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transsexualism

British  
/ trænzˈsɛksjʊəˌlɪzəm /

noun

  1. a strong desire to change sex

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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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