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transgender
[ trans-jen-der, tranz‑ ]
adjective
- noting or relating to a person whose gender identity does not correspond to that person’s sex assigned at birth: She identifies as transgender.
The organization supports transgender rights.
She identifies as transgender.
- noting or relating to a person who does not conform to societal gender norms or roles.
noun
- Usually Offensive. a person who is transgender. the current entry
transgender
/ ˌtrænzˈdʒɛndə /
adjective
- of or relating to a person who wants to belong to the opposite sex
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Sensitive Note
The term transgender has largely replaced the older term transsexual, which is now considered outdated, though some people within the community continue to identify with the word transsexual, especially older people. Transgender is a less clinical term, referring more to gender identity and gender expression than to physical sex characteristics or sexual orientation. It is also a more general and inclusive term: a transgender person may be nonbinary, gender-fluid, genderqueer, third gender, etc. Use of transgender as a noun (One of my colleagues is a transgender ) is declining and is usually taken as offensive. And many people object to the adjectival variant transgendered (One of my colleagues is transgendered ) because the –ed suffix seems to imply that something happened to make the person transgender. trans, transsexual.
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Derived Forms
- ˌtransˈgendered, adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of transgender1
First recorded in 1970–75; trans- none + gender 1none
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Example Sentences
He loves the fact that, like on Grindr, users can identify as transgender.
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He identifies as transgender on Scruff but not always on Grindr.
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Your death is a tragic bookend to a year touted as the “transgender tipping point.”
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Through Weirich, she also met her wife Alice Levine, also a transgender woman.
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And as bad as it might be for gay or lesbian people, the discrimination is markedly worse for transgender people.
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