transidentity
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From trans- + identity or trans + identity.
Noun
[edit]transidentity (uncountable)
- (rare) Transness; the state of being trans, of having a gender identity which is different from the sex one was assigned at birth (i.e. having a transgender identity).
- 2012, H. Chiang, Transgender China, Springer, →ISBN:
- [Joanne; male → transgender (i.e.neither male nor female) or genderqueer; 44; preoperative]
Joanne's decision to come out publicly shows that ze transformed from not accepting hir transidentity to embracing and affirming it.
- 2017, Paul Baker, Giuseppe Balirano, Queering Masculinities in Language and Culture, page 181:
- Her transidentity, which bridged the established dichotomy between gender identity and anatomical sex, was the result of her choice to undergo a de-construction/re-construction process of her body: new breasts, hips and thighs, hair loss, beard removal […]
Antonyms
[edit]- cisidentity (rare)
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