transgenderistn.
/tranzˈdʒɛndərɪst/, /trɑːnzˈdʒɛndərɪst/, /transˈdʒɛndərɪst/, /trɑːnsˈdʒɛndərɪst/, U.S. /trænzˈdʒɛnd(ə)rəst/, /træn(t)sˈdʒɛnd(ə)rəst/ A person with a gender identity that does not correspond to that person's sex at birth, or whose personal identity does not otherwise conform to conventional notions of sex and gender. Sometimes spec. a transsexual or transvestite (see note at transgender adj.).
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?1975 Female Impersonator News No. 6 in research.cristanwilliams.com (O.E.D. Archive 2018) The term transgenderist..came into popular usage only quite recently... The main difference between the TG (transgenderist) and the classical TV is that whereas the transvestite is attracted mainly to women's clothing, the transgenderist goes beyond this.
1978 V. Prince in Transvestia 16 No. 95. 86 There are three classes of ‘trans’ people, generally called ‘transvestites, transgenderists and transexuals’.
1979 Radio Times 2 June 59/5 It is estimated that about one person in 2,000 is a transgenderist—someone who feels an overwhelming need either to dress in the clothes of the opposite gender, or..to ‘change sex’ completely.
1997 Tharunka (Univ. New S. Wales) No. 4. 20/2 A network of students that choose a queer identity, including, but not limited to, lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgenderists.
2010 P. Gherovici Please select your Gender ii. 34 There are many transgenderists who are not moving between sexes and prefer to describe themselves as ‘gender queer’—signifying that they reject the either-or male-female system.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.?1975