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trans-

trans-

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Relating to people who change the sex they were given at birth
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  • /trænz/
: trans-
  • One of my children came out as trans two years ago.

Trans women who are men, trans women are women.

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Examples

  • No one's asked what it feels like to be a trans pregnant man.

  • I think passing and being trans are two different things.

  • Both schools should include trans conversation in sex Ed.

  • Do you think we talk about trans so much now?

  • But once I disclose that I am trans, things change.

  • My decision to come out as trans didn't really change much.

  • They support anti trans laws across the country.

  • And as a Afro Latina trans woman, thank you.

  • She is the trans swimmer who beat you.

  • One of my children came out as trans two years ago.

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Trans- comes from the Latin trans meaning 'across' or 'to the other side', and it appears in words like transgender and transition. So trans- shows a move or change from the sex someone was assigned at birth to the one they live as.