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transfolk

transfolk noun: transgender people.

Noun

transfolk pl (plural only)

  1. (informal, plural, plural-only) Transgender people.
    • Transfolk are not covered in any applicable laws like Title VII or the ADA - in fact, transsexualism is explicitly excluded from the ADA. Therefore, you have no causes of action against an employer based on federal law.1997, A. Spencer Bergstedt, Transition and Beyond, page 28
    • This highlights the awkwardly linked histories of transfolk and the gay and lesbian community due to historical and geographical coincidences.2010, Kath Browne, Catherine J. Nash, Queer Methods and Methodologies, →OCLC, page 140
    Antonyms:
    cisfolk

Antonyms of transfolk

Origin of transfolk

From trans- + folk.

Questions about transfolk

What does transfolk mean?
Transfolk means transgender people.
What part of speech is transfolk?
Transfolk is a noun.

Words near transfolk in the dictionary

  1. transfluorescence
  2. transfluthrin
  3. transfluvial
  4. transflux
  5. transfluxes
  6. transfolk
  7. transfolks
  8. transfollicular
  9. transfolx
  10. transfontanelar
  11. transfontanellar

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