transgenders

Noun

transgender (usually uncountable, plural transgenders)

1. (countable, offensive, often, usually) A transgender person
   • "If you understand trans-genders," she [Christine Jorgensen] says, choosing the word she prefers to transsexuals, "then you understand that gender is different than sexual preference. It doesn't have to do with bed partners, it has to do with identity." Jorgensen says she knows of some...1979 September 23, Jerry Parker, “A woman with no regrets”, in Stanley Green, editor, LI: Newsday’s Magazine for Long Island, Suffolk edition, Melville, N.Y.: Newsday Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 18...

   Synonyms:

   transgenderal

   1. (countable, offensive, often, uncountable, usually, preceded by the) Transgender people collectively.
2. (rare, usually) Synonym of transgenderism (“the state of being transgender”).
   • In spite of not "rootin' and tootin'" as a trans-gender case, in recent years [Christine] Jorgensen has been a staple on the college lecture circuit, speaking – of course – about trans-gender and herself.1979 May 3, Pierre Bowman, “Back in showbiz Christine Jorgensen”, in George Chaplin, editor, The Honolulu Advertiser (People Report Section), Honolulu, Hi.: Thurston Twigg-Smith, →ISSN, →OCLC, page...

   Synonyms:

   transgenderism

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