Jimmy believes he was born into the wrong sex. He has known all his life that he should have been a girl, and when he was able to, he began dressing like a woman and eventually plans to get gender reassignment surgery to make his body more feminine. Jimmy therefore is ______.

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Jimmy's experience and actions describe someone who identifies as transsexual. This term refers to a person who feels a strong desire to be of the opposite sex and may take steps, such as undergoing gender reassignment surgery, to live as the gender they identify with.

Jimmy Believes He Was Born into the Wrong Sex