Transgedering boundaries by McKenna
The articles talks about the emergence of the word transgender and its evolutionary use. Before 1994 the used of the word "transgender" was barely common in citations among articles and data bases. But after 1995 something happened and the use of the word increased and kept increasing in the following years. First it was used as a synonymous of "transsexual" since both words share the same prefix (trans) which essentially means cross or move. But despite the common significance of these words when writer used them they try to carefully clarify what they meant by the word; which commonly was defined as the change of ones gender to another one that they felt more comfortable being. McKenna argues that the used of transgender as a synonymous to transexual was wrong, because a person can change their genitals and become their desired gender but their biological sex will still the same. What I understand from this is that sex is how your body was born but that gender is how you identify yourself. Here are some words from the reading I looked up: dichotomy: (noun) a division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different. axioms: (noun) a statement or proposition that is regarded as being established, accepted, or self-evidently true. unobtrusive: (adjetive) not conspicuous or attracting attention.