transgender

transsukupuolinen puhekieltä Having a gender (gender identity|identity) which is different from the sex one was assigned at birth, e.g. being male-assigned assigned male at birth but having a female gender or vice versa; or, pertaining to such people. (qualifier)
2010, Jessica Green, "I'm sorry, I'm not lesbian", The Guardian, 3 Mar 2010:

One head of a small gay charity visibly flinched when I mentioned my boyfriend and has been cold towards me ever since. I've even caught someone staring down my top to see if I'm transgender.

But the inclusion of the word “trannie” — a pejorative, in some circles — in the title, and the film’s parodic representation of transgender women, has offended many people.

Their first step was to reclaim the power to name themselves: transgender is now the term most widely used, and it encompasses everyone from cross-dressers (those who dress in clothes of the opposite sex) to transsexuals (those who surgically "correct" their genitals to match their "real" gender).

In Boston, no AIDS prevention messages are posted at the primary drag queen and transgender bar.

The Las Vegas Lounge is the city's only transgender bar.

Trance A thriving transgender bar on the main Itaewon drag, (..)

Why the sudden outcry for transgender bathrooms?

In contrast, in a democratic conversation or dialogue, the speaker would begin by identifying the larger public issues that connect to the availability of transgender bathrooms: equality, civil rights, (..)

Before we can answer this question, we need to consider two other phenomena – transsex and transgender – which also expose the muddle within conventional categories of sex.

In a patriarchal society in which machismo rules, MTF transgenders represent a challenge to traditional masculinity due to their renouncing of the male position of social power.

Individual transgenders could compete in any division; however, transgender teams could not play against biological women's teams.

Nat spent years being victimised as a male to female transgender but was too scared to report it.

(..) and one that is still dominated by male nominees, women nominees might be seen as either contributing to the regendering, or the transgendering, of the Cabinet.

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This chapter examines women secretaries-designate in terms of their contributions to regendering or transgendering a cabinet office, to a gender desegregation or integration of the cabinet.