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Meaning of transgenderal | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

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.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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