Meaning of transgenderism | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The state of being transgender.
   dated, uncountable, usually
2. A purported ideology behind transgender identities, trans activism and trans rights movements; transness as an ideology.
   derogatory, offensive, uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“the International Journal of Transgenderism”

“Transexualism. Where the compulsive urge⟳ reaches beyond female vestments, and becomes an urge⟳ for gender ("sex") change⟳, transvestism becomes "transexualism." The term is misleading; actually, "transgenderism" is meant, because sexuality is not a major factor in primary transvestism. Psychologically, the transexual often differs from the simple cross-dresser; he is conscious at all times of a strong desire to be a woman, and the urge⟳ can be truly consuming.”

“To the same end⟳, I steer⟳ clear from any "far out" explanation of the transgender phenomenon. I have⟳ seen a speaker have⟳ an audience fairly well with her and then, in the space of a few minutes, alienate a substantial number⟳ of them by trying to tie transgenderism to the concept of reincarnation.”

“Instead of searching for physiological causes of transgenderism, the early psychoanalysts proposed possible psychological origins for cross-dressing and transgenderism.”

“We will briefly discuss⟳ the interaction of gender orientation and sexuality, including transgenderism.”

“In this wider sense⟳, transgenderism is on a continuum line with the condition of anyone who may seek⟳ to live⟳ a life that is authentic to themselves as individuals.”

“Transgender people, who identify⟳ as the opposite gender to the one they were born with, should no longer be considered mentally ill, according to a new UN categorisation. The World Health Organization issued a new catalogue Monday covering 55,000 diseases, injuries and causes of death, in which it discreetly recategorised transgenderism.[…] Several countries have⟳ already taken steps to reclassify transgenderism and take⟳ it off the list of mental disorders, including France and Denmark. Say⟳ said she thought the text, which is the result⟳ of years of discussion among experts, would easily win⟳ approval, despite widespread lack of acceptance of transgender people in many parts of the world.”

“Let⟳ us be free to debate⟳ transgenderism without being accused of 'hate⟳ speech'.”

“The dispute between radical feminism and transgenderism.”

““If transgenderism is true, if men really can become⟳ women, then it’s true for everybody of all ages. If transgenderism is false ... it’s false for everybody too. And if it’s false, then ... for the good of society — and especially for the good of the poor people who have⟳ fallen prey to this confusion — then transgenderism must be eradicated from public life entirely — the whole preposterous ideology, at every level.””

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