transgenderal

transgenderal noun: a transgender person.

Noun

transgenderal (plural transgenderals)

(dated, uncommon) A transgender person.
- […] I (and others in the same position) who have had electrolysis, taken hormones and live as a woman full time am not a transexual, are wrong. […] I, at least, know the difference between sex and gender and have simply elected to change the latter and not the former. If a word is necessary, I...[1969 December, Virginia Prince, “Change of Sex or Gender”, in Transvestia, volume IX, number 60, Chevalier Publications, →LCCN, archived from the original on 27 Dec 2021, page 65
- These culturally bound assumptions have bedevilled the entire anthropological literature on the berdache in Native American cultures, and it is because of this that I have followed the lead of Angelino and Shedd when referring to the phenomenon of the berdache-transgenderal, for as Fitzgerald...
- transgenderal A term that is currently being promoted to replace "transsexual" (below).
- transsexual An individual who is psychologically motivated to assume the cultural identity, roles, and status of someone of the opposite gender and who views himself or herself in this way alone. Many transsexuals prefer the term "transgenderal." The gender "change" may be made without the...1980, Kenneth E. Read, Other Voices: The Style of a Male Homosexual Tavern, Novato, California: Chandler & Sharp Publishers, Inc., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 187, 201

Adjective

transgenderal (not comparable)

(dated, uncommon) Of a person, transgender (having gender which is different from one's assigned sex).
- Virginia Prince talks about a person who is merely transgenderal. She sees no reason to change her sex organs just because she happens to like a different gender role.1972, John Money, Archives of Sexual Behavior
- However, most are transgenderal, occurring within the framework of the man-woman role known to observers as berdache. The term berdache apparently comes from the Arabic word bardaj, meaning a boy slave kept for erotic purposes[…]1995, William A. Young, The World's Religions: Worldviews and Contemporary Issues, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, →ISBN, →OCLC
(dated, uncommon) Of a person, expressing a different gender role.
- Greenberg's second common form of sexual and erotic relationship is transgenderal. Here, partners are different genders or play different gender roles, although they are not necessarily different sexes.2000 August 31, Michael R. Kauth, True Nature: A Theory of Sexual Attraction, Springer Science+Business Media, →ISBN, page 88
- Women found advantages in taking on a man's name since it was easier for a man to publish his work than for a woman. However, women did not monopolize transgenderal pseudonymity because, interestingly, men also adopted female pseudonyms.2002, Jared C. Calaway, “Benjamin Franklin and Transgenderal Pseudonymity”, in Constructing the Past, volume 3, number 1

Examples of transgenderal in a sentence

If a word is necessary, I should be termed a “transgenderal.”[1969 December, Virginia Prince, “Change of Sex or Gender”, in Transvestia, volume IX, number 60, Chevalier Publications, →LCCN, archived...
[…] the struggle for women's liberation and for the liberation of men and transgenderals […]1996, Diane Richardson, Theorising Heterosexuality: Telling it Straight, page 141:
[…] there has been concern over prejudicial treatment of members of sexual minorities - gay men, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgenderals or transexuals.1999, Sterling K. Gerber, Enhancing Counselor Intervention Strategies, page 182:
In many cultures same-sex sexualities are 'transgenderal' in that they put gender identity in question. […]2007, Vanessa Baird, The No-nonsense Guide to Sexual Diversity, New Internationalist, →ISBN, page 19:

Forms of transgenderal

plural	transgenderals

Origin of transgenderal

Blend of transsexual + gender. Coined by American transgender activist Virginia Prince in 1969 in order to distinguish between transgender people who have undergone medical treatment to change their sex and those who have not (see first quotation).

Questions about transgenderal

What does transgenderal mean?: Transgenderal means a transgender person.
How do you use transgenderal in a sentence?: If a word is necessary, I should be termed a “transgenderal.”
What part of speech is transgenderal?: Transgenderal can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of transgenderal?: The plural of transgenderal is transgenderals.

Words near transgenderal in the dictionary

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