transsexual

English

Alternative forms

• transexual

Etymology

trans- +‎ sexual

Adjective

transsexual (comparative more transsexual, superlative most transsexual)

1. (of a person) Being a transsexual.

Translations

being a transsexual

Finnish: transseksuaalinen (fi), transsukupuolinen (fi) French: transsexuel (fr) m., transsexuelle (fr) f. German: transsexuell (de) Greek: διαφυλικός (el) (diafylikós) m. Italian: transessuale (it) m. Japanese: 性同一性障害の (ja) (せいどういつせいしょうがいの, sē-dōitsusē-shōgai no), 性別移行の (ja) (せいべついこうの, sēbetsu-ikō no), 性転換の (ja) (せいてんかんの, sē-tenkan no)

Persian: دوجنسه (fa) (do-jense) Polish: transseksualny (pl) m. Portuguese: transexual (pt) m. and f. Spanish: transexual (es)

Noun

transsexual (plural transsexuals)

1. A person whose gender self-image contradicts with the physical gender he/she was born with.
   • 1995, To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything! Julie Newmar:

     When a man is a woman trapped in a man's body, and has a little operation, he is a transsexual.

2. One who has changed or is in the process of changing his/her physical sex by undergoing medical treatment such as hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and/or sex reassignment surgery (SRS).
   • a. 1998, Myra Love, Reality’s Friends, excerpted in Gertrude M. James Gonzalez and Anne J. M. Mamary (editors), Cultural Activisms: Poetic Voices, Political Voices, SUNY Press (1999), ISBN 978-0-7914-3965-4, page 107:

     He claimed that they had this wonderful and loving relationship in which the transsexual-to-be had felt that his suitor truly loved him the way he was and didn’t want him to have the surgery, […]

   • 2003 December 9, Kitty Fine, “How to Tell If Your Fella Wants to Be a Woman!”, in Weekly World News, ISSN 0199-574X, page 14:

     Hundreds of women every year are taken completely by surprise when their husbands announce they want to undergo sex-change surgery — and the news is even more shocking when comes, as it often does, from a burly he-man who’d given no clue to his inner girl. ¶ But the signs are definitely there if your husband is dreaming of becoming a transsexual, says a new study by a top sexologist.

   • a. 2006, anonymous, “My Husband’s Secret”, in Grandma Joy, Grandma Joy's Hope for Hurting Women: Healing the Wounds of the Past and Gaining Hope for the Future, Destiny Image Publishers (2006), ISBN 978-0-7684-2351-8, page 133:

     He was wearing women’s clothes before he had the surgery; then, he actually became a transsexual, and they (amazingly) stayed together.

Usage notes

• It may be inappropriate to refer to or describe a transsexual person as "a transsexual"; compare "a black", "a gay". "A transsexual man" (for a man who is biologically female, or was biologically female prior to sex reassignment) or "a transsexual woman" (for the reverse) is frequently more appropriate.

Synonyms

• TS
• transperson

Hyponyms

• transman (female-to-male transsexual)
• transwoman (male-to-female transsexual)

Hypernyms

• transgender

Translations

person with contradicting sexual self-image

Arabic: please add this translation if you can: Chinese: Mandarin: 變性者 (cmn), 变性者 (cmn) (biànxìngzhě) Finnish: transseksuaali (fi), transsukupuolinen (fi), transu (fi) French: transsexuel (fr) m., transsexuelle (fr) f. German: Transsexueller (de) m., Transsexuelle (de) f. Greek: διαφυλικός (el) (diafylikós) m. Italian: transessuale (it) m. Japanese: 性同一性障害者 (ja) (せいどういつせいしょうがいしゃ, sē-dōitsusē-shōgai-sha), 性別移行者 (ja) (せいべついこうしゃ, sēbetsu-ikō-sha)

Korean: please add this translation if you can: Persian: دوجنسه (fa) (do-jense) Polish: transseksualista m., transseksualistka f. Portuguese: transexual (pt) m. and f. Russian: транссексуал (ru) (transseksuál) m. Spanish: transexual (es) m. and f. Swedish: transexuell (sv)

person who has changed his/her sex

Arabic: please add this translation if you can: Chinese: Mandarin: 變性者 (cmn), 变性者 (cmn) (biànxìngzhě) Finnish: transseksuaali (fi), transsukupuolinen (fi), transu (fi) French: transsexuel (fr) m., transsexuelle (fr) f. German: Transsexueller (de) m., Transsexuelle (de) f. Greek: διαφυλικός (el) (diafylikós) m. Italian: transessuale (it) m.

Japanese: 性転換者 (ja) (せいてんかんしゃ, sē-tenkan-sha) Korean: please add this translation if you can: Polish: transseksualista (pl) m., transseksualistka (pl) f. Portuguese: transexual (pt) m. and f. Russian: транссексуал (ru) (transseksuál) m. Spanish: transexual (es) m. and f. Swedish: transexuell (sv)

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Italian: transessuale m.,f.

Derived terms

• transsexualism
• transsexuality

See also

• male-to-female
• female-to-male
• intersexuality
• transgender
• transvestite

External links

• Transsexualism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Transsexualism
• Lynn Conway's website on transsexuality
• Andrea James' web resources for gender transition

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Catalan

Adjective

transsexual m. and f. (plural transsexuals)

1. transsexual

Noun

transsexual m. and f. (plural transsexuals)

1. a transsexual

Derived terms

• transsexualitat

See also

• transgènere