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As you look in a mirror, go ahead and look, you see someone reflected at you that makes sense. You might be male, or you might be female, but your reflection states not only your gender, but who you feel you are inside. As people become more open and proud, a group of people known as Transgender are banning together and creating their own lives. As they look in the mirror and see someone completely different in their minds and emotions, they battle out within themselves the three most common categories of having transgender identity, the "Non-identification with, or non-presentation as, the gender one was assigned at birth” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender). Transvestites never looked as good as they did The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and as the lead character sang his way through the movie in a corset and high heels, the true meaning of transvestites is made clear. Those labeled as transvestites are actually those deemed “cross dressers.” They simply wear the clothes of the gender they feel they really are; whether they’re dressed like a female and look like a man, or dress like a man and are female on the outside. People who are transvestites feel they are the opposite gender of what they physically are, and are people who often decide to simply try to lead a semi-normal lifestyle under the protective clothing of the gender they are in their head. Emotionally and mentally they are the opposite gender and people who become transvestites tend to get a negative response. Genderqueer is the “recent attempt to signify gendered experiences that do not fit into binary concepts, and refers to a combination of gender identities and sexual orientations. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender)” In example, take a person who is perceived as either male or female, but who is actually a female, but she dresses like a man, say perhaps in baggy jeans and baggy shirts, and is often mistaken for a man. She is considered “butch.”  That term is used to signify her being genderqueer- she looks like she is one thing, suffering from a desire to be a man, but she is simply enjoying the clothing style in a way that isn’t like a transvestite because of her desire not to live like the opposite sex. Genderqueer is most often associated with the gay community, and the attempts to label and stereotype the different types of gays. Tramssexual are those who wish and desire to live as the opposite sex of what they actually are. Transsexual’s often undergo sex change operations so that they can actually reflect on the surface what they feel on the inside. They wish to be accepted by society as who they are emotionally and mentally, not physically. They change their names, start whole new lives, and it’s usually pretty hard to tell the difference. These are the people who are the most extreme of the transgender identities- they go above and beyond the norm to achieve their true happiness. Transgender Identity is reflected mainly in these three categories. The way they are welcomed to society, however, is up to you. As the number of people who come out as transgender and are quickly discovering how they wish to live their lives, our society grows and shapes to accommodate. These people are normal human beings who simply just don’t see the person they are physically inside of their head.