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forbidden word: transgender

transgender

transgender, adjective

  1. noting or relating to a person whose gender identity does not correspond to that person’s sex assigned at birth: She identifies as transgender.
    The organization supports transgender rights.
    She identifies as transgender.

  2. noting or relating to a person who does not conform to societal gender norms or roles.

noun

Usually Offensive.,  a person who is transgender.

Sensitive Note

The term transgender has largely replaced the older term transsexual, which is now considered outdated, though some people within the community continue to identify with the word transsexual, especially older people. Transgender is a less clinical term, referring more to gender identity and gender expression than to physical sex characteristics or sexual orientation. It is also a more general and inclusive term: a transgender person may be nonbinary, gender-fluid, genderqueer, third gender, etc. Use of transgender as a noun (One of my colleagues is a transgender ) is declining and is usually taken as offensive. And many people object to the adjectival variant transgendered (One of my colleagues is transgendered ) because the –ed suffix seems to imply that something happened to make the person transgender. See also trans, transsexual.

Word History and Origins

Origin of transgender1
First recorded in 1970–75; trans- + gender 1

Other Word Forms

  • transgendered adjective

Compare Meanings

How does transgender compare to similar and commonly confused words? Explore the most common comparisons:

from — Dictionary.com | Meanings & Definitions of English Words. (2025d). In Dictionary.com. 

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example sentences: transgender

A conspiracy theory centred around the notion that Brigitte Macron is a transgender woman has been swirling since her husband won a first term in office in 2017.
Read more on BBC

Her transgender son is a plaintiff in a 2022 lawsuit challenging the state’s bathroom ban.
Read more on Salon

King Charles III will unveil a memorial to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender military personnel at his first official engagement in support of the LGBT+ community.
Read more on BBC

The couple are planning to offer “scientific” evidence and photos proving that the first lady is not transgender, according to their US lawyer.
Read more on Barron’s

She wears rainbow laces on her football boots, rainbow armbands, regularly posts messages of LGBTQ+ support on social media and in April, dedicated her goal against Everton to the transgender community.
Read more on BBC

from — Dictionary.com | Meanings & Definitions of English Words. (2025d). In Dictionary.com. 

October 27th, 2025
Hudson Valley, New York

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