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

In response to the arguments, the barrister for the EHRC, Tom Cross KC, said there was no evidence that the guidance had caused a breach of the rights of a trans person, that the guidance had already been withdrawn, and the case should be dismissed.

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“This is a movie with Julia Roberts, one of our biggest stars and crown jewels of Hollywood and of American cinema. There’s going to be a lot of folks that are going to see it because Julia is in it. And then they’re also going to get to experience a queer and trans person on screen who is likable in some moments and unlikable in others, just as much as every other character.”

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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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