transgender

transgender
1. adjective /tɹanzˈdʒɛndə/
Pertaining to someone who does not identify with conventional categories of male or female, but combines elements of both or moves between the two; sometimes used as a general, inclusive term, and sometimes as synonymous with or opposed to more specific terms such as , etc.

Their first step was to reclaim the power to name themselves: transgender is now the term most widely used, and it encompasses everyone from cross-dressers (those who dress in clothes of the opposite sex) to transsexuals (those who surgically "correct" their genitals to match their "real" gender).

2. noun /tɹanzˈdʒɛndə/
a) Transgenderism.
b) A transgender person.
See Also: trans, transy, transgendered, transgenderist, transgenderism, transman, transperson, transphobia, transwoman

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