Soap opera Soap opera A soap opera is an ongoing drama serial on television or radio, featuring the lives of many characters and their emotional relationships. The term "soap opera" originated from radio dramas being sponsored by soap manufacturers. BBC Radio's "The Archers", first broadcast in 1950, is the world’s longest-running radio soap opera; the world's longest-running television soap opera is "Coronation Street", first broadcast on ITV in 1960. The first serial considered to be a "soap opera" was "Painted Dreams", which debuted on October 20, 1930 on Chicago radio station WGN. Early radio series such as "Painted Dreams" were broadcast in
Transsexual orientation." Several terms are in common use, especially within the community itself relating to the surgical or operative status of someone who is transsexual, depending on whether they have already had SRS, have not had SRS but still intend to, or do not intend to have SRS. They are, post-op, pre-op, and non-op, respectively. A pre-operative transsexual person, or simply pre-op for short, is someone who intends to have SRS at some point, but has not yet had it. A post-operative transsexual person, or post-op for short, is someone who has had sexual reassignment surgery. A non-operative transsexual person, or