Meaning of transgenderal | Babel Free

Definitions

A transgender person.

dated, uncommon

Examples

“[…] I (and others in the same position) who have⟳ had electrolysis, taken hormones and live⟳ as a woman full time am not a transexual, are wrong. […] I, at least, know⟳ the difference between sex and gender and have⟳ simply elected to change⟳ the latter and not the former. If a word is necessary, I should be termed a “transgenderal.””

“These culturally bound assumptions have⟳ bedevilled the entire anthropological literature on the berdache in Native American cultures, and it is because of this that I have⟳ followed the lead⟳ of Angelino and Shedd when referring to the phenomenon of the berdache-transgenderal, for as Fitzgerald (1977) points out: "A berdache . . . may be a transvestite, but a transvestite need⟳ not be a berdache; and neither need⟳ be homosexual."[…] transgenderal A term that is currently being promoted to replace⟳ "transsexual" (below). transsexual An individual who is psychologically motivated to assume⟳ the cultural identity, roles, and status of someone of the opposite gender and who views himself or herself in this way alone. Many transsexuals prefer⟳ the term "transgenderal." The gender "change⟳" may be made without the assistance of male and female hormones or cosmetic surgery. Transsexual is not synonymous with "transvestite."”

“[…] the struggle⟳ for women's liberation and for the liberation of men and transgenderals […]”

“[…] there has been concern⟳ over prejudicial treatment of members of sexual minorities - gay men, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgenderals or transexuals.”

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