Isn't crossdressing just a step to sexual reassignment surgery?

Again, the answer is a resounding NO. In fact, the NO cannot be made sufficiently emphatic. Sex Reassignment Surgery (SRS) or "Sex Change Surgery" as it is sometimes called, is quite another thing.

This is a sexual thing at the very core. Diagnostically , it is a sexual identity dysphoric condition in which the person from the very earliest ages, many even before the onset of puberty, is aware of a feeling most commonly said to be: "trapped in the wrong body". Such people are diagnosed as "Transsexuals" for their fundamental feeling set has equally deep roots which are quite apart from clothing and are in essence directed to their anatomical structures and many times to the sexual anatomy of those to whom they are attracted sexually.

This condition is recognized as a medical condition which is commonly treated by long term psychotherapy, long term hormonal therapy and finally by surgical alteration of the person's external genitalia. This condition is found in both those born female ... more.

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