transgenderal
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transgenderal
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Blend of transsexual + gender. Coined by American transgender activist Virginia Prince in 1969 in order to distinguish between transgender people who have undergone medical treatment to change their sex and those who have not (see first quotation).
noun transgenderals
- A transgender person. […] I (and others in the same position) who have had electrolysis, taken hormones and live as a woman full time am not a transexual, are wrong. […] I, at least, know the difference between sex and gender and have simply elected to change the latter and not the former. If a word is necessary, I shoul
adjective
- Of a person, transgender (having gender which is different from one's assigned sex). Virginia Prince talks about a person who is merely transgenderal. She sees no reason to change her sex organs just because she happens to like a different gender role.
- Of a person, expressing a different gender role. Greenberg's second common form of sexual and erotic relationship is transgenderal. Here, partners are different genders or play different gender roles, although they are not necessarily different sexes.
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title = {transgenderal},
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year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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