transgender person obsolete medical term transgenderist Broadly, a transgender person. Sometimes narrowly used to refer to a transgender person who is living full-time using the gender expression which matches their gender identity without considering surgeries related to genitalia. Many transgender people do not associate medical procedures or changes with being transgender; for this reason, this term may be considered offensive to many transgender people and should be avoided. transgenderists Queer Glossary Trans abbreviations/terms/slang LGBT Terminology (University of Southern California)