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transgender

transgender

8 3.7
A person who feels their gender is different from the sex they were given at birth
  • noun
  • /trænˈdʒɛndər/
translation icon : persona transgénero
  • We excluded 7 participants who self-identified as transgender.
  • identify as transgender

I'm afraid that I will say something wrong when I talk to blank transgenders.

Examples

  • Some commentators in the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender community have welcomed him as an ally.

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  • This is not how transgender people talk about their transition at all.

  • More seriously, records of transgender people date back thousands of years.

  • Every day one of my transgender friends goes out.

  • Because I'm a very proud transgender woman.

  • It's been a couple months, but I'm coming out as transgender today.

  • Nobody would go through all the things that transgender people have to go through just to succeed in sports.

  • Ben was also one of the first prominent transgender scientists in this country.

  • This is a key, a landmark ruling for gay and transgender individuals.

  • More seriously, records of transgender people date back thousands of years.

Synonyms

transsexual
vstransgender
16 7.2

A person who was born one sex but lives as a different gender

is used more broadly and does not require medical transition for inclusion
transexual
vstransgender
  • Specialized
7.3

A person who feels they are the opposite sex and may have medical treatment to change their body

is broader and not limited to opposite sex identity or medical change

Surface Forms

transgender singular
transgenders plural

Morphology

transgender = transgender (transparent) = trans + gender

The noun is a straightforward substantivization of the transparent adjective 'transgender'.

Etymology

Transgender comes from the prefix trans- meaning 'across' or 'on the other side', as in transport or transfer, and the word gender. So a transgender person is someone whose gender is different from the sex they were given at birth.