trans | What would you say to these people?

Hey everyone. I'm here to ask for some advice.

I'm a TA at a community college and I've been asked by a professor who's teaching a psychology of minorities class to come speak to her students about transgenderism and transsexualism. She's leaving what I want to say up to me, so I figured I'd speak for five to ten minutes or so on various topics, then open up to questions.

I figured I'd start by defining some terms, dispelling some common myths (for instance, sex ≠ gender, gender identity ≠ sexual preference, etc.), then speak about the issues that face transpeople during transition, then speaking a little about the side most people don't see, successful transsexual people. I might speak about myself, but I'm not sure about that yet.

The equipment I'll have available will be an overhead projector (transparencies, which I can print,) and a chalkboard. (Yay, being in the 21st century!)

The other issue I'm facing is that these kids are, as the professor put it... not dumb, but young, and not always able to identify with other people's problems. I want to make them feel it, not just understand it.

I did want some input on this, though. I have 'till Wednesday to come up with the mini-lecture, so I figured I'd ask the question... If you could talk to a group of community college students, what would you like to teach them?

Hope to hear some comments.

Ardyn.