

i would like to encourage you however, to look up ANY and ALL words that you read here that you arent familiar with. just to make sure you understand what i mean. then you can call me out of my "stuff" and keep ME in check. *smile*

Ray