transgenderism
noun[U]
formaloftendisapprovinguk/trænzˈdʒen.dər.ɪ.zəm/us/trænzˈdʒen.dɚ.ɪ.zəm/thefactof not havingyourgendermatchthebodyyou werebornwith. This word is often used bypeoplewhothinkthat this is abadthing, or whowanttosuggestthattransgenderpeoplearewrongabouttheirgender:
Thecountyschoolsystemdefendedthe newlessonsthatintroducestudentstosexualorientationand transgenderism inyearseight and 10.县里的中学系统为新课程进行辩护，这些课程向八年级和十年级的学生介绍性取向和跨性别主义的概念。
Note:
- This word was more common in the past and it is still used in some formal writing, but it is now considered offensive by many people.
Synonym
transness
- Society does notknowthetruthabout transgenderism.
- Thearticlestatedthat thecharacteristicthatdefinestransgenderism is notsexualorientation, butsexualidentity.
- He is thefounderandeditorof the Journal of Psychology of Human Sexuality and theInternationalJournal of Transgenderism.
- In ademocracythatboastsgreatfreedomofexpression, transgenderism may be thefinalfrontierofsexualpolitics.