Issue: Defining TransgenderIn today's increasingly politically correct society, the term transgender is loaded with various meanings and implications. The inability to reach consensus on the universal meaning arises from various interest groups claiming the meaning of the term. For example, the term “transgender” is often replaced by “transsexual” or “transvestite.” Both conditions are totally different from transgender. For the purposes of this article, Andrew Solomon's definition will suffice: “The term transgender is an encompassing term that includes anyone whose behavior deviates significantly from the gender norms suggested by their anatomy at birth. The term transsexual generally refers to someone who has undergone surgery or hormones to align their body with a non-biological sex” (Solomon, 2012, p. 599). It is helpful to know the main differences between the terms transsexual and transgender. A transsexual person is someone who has gone through the process of changing their physical sex, changing from the gender they were born with to the gender they desire. A transsexual person could be someone who meets the criteria for the DSM-5 diagnosis of gender dysphoria and physical transitions so that their inner self matches their physical body, thus erasing the dysphoric state. Although the term transsexual falls under the term transgender, it is important to distinguish the two terms. It is important to note that being transgender does not necessarily imply anything about that person's sexual preferences. Transgender people can be heterosexual, homosexual, asexual, or anywhere else on the spectrum of sexual preferences. Understanding what transgender means also requires the bottom... middle of document....... Results indicate that 16 percent of the 67 male-to-female transgender participants were forced to have sex with a occasional partner, and a staggering figure. 25 percent of these individuals had been forced into sex by their primary partner (Stotzer, 127). Even more evidence supporting these results came from Xavier et al. studies. The findings of Xavier et al. showed that 35 percent of transgender people had been forced to have sex with someone who lived in the victim's household at the time of the attack. For male-to-female transgender people who entered the world of prostitution, the most common perpetrators were their clients (60 percent), someone else (40 percent), and finally their pimp (20 percent). percent) (Stotzer, 127). In addition to sexual violence, many transgender people are victims of physical violence..