Variant: also tran · sex · u · al
Pronunciation: ( ˌ )tran(t)s- ' sek-sh( ə -)w ə l, -sh ə l
Function: noun
Date: 1957
: a person who strongly identifies with the opposite sex and may seek to live as a member of this sex especially by undergoing surgery and hormone therapy to obtain the necessary physical appearance (as by changing the external sex organs)
– transsexual adjective
– trans · sex · u · al · ism also tran · sex · u · al · ism \ -sh( ə -)w ə - ˌ li-z ə m, -sh ə - ˌ li- \ noun
– trans · sex · u · al · i · ty also tran · sex · u · al · i · ty \ - ˌ sek-sh ə - ' wa-l ə -t ē \ noun