re: Quote: "Call me Caitlyn," .....

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If we're going by current psychological profiles -- he is transgendered, he is not transsexual.

Transgender, I thought, encompasses all of those who are the opposite gender of what they portray.

A male who lives his life as a female (externally) is still a transgender, and a male who has hormone therapy and surgery is considered transsexual.

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You are, as always, correct.

My only contention with using the term transgender centers on my sympathy for children who exhibit gender identification disorder, GID. In every case I've examined, the child is so traumatized by the stress from social stigma that he or she acts out in some way. It is all too often a self-destructive act.

Jenner was not affected that way. He has lived a life as a typical heterosexual and still states his preference for women. Quite the opposite of being self-destructive, he became famous as an Olympic athlete and parlayed this public esteem into a life full of beautiful women and success.

I just can't peg him with a GID label. Rather, I think the man has a narcissistic personality disorder. His obsession with women has led him to think, in my opinion, that he can be a better woman than they can.