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transsexualism

British  
/ trænzˈsɛksjʊəˌlɪzəm /

noun

  1. a strong desire to change sex

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Ever since the US psychologist J Michael Bailey published The Man Who Would Be Queen in 2003, the study of transsexualism and transgenderism has been a highly sensitive and often explosive issue.

From The Guardian • Dec. 2, 2018

"I think they find transsexualism more acceptable than homosexuality," says Li.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2016

DSM-III, published in 1980, officially listed tobacco dependence and transsexualism as disorders.

From Time Magazine Archive

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