I personally think that transexual is quite the opposite of an "icky word". It's actually quite powerful.
A lot of people think sex is not socially constructed, and immutable, and rather construe "gender" to be this other metaphysical construct we're allowed to "change" because it is "socially constructed" on top of that.
But I say fuck that noise. Sex is just as bullshit and interchangable as gender. Do whatever you want with it.
