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transgender

Pronunciation: /tɹænzˈd͡ʒɛndə/

The English word “transgender” has 12 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. 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.
  2. Of a person: having a gender (identity) which is opposite from the sex one was assigned at birth: being assigned male but having a female gender, or vice versa (that is, not including a non-binary identity).
  3. Of a person: transgressing or not identifying with culturally conventional gender roles and categories of male or female.
  4. Of or pertaining to transgender people (adjective sense 1), or their experiences or identity.
  5. Of a space: intended primarily for transgender people.
  6. Of a space: available for use by transgender people, rather than only non-transgender people.
  7. Synonym of crossgender (“across multiple genders”).

noun

  1. A transgender person
  2. Transgender people collectively.
  3. Synonym of transgenderism (“the state of being transgender”).

verb

  1. To change the gender of (someone).
  2. To change the sex of (someone).
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