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transgender
[ trans-jen-der, tranz‑ ]
adjective
- noting or relating to a person whose gender identity does not correspond to that person’s sex assigned at birth: She identifies as transgender.
The organization supports transgender rights.
She identifies as transgender.
- noting or relating to a person who does not conform to societal gender norms or roles.
noun
- Usually Offensive. a person who is transgender.
transgender
/ ˌtrænzˈdʒɛndə /
adjective
- of or relating to a person who wants to belong to the opposite sex
Sensitive Note
Derived Forms
- ˌtransˈgendered, adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of transgender1
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Example Sentences
We are sad, but we are also angry and not powerless because we will fight to ensure that no other transgender woman has to suffer the agony that you suffered and that deprived you of your hopeful smile.
Put differently, the Constitution does not require Idaho to provide the special treatment Plaintiffs request, under which biological males are allowed to compete against biological females if and only if the biological males are transgender.
The Torch Awards recognize achievements and honor individuals whose work has impacted the lives of transgender and gender nonconforming people across the nation.
Young transgender actor Evie Macdonald stars as Hannah Bradford who is attending school for the first time as a girl and finding the courage to live as her most authentic self.
This series, which began in May, is designed to help employ transgender people, who statistically face a higher rate of unemployment than anyone else is the LGBTQ community due to workplace discrimination.
He loves the fact that, like on Grindr, users can identify as transgender.
He identifies as transgender on Scruff but not always on Grindr.
Your death is a tragic bookend to a year touted as the “transgender tipping point.”
Through Weirich, she also met her wife Alice Levine, also a transgender woman.
And as bad as it might be for gay or lesbian people, the discrimination is markedly worse for transgender people.
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