transgender

transgender
trans|gen|der [trænzˈdʒendə US trænsˈdʒendər] n [U]
a general word for people who feel that they belong to the other sex, and not the sex they were born with, and who express this in their sexual behaviour
the transgender community
transgender issues
>transgendered adj
>transgenderism n [U]

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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