Example Sentences

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“This just years ago, would be completely unthinkable, talking about transsexuality, gender, drag,” said Vianey Fernández, a news director at Canal Once.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 1, 2024

One popular Welsh language series of books for young people is Y Pump, which discusses a variety of topics such as transsexuality.

From BBC • Jul. 26, 2022

Film is on the front lines of cultural change, which this year obligated critics to attempt incisive pieces on transsexuality in The Danish Girl and Tangerine.

From Slate • Jan. 4, 2016

In contrast to homosexuality, transsexuality has been legal in Iran since a fatwa was issued in 1987 by the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

From The Guardian • Jul. 2, 2015

Like many others of my generation, I first learned about transsexuality when the British journalist and travel writer James/Jan Morris was interviewed on the BBC in 1975.

From Scientific American • Jul. 27, 2013