When it comes to to transgender, people often associate it with ladyboy, shemale, transexual and etc. These terms all refer to women who were born as male, but they are different from each other, and most of people don't know the difference between them. Different terms has different meanings for certain circumstances. If you are interested in trans dating, or looking for transgender women as your life partner, you need to know the difference between each terms, and how to use them. In order to help these people have a better understanding on transgender people, there are some basic knowledge about transgender community.
Trans surgery status
Pre-surgery, transgender men still has their female genitalia, and transgender women still has their male genitalia. They are easy to have sex reassignment surgery.
Post-surgery, transgender people who has undergone sex reassignment surgery. Transgender women who has had surgery are real women, transgender men who has had surgery are real men.
Non-surgery, transgender people who hasn't had sex reassignment surgery. In fact, many transgender people don't intend to have sex reassignment surgery due to different reasons.
The costs of sex reassignment surgery is very high, and some of them don't want to run the risk of medical complications. Most of transgender people like to place themselves in the pre-surgery status, because this is a flexible framework for both transgender people and cisgender people. It also means not all transgender people are ready to have sex reassignment surgery, they don't want to experience such a long and difficult process. This is why surgery status of your trans partner is so important in trans dating.
Transgender doesn't mean shemale
Through communication with trans people on Transdr (a trans dating app), I knew that transgender people and shemale are different from each other. The word "shemale" often used on porn sites, so transgender people don't want to be called shemale. The concept of shemale is inappropriate for transgender people. Misunderstanding on transgender people may make it more difficult for them to find their life partners. Never connect transgender people with something you have seen on porn sites, because it is wrong to judge everyone on the same basis. Trans dating is totally different from what you've seen on shemale porn sites.
Terms on transgender
It is very important to know the terms of transgender when you have a ts dating. Transgender women are also called trans women, trans girl, or trans ladies in real life. The world "transgender" is often used in Western society. Ladyboy, the same as transgender women in some degree, it is often used in Asian. Due to misunderstanding on transgender women ans shemale, the world "shemale" is often used in trans dating. It is disrespect to use "shemale" in trans dating. So, if you want to meet and date transgender women, never call the as shemale. Be ready enough before dating a transgender woman, otherwise, you may miss the chance of dating a perfect trans partner. Know more about transgender people, especially terms of trans dating before date a trans woman. I hope every who want to date transgender people can meet the right one.