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cross-liver en · NOUN

Etymology

From cross-live + -er.

Meanings

1. A person who cross-lives.
   • And that doesn't invalidate or lessen the T*ness of the person. Some people believe that being afull^([sic]) time crossliver makes them somehow more than a person who dresses up on the odd Tuesday night. 1998 February 11, Katheryn D'Medici, “Re: Close Calls - Comments?”, in alt.fashion.crossdressing (Usenet), retrieved 12 Nov 2021:
   • So the no-ho's & crosslivers tend to push buttons among the usually more mainstream ts's, […] 2005 February 13, cat-o-matic, “Re: A Rationale for SRS”, in soc.support.transgendered (Usenet):
   • My point was that if someone got m2f SRS and continued to 'present' as a crossliver rather than as an 'f', you would have fewer objections to 'her' as a person than to someone who wished to disappear into 'cisgendered' society. 1999 July 5, Jan, “Re: Rubber ckickens and other lawn ornaments”, in soc.support.transgendered (Usenet):
   • 1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure Maybe the stigma comes from being either a TV or a TS—but there is a middle ground that I've never considered...what Georgia calls a "cross-liver." Someone who takes hormones & lives their desired gender role, but who have not necessarily made a decision on having surgery.

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