Transsex

Transsex is a sex label to refer to someone whose biossex or sex identity does not correspond to their birth sex. It serves as an umbrella term for non-cissex sex labels, such as transgenital. A transsex individual is not necessarily transgender; for example, a cisgender person who changes their genitals through surgery may be transsex

Transsex is often used interchangeably with transsexual, though the terms have distinct meanings from eachother.

The opposite of transsex is cissex.

Etymology
Trans- from the common prefix meaning "across," "-sex" referring to sex.

Pronunciation
/tr-aan-seh-cks/

Definitions

 * transcending one’s biosex or brain sex; denoting or relating to a person whose sense of sex identity or biossex does not correspond with their birth sex. - Beyond MOGAI Pride Flags, 2020

History
Transsex was derived from transsexual, a controversial historic term for transgender people who intended to or did medically transition. The main distinction between the two is that a transsex person may be cisgender, but a transsexual person is never cis.

The term transsex was coined during or before February 2020. Its flag was coined on Tumblr blog beyond-mogai-pride-flags by Mod AP on February 14 2020.

Controversy
Most controversy regarding the label of transsex is rooted in dislike of the term transsexual, or debates on the validity of the altersex umbrella. However, there are other points of disagreement in the community.

One of the most significant is arguments that one cannot change one's sex, and as such, transsex cannot be a sex category. However, this is untrue on a number of counts. Specifically, it ignores that sex is made up of a combination of characteristics that can easily be changed with hormones or surgery, such as one's genitals. While one's AGAB cannot be changed, changing sex traits is an extremely common practice in the transgender community.