transfolk en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From trans- + folk.
Meanings
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(informal, plural, plural-only) Transgender people.
This highlights the awkwardly linked histories of transfolk and the gay and lesbian community due to historical and geographical coincidences.
2010, Kath Browne, Catherine J. Nash, Queer Methods and Methodologies, →OCLC, page 140:Transfolk are not covered in any applicable laws like Title VII or the ADA - in fact, transsexualism is explicitly excluded from the ADA. Therefore, you have no causes of action against an employer based on federal law.
1997, A. Spencer Bergstedt, Transition and Beyond, page 28: