trans person

Or trans-person,

noun

1. a person who is transgender or transsexual.

Word History and Origins

Origin of trans person¹

First recorded in 1975–80

Example Sentences

Authorities also said that Robinson was living with and in a romantic relationship with a trans person, drawing from a secondhand account from Robinson’s mother.

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“First they try to say the shooter might be trans & WSJ amplifies that lie. Once that fell apart, they pivot to ‘he lived with a trans person.’

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The formula is simple: Take a single trans person, or a handful of trans people, and inflate their existence into a supposed national crisis that threatens to silence the very existence of an entire community, even in terms of something as basic and necessary as where a person can use the bathroom.

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Ironically, most of these cases did not involve a single trans person.

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“If they’re wearing an elaborate costume they’ve been gluing together all week just to be at Simon or are a trans person all the way in the back by themselves in heels — ouch — I will give them that special moment and make them feel seen.”

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