transsexual

transsexual

See also: transsexuál

English

Alternative forms

• transexual (rare)

Etymology

Trans- +‎ sexual. Introduced to English along with transsexualism by David Oliver Cauldwell in 1949, based on the German word Transsexualismus coined by Magnus Hirschfeld in 1923. Popularized in the mid 1960s, around the same time that transgender was coined;[1] transgender had become an umbrella term and largely but not entirely displaced transsexual by the 1990s.[2]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɹæn(z)ˈsɛkʃuəl/, /tɹæn(z)ˈsɛksjuəl/

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Adjective

transsexual (comparative more transsexual, superlative most transsexual)

1. (of a person) Having changed, or being in the process of changing, physical sex (because it does not match desired sex) by undergoing medical treatment such as hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and optionally sex reassignment surgery (SRS), or rarely only SRS.

Usage notes

• Although some authors distinguish transsexual (pertaining to physical sex) and transgender (pertaining to gender), transgender is generally taken to encompass transsexual and has largely displaced it; transsexual is now often considered outdated, although some people who have undergone SRS still prefer it; compare the usage notes at transgender.[3] Neither term should be confused with transvestite (which see for more).[1][2][4]

Synonyms

• transsex (less common), transsexed (uncommon)

Derived terms

• transsexuality
• transsexualness
• transsexualism, transsexualist
• tryke

Descendants

• Japanese: トランスセクシャル (toransusekusharu)

Translations

being a transsexual

Catalan: transexual Czech: transsexuální Danish: transseksuel Dutch: transseksueel (nl) Esperanto: transsekseca Faroese: umkyndur Finnish: transsukupuolinen (fi) French: transsexuel (fr) m, transsexuelle (fr) f Galician: transexual German: transsexuell (de) Greek: διαφυλικός (el) m (diafylikós), τρανσέξουαλ (el) (transéxoual) Irish: trasghnéasach Italian: transessuale (it) m Japanese: 性同一性障害の (ja) (せいどういつせいしょうがいの, seidōitsuseishōgai no), 性別移行の (せいべついこうの, seibetsuikō no), 性転換の (せいてんかんの, seitenkan no) Maori: hinehī Norman: transsexuel Norwegian: Bokmål: transseksuell Nynorsk: transseksuell Persian: دوجنسه‎ (fa) (do-jense) Polish: transseksualny (pl) m Portuguese: transexual (pt) m or f Russian: транссексуа́льный (ru) (transsɛksuálʹnyj) Spanish: transexual (es) Swedish: transsexuell (sv)

Noun

transsexual (plural transsexuals)

1. A transsexual person.
   • 1995, To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything! Julie Newmar:

     When a man is a woman trapped in a man's body, and has a little operation, he is a transsexual.

   • a. 1998, Myra Love, Reality’s Friends, excerpted in Gertrude M. James Gonzalez and Anne J. M. Mamary (editors), Cultural Activisms: Poetic Voices, Political Voices, SUNY Press (1999), →ISBN, page 107:

     He claimed that they had this wonderful and loving relationship in which the transsexual-to-be had felt that his suitor truly loved him the way he was and didn’t want him to have the surgery, […]

   • 2003 December 9, Kitty Fine, “How to Tell If Your Fella Wants to Be a Woman!”, in Weekly World News, ISSN 0199-574X, page 14:

     Hundreds of women every year are taken completely by surprise when their husbands announce they want to undergo sex-change surgery — and the news is even more shocking when comes, as it often does, from a burly he-man who’d given no clue to his inner girl. ¶ But the signs are definitely there if your husband is dreaming of becoming a transsexual, says a new study by a top sexologist.

   • a. 2006, anonymous, “My Husband’s Secret”, in Grandma Joy, Grandma Joy's Hope for Hurting Women: Healing the Wounds of the Past and Gaining Hope for the Future, Destiny Image Publishers (2006), →ISBN, page 133:

     He was wearing women’s clothes before he had the surgery; then, he actually became a transsexual, and they (amazingly) stayed together.

