trans ‧ gen ‧ der /trænzˈdʒendə $ trænsˈdʒendər/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable]
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 ⇨ transsexual :
the transgender community
transgender issues
—transgendered adjective
—transgenderism noun [uncountable]