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.

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

Pronunciation
/tr-aan-seh-cks/

Definitions

 * a sex label to refer to someone whose current or desired sex characteristics doesn’t match their natural sex characteristics. ... A transsex person either has changed some or all sex characteristics, or desires to change these characteristics, typically through hormone replacement therapy, or sex reassignment surgery. Transsex people may also be considered altersex. - Pride-Flags, 2015
 * 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 August 2015. On August 21 2015, DeviantArt user Pride-Flags posted a transsexual/transsex flag, equating the two terms in the post. A transsex-specific 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.

Flags
The flag from Beyond MOGAI Pride Flags, the flag of unknown origin resembling it, and Pride-Flags' flag have no confirmed meaning, though their colors all closely mirror the most popular transgender pride flag.