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transˈsexual, a. and n.
Also (A. 1, B.) transexual, (esp. A. 2) trans-sexual.
[f. trans- 3 + sexual a.]
A. adj.
1. Of or pertaining to transsexualism; having physical characteristics of one sex and psychological characteristics of the other.
1957Amer. Jrnl. Psychotherapy XI. 85 Other kinds of secondary experiences might give rise to transsexual tendencies. 1963A. Heron Towards Quaker View of Sex 68 In men..the trans-sexual urge occasionally reaches the point of completely assuming the female role. 1969Nature 2 Aug. 448/2 Cases of transsexual children brought up in unusually close contact with their mothers, who were the dominant members of families in which the fathers were ineffectual characters. 1970[see sex change s.v. sex n. 5]. 1977Proc. R. Soc. Med. LXX. 792/1 He may sustain sexual relations..by transexual fantasy.
2. Of or pertaining to both sexes. Also, intersexual.
1977G. Melly Rum, Bum & Concertina viii. 105, I came into her... We made love.., but crossing the trans⁓sexual barrier didn't convert me overnight. I continued for some years to prefer boys. 1978Logophile VIII. 8/1 The word ‘clerk’ sounds acceptably undiscriminatory and trans-sexual.
B. n. A transsexual person. Also, one whose sex has been changed by surgery.
1957Amer. Jrnl. Psychotherapy XI. 84 Marriage, motherhood, and a husband are a woman's life and he wants that as a fulfillment of his femininity. These persons form the group aptly termed ‘transsexuals’. 1966New Scientist 8 Dec. 577/1 Transsexuals..are a..group of individuals ‘who have a burning and overwhelming desire to be of the sex opposite to what they are anatomically’. 1971Daily Tel. (Colour Suppl.) 10 Dec. 21/3 Adult transexuals are so resistant that psychological treatment and even aversion therapy is virtually hopeless so far as they are concerned. 1976Washington Post 26 Jan. a2/8 Britain's state-run health service has started a night school for transsexuals where men who have changed their sex can learn to face the world as women. 1977Times 18 Aug. 6/2 Dr Renée Richards, aged 42, a trans⁓sexual who was a man until 1975. |