transgender ট্রান্সজেন্ডার transkønnet transgender transgénero transgenre ट्रांसजेंडर տրանսգենդեր transkjønnet transgênero transgjinor transcinsiyet obsolete medical term transgender ট্রান্সজেন্ডার transkønnet transgender transgénero transgenre ट्रांसजेंडर տրանսգենդեր transkjønnet transgênero transgjinor transcinsiyet transgenderism 306.768 http://homosaurus.org/v2/transgenderism A pathologizing term referred to the "condition" of being transgender. The term is common in science and social science literature, but is little used by the trans community; GLAAD says the term is primarily used by anti-transgender activists, and recommends synonyms like "being transgender". Julia Serano agrees that it has been appropriated by transphobic authors and used as though it referred to an ideology rather than a state of being; she does not consider it offensive per se but notes that it has started to be objected to. transgenderism and transsexualism transgenderness John F. Oliven Transgenderism and Dissociative Identity Disorder - A Case Study Routledge International Encyclopedia of Queer Culture The A – Z of Gender and Sexuality: From Ace to Ze