Dictionary

translesbian en · ADJ

Etymology

From trans- + lesbian.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Being, or pertaining to being, both a trans woman and attracted to women (lesbian).
   • I mean, what would a couple of translesbian feminist theorists like us know about the true delights of the certainty and expression of our womanhood? 1999 December 28, Deb Marsh, “Re: If only... an Xmas Lament”, in soc.support.transgendered (Usenet):
   • With the success of the competition, King Victoria quickly became a Friday night institution at the Star Hotel with weekly cabaret shows and translesbian readings. 2008, Audrey Yue, "King Victoria: Asian Drag Kings, Postcolonial Female Masculinity, and Hybrid Sexuality in Australia", in AsiaPacifiQueer: Rethinking Genders and Sexualities (ed. Fran Martin, Peter A. Jackson, Mark McLelland, & Audrey Yue), University of Illinois Press (2008), page 253
   • Using this conflation of subjectivities as a point of departure, Harry/Harriet becomes an unusual point of re-entry into the native land, especially if we keep in mind that this novel was written in 1987. Mother figure, sister, translesbian lover, and consistent friend, this character functions here as a catalyst, […] 2014, Yolanda Martínez-San Miguel, Coloniality of Diasporas: Rethinking Intra-colonial Migrations in a Pