transsexuˈality
Also trans-sexuality, transexuality.
[f. trans- 3 + sexuality.]
= transsexualism; loosely, bisexuality.
| 1941 O. Legman in G. W. Henry Sex Variants ii. 1149 Homosexuality..is more widely used than any other of the many terms that have been proposed, such as..transsexuality. 1955 J. F. Oliven Sexual Hygiene & Pathol. xxi. 397 Primary transvestism. Synonyms: Idiopathic transvestism... Transsexuality or transsexualism. 1957 Amer. Jrnl. Psychotherapy XI. 85 Homosexuality, transsexuality and transvestism. 1973 J. Marks Mick Jagger 142 Jagger's trans-sexuality is just one of the things which makes him qualify as our great hero. 1977 Lancet 6 Aug. 261/1 We have investigated 60 patients treated with high doses of methyltestosterone for transsexuality or impotence. |