Lets clear up some definitions about Trans.

In a post I did a few months back about Trans People and Cross Dressers I had a few comments from cross dressers that they thought I was wrong about them. So in this post I am going to explain what Transgender, Cross Dresser and Transsexual are. This is from the excellent book by Christine Burns MBE, "Trans Britain", published by Unbound in 2018. I have permission to use the following text from the introduction "A Beginner's Glossary" by Christine Burns MBE. Thank You.

Trans / Transgender

The preferred current-day adjectives used to describe anyone whose gender identity and/or presentation does not align stereotypically with the gender assigned to them at birth. These are broad "umbrella" terms which encompass all more specific words for gender non-conformity including (bot not limited to) transsexual people, non-binary or genderqueer people and those who cross-dress. The word "trans" was introduced in Britain during the second half of the nineties and was promoted by activists at the time to replace words such as "transsexual", which was seen as problematic. "Transgender" has a longer history and the meaning attached to it has become less specific since being coined in the 1960s.

Cross-dresser / Transvestite

"Corss-dresser" is nowadays considered a more polite way of referring to people who episodically adopt the dress of the opposite sex for relaxation or pleasure. People who cross-dress normally identify with the gender assigned to them at birth and have no desire to change more permanently. In the 1970s and earlier, the only two terms (besides "drag") in common use were "Transvestite"(TV) and "Transsexual"(TS) - clearly distinguished by the permanency of the role change and how the person involved saw themselves. The origin of the term "transvestite" is attributed to the Berlin-based clinician Magnus Hirchfeld, who first used it as a clinical descriptor in 1910.

Transsexual

"Transsexual" is a clinical term used to describe people who specifically seek to change their gender on a permanent basis from which they was assigned to them at birth. It is partly attributed to Magnus Hirchfeld ("transsexualismus" - 1923) but credit is also due to American surgeon David Caldwell, who created the anglicised form in 1950. It was then popularised by the psychiatrist Harry Benjamin, regarded as the father of modern clinical treatment for trans people. Some people reject the term because of its medical origin but it is the most unambiguous way of describing people on the grounds of the permanence of their transition. Transsexual people may or may not seek hormonal treatment and/or "gender reassignment" or "gender affirming" surgeries. People who dislike the term will generally use trans or transgender as a synonym. Historically "transsexual" was used by clinicians and commentators as a noun; however that usage is strongly deprecated by trans people, who prefer it to be used as an adjective. The arguments are similar to the reason "black" is deprecated as a noun.