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Definition of Transgender

1. Adjective. Involving a partial or full reversal of gender.

Definition of Transgender

1. Adjective. (context: narrowly of a person) Having changed gender identity from male to female, or from female to male. (qualifier Compare ''transsexual''.) ¹

2. Adjective. (context: broadly of a person) Not identifying with culturally conventional gender roles and categories of male or female; having changed gender identity from male to female or female to male, or identifying with elements of both, or having some other gender identity. (qualifier Compare ''transsexual'', ''transvestite'' and ''genderqueer''.) ¹

3. Noun. (rare) Transgenderism. ¹

4. Noun. (context: sometimes considered offensive) A transgender person. ¹

5. Verb. To change the gender of; (context: used loosely) to change the sex of. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Transgender

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Transgender

Literary usage of Transgender

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. World Report 2002: The Events of 2001 by Human Rights Watch (Organization (2002)
"In many countries, police or other members of the security forces actively participated in the persecution of lesbians, gay, bisexual, and transgender ..."

2. More Than a Name: State-Sponsored Homophobia and Its Consequences in by Scott Long, A. Widney Brown, Gail Cooper (2003)
""The transgender people who seek legal advice from us are some of the worst off." She told our researcher in 2001 how a male-to-female transgender client ..."

3. Transsexuals: Life from Both Sides by Lynn Hubschman (1999)
"THE INTERNATIONAL BILL OF GENDER RIGHTS was drafted in committee and adopted by The International Conference on transgender Law and Employment Policy, ..."

4. Managing Special Populations in Jails and Prisonsby Stan Stojkovic by Stan Stojkovic (2005)
"Sexuality 15-4 Prevalence and Incidence of transgender Persons in the United States 15-4 Issues for Correctional Management 15-5 Intake, Screening, ..."

5. Getting HIV-Positive Youth Into Care: Issues and Opportunities-A Study of edited by Barry Leonard (1997)
"Los Angeles County Adolescent HIV Consortium, Los Angeles, CA, May 13 and November 19, 1994 transgender Youth Roundtable Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, ..."

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