   • 2012, Patrick Slattery, Curriculum Development in the Postmodern Era:

     Being a transsexual is not something that can be ignored or suppressed forever. Unlike the fascinations of the cross dresser or the partially altered transgenderist, the absolute compulsion of classical transsexualism is a matter of life and death.

Usage notes

• See the usage note at transgender regarding the use of this type of word as a noun.

Synonyms

• TS
• trans person

Hyponyms

• trans man, trans woman

Related terms

• transsex
• transsexed
• transgender

Translations

person whose gender identity did not match his/her birth sex, and who therefore is changing or has changed sex

Arabic: please add this translation if you can: Catalan: transsexual (ca) m or f Chinese: Mandarin: 變性者／变性者 (zh) (biànxìngzhě) Czech: transsexuál (cs) m Dutch: transseksueel (nl) Esperanto: transseksulo (eo) Finnish: transsukupuolinen (fi); transu (fi) (colloquial) French: transsexuel (fr) m, transsexuelle (fr) f Galician: transexual German: Transsexueller (de) m, Transsexuelle (de) f Greek: διαφυλικός (el) m (diafylikós), τρανσέξουαλ (el) (transéxoual) Hungarian: transzszexuális Irish: trasghnéasach m Italian: transessuale (it) m Japanese: 性転換者 (せいてんかんしゃ, seitenkansha); 性同一性障害者 (せいどういつせいしょうがいしゃ, seidōitsuseishōgaisha), 性別移行者 (せいべついこうしゃ, seibetsuikōsha) Korean: 성전환자 (ko) (seongjeonhwanja): Maori: hinehī, irawhiti Norman: transsexuel m, transsexuelle f Norwegian: transperson (no) Persian: دوجنسه‎ (fa) (do-jense) Polish: transseksualista (pl) m, transseksualistka (pl) f Portuguese: transexual (pt) m or f Russian: транссексуа́л (ru) m (transsɛksuál) Spanish: transexual (es) m or f Swedish: transsexuell (sv) c

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Translations to be checked

Italian: (please verify) transessuale (it) m or f

See also

• male-to-female
• female-to-male
• intersexual, intersex
• transvestite

References

1. Thomas E. Bevan, The Psychobiology of Transsexualism and Transgenderism (2014, →ISBN, page 42: "The term transsexual was introduced by Cauldwell (1949) and popularized by Harry Benjamin (1966) [...]. The term transgender was coined by John Oliven (1965) and popularized by various transgender people [... including] many transgender people [who] advocated the use of the term much more than Prince. [...] Transsexuals constitute a subset of transgender people."
2. Transgender Rights (2006, →ISBN, edited by Paisley Currah, Richard M. Juang, Shannon Minter; page 4: "From signifying a subject position between cross-dresser and transsexual, the meaning of transgender expanded radically in the early 1990s to include them, along with other cross-gender practices and identities."
3. “transsexual”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
4. GLAAD media reference guide

Further reading

• Transsexual on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Lynn Conway's website on transsexuality

Anagrams

• transexuals

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Catalan

Etymology

trans- +‎ sexual.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /tɾən.sə.ʃuˈal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /tɾan.se.ʃuˈal/

Adjective

transsexual (masculine and feminine plural transsexuals)

1. transsexual

Noun

transsexual m or f (plural transsexuals)

1. a transsexual person

Derived terms

• transsexualitat

See also

• transgènere

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Interlingua

Adjective

transsexual (not comparable)

1. transsexual

Noun

transsexual (plural transsexuales)

1. transsexual

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Romanian

Etymology

From French transsexual.

Adjective

transsexual m or n (feminine singular transsexuală, masculine plural transsexuali, feminine and neuter plural transsexuale)

1. transsexual

Declension

Declension of transsexual

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	transsexual		transsexuală	transsexuali	transsexuale
	definite	transsexualul		transsexuala	transsexualii	transsexualele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	transsexual		transsexuale	transsexuali	transsexuale
	definite	transsexualului		transsexualei	transsexualilor	transsexualelor