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Trans* is an umbrella term that refers to all of the identities within the gender identity spectrum. There’s a ton of diversity there, but we often group them all together (e.g., when we say “trans* issues). Trans (without the asterisk) is best applied to trans men and trans women, while the asterisk makes special note in an effort to include all non-cisgender gender identities, including transgender, transsexual, transvestite, genderqueer, genderfluid, non-binary, genderfuck, genderless, agender, non-gendered, third gender, two-spirit, bigender, and trans man and trans woman.
Transsexual and Intersex are controversial inclusions and to a lesser extent, so to is cross-dressing. Basically, this term is for homosexuals who cannot get a grasp on the fact that their sexual behavior is closer to the heterosexual behavior of the opposite sex than their own so they are constantly confused and searching for an "identity". Heterosexual cross-dressers know their behavior is pure fetish. Transsexuals are usually gender conforming, know what they are and don't identify as a transsexual but as a member of the opposite anatomical sex from what they were born as thus fueling resentment by homosexuals hijacking their political movement and trying to force an identity onto them. Intersex people, like transsexual people resent this because it is purely a medical condition and not an identity like it is for queers.