Transgender

Quick meaning: Transgender is an adjective meaning (loosely) Of a person: transgressing or not identifying with culturally conventional gender roles and categories of male or female.

Meaning

(loosely) Of a person: transgressing or not identifying with culturally conventional gender roles and categories of male or female.

More Meanings

1. Of or pertaining to transgender people (adjective sense 1), or their experiences or identity.
2. Of a space: intended primarily for transgender people.
3. Of a space: available for use by transgender people, rather than only non-transgender people.
4. (countable, now often offensive) A transgender person
5. (uncountable, rare) Synonym of transgenderism (“the state of being transgender”).
6. (loosely) Of a person: having a gender (identity) which is different from one's assigned sex; that is, the identity of a trans man, trans woman, or someone non-binary, for example, agender, bigender, or third-gender.
7. (dated) Synonym of crossgender (“across multiple genders”).

Example Sentences

We have taken to the local radio station, to talk about transgender problems.

Christine Jorgensen, the world's first highly publicized transsexual – or "trans-gender" patient – never planned to be famous because of her surgery.

One head of a small gay charity visibly flinched when I mentioned my boyfriend and has been cold towards me ever since. I've even caught someone staring down my top to see if I'm transgender.

We have taken to the local radio station, to talk about transgender problems. Carol Fremont is working in this area, and by General Conference we should have some interesting insights and understandings to share regarding transgender persons.

Word Forms

• trans-gender
• transgener
• transgenders
• transgendering
• transgendered

Synonyms for transgender

Depending on context, synonyms include trans-gender, transgenderal, transgendered, transgener, trans, crossgender.

Antonyms for transgender

Common opposites include cisgender.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include transsexual, transvestite, transgener, transgenderal, trans, crossgender.

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