gender transition

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Noun

gender transition (countable and uncountable, plural gender transitions)

  1. (transgender) Process or act of changing one's gender role or physical characteristics, by social, medical, or legal methods, to conform to one's identified gender, rather than the sex assigned at birth.
    • 1999, Spencer Bergstedt, “Book Reviews”, in Matthew S. Carlos, Mykael Hawley, editors, Transgender Tapestry, Waltham, Mass.: International Foundation for Gender Education, →ISSN, page 83, column 1:
      This book is intended to be a guide for MtF and FtM Transsexuals in managing the legal aspects of gender transition.

Hyponyms

  • legal transition
  • medical transition
  • social transition

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