since it seems you are not very knowledgeable on trans people I’ll start off by thanking you for asking a genuine question. Your heart is in the right place and you are trying to learn and that’s much better than a LOT of people.

Second off, “transsexual” is kinda a term in history that was used very negatively and is seen as a slur used twords trans people. I would highly recommend editing it out for the word “transgender” instead. (unlike reddit, you can edit posts on Lemmy if you didn’t know)

Don’t worry about it too hard though, as long as you’re not intending to be rude I don’t interpret it that way. When I first came out there were so many negative words and awkward questions I had to teach my family about, it’s very normal to make mistakes when you’ve never been educated on a topic like this.