I wish this was for the last time...

(but I know it's not)

trans != transsexual

Every time it is used that way it makes my life harder, makes my communication about myself take on an extra layer of exceptions and caveats. I'm not taking anything away from transsexuals when I object to this move; I'm not trying to lay claim to someone else's turf. I'm trying to maintain the openness of the ideological umbrella, the inclusiveness and multiplicity. To reduce the meaning of the term to that of its largest constituent group is an act that forecloses possibility and ejects smaller populations from the coalition.

Do not do unto others as has been done unto you. Do better.