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transgender

The correct spelling is transgender.

How to pronounce transgender

/tɹanzˈdʒɛndə/
noun

IPA: /tɹanzˈdʒɛndə/

Say it like: Tra-nsj-end-er

The correct spelling is transgender. A transgender person.

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Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A transgender person.
  2. 2.Transgenderism; the state of being transgender. (Compare transsex.)

verb

  1. 1.To change the gender of; (used loosely) to change the sex of. (Compare transsex.)

adjective

  1. 1.(narrowly) Having a gender (identity) which is different from the sex one was assigned at birth: being assigned male at birth but having a female or non-binary gender or vice versa; or, pertaining to such people. (Compare transsexual, and the following sense.)
  2. 2.(broadly) 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; or, pertaining to such people. (Compare genderqueer, transsexual.)
  3. 3.(of a space) Intended primarily for transgender people.
  4. 4.(of a space) Available for use by transgender people (in addition to non-transgender people).

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