Citations:transdar

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Noun: "(slang) the ability to detect whether or not a person is transgendered/transsexual by observing that person"

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  • 1996 July 24, Janet W. Hardy, “Re: Independence Day - The movie”, in bit.listserv.words-l[1] (Usenet):
    I found out about 20 minutes into the workshop that at least six of the men in attendance had been born women. Not one of them had twigged my "transdar."
  • 1998 March 6, Jokestress [username], “Is Linda Tripp a TS?”, in soc.support.transgendered[2] (Usenet):
    The first time a[sic] saw a news clip of Clinton accuser Linda Tripp during this Monica Lewinsky brouhaha, my transdar went off. I clocked her as TS, even though she's (probably) genetic.
  • 2000 July 26, Cheryl, “Re: everyone flame me, I deserve it.”, in soc.support.transgendered[3] (Usenet):
    My hearing isn't that great, but my transdar immediately zoned in on him.
  • 2002 April 19, Stephe, “Re: Pathetic”, in soc.support.transgendered[4] (Usenet):
    Is it my fault that the publics[sic] "transdar" is more sharply honed and being stealth has become harder?
  • 2013, Shiri Eisner, Bi: Notes for a Bisexual Revolution, Seal Press (2013), →ISBN, unnumbered page:
    As is the case with the gaydar (or transdar), this recognition requires two main components: practice, and the constant, quiet presence of the option.
  • 2013, Asia Friedman, Blind to Sameness: Sexpectations and the Social Construction of Male and Female Bodies, University of Chicago Press (2013), →ISBN, page 59:
    Other respondents offered similar descriptions of transdar as a keen understanding of the most important sex cues.