Trans-gender

adj, noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Dated spelling of transgender.

    "In spite of not "rootin' and tootin'" as a trans-gender case, in recent years [Christine] Jorgensen has been a staple on the college lecture circuit, speaking – of course – about trans-gender and herself."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Dated spelling of transgender.

    "Christine Jorgensen, the world's first highly publicized transsexual – or "trans-gender" patient – never planned to be famous because of her surgery."

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"Christine Jorgensen, the world's first highly publicized transsexual – or "trans-gender" patient – never planned to be famous because of her surgery."

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