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Meanings of transsexualism in English

Russian
транссекс
Portuguese
transexual
Spanish
transexual
Catalan
transexual

Transsexual people experience a gender identity that is inconsistent with their assigned sex.

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        Examples for "transsexual"
        1
        Other recommendations include consultation with transsexual people and the appropriate professional bodies.
        The Irish Times
        2
        In this case, after bodily alteration, they will become transsexual or transgender.
        The Guardian
        3
        But you knew you didn't fit the usual profile of a transsexual?
        Bangkok 8
        4
        You took one glimpse close up and saw she was a transsexual?
        Bangkok 8
        5
        Coppa said the theater was a gay scene with transsexual entertainers.
        King of the godfathers: "big joey" massino and the fall of the b...
        1
        Some claim such findings as evidence that transsexuality has a physical basis rather than being a choice, but not everyone is convinced.
        BBC
        2
        And his discoveries about transsexuality had these direct political consequences; the science put sexuality on the human rights agenda, in Brussels and beyond.
        The Guardian
        Usage of transsexualism in English
        1
        The patrons were a mixed bag but mostly drag queens (the antithesis of transsexualism) and other gay men.
        The Guardian
        2
        What brought the audience to its feet were Negro spirituals and an ode to transsexualism, sung to the tune of The Lady is a Tramp.
        Wired