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gender transition

gender transition noun: process or act of changing one's gender role or physical characteristics, by social, medical, or legal methods, to conform to one's identified gender, rather than the sex assigned at birth.

Noun

gender transition (countable and uncountable, plural gender transitions)

  1. Process or act of changing one's gender role or physical characteristics, by social, medical, or legal methods, to conform to one's identified gender, rather than the sex assigned at birth.
    • This book is intended to be a guide for MtF and FtM Transsexuals in managing the legal aspects of gender transition.1999, Spencer Bergstedt, “Book Reviews”, in Matthew S. Carlos, Mykael Hawley, editors, Transgender Tapestry, Waltham, Mass.: International Foundation for Gender Education, →ISSN, page 83, column 1

gender transition meaning in Arabic and Vietnamese

gender transition in Arabic

process of affirming one's gender identity
عُبُور جِنْدَرِيّ ʕubūr jindariyy, تَحَوُّل جِنْدَرِيّ taḥawwul jindariyy, عُبُور جِنْسِيّ ʕubūr jinsiyy, تَحَوُّل جِنْسِيّ taḥawwul jinsiyy

gender transition in Vietnamese

process of affirming one's gender identity
chuyển đổi giới tính

Forms of gender transition

pluralgender transitions

Questions about gender transition

What does gender transition mean?
Gender transition means process or act of changing one's gender role or physical characteristics, by social, medical, or legal methods, to conform to one's identified gender, rather than the sex assigned at birth.
What is gender transition in Arabic?
Gender transition in Arabic is عُبُور جِنْدَرِيّ (ʕubūr jindariyy), تَحَوُّل جِنْدَرِيّ (taḥawwul jindariyy), عُبُور جِنْسِيّ (ʕubūr jinsiyy). See Gender transition meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is gender transition?
Gender transition is a noun.
What is the plural of gender transition?
The plural of gender transition is gender transitions.

Words near gender transition in the dictionary

  1. gender stars
  2. gender studies
  3. gender swap
  4. gender swaps
  5. gender theory
  6. gender transition
  7. gender transitions
  8. gender vague
  9. gender-affected
  10. gender-affirming
  11. gender-affirming surgeries

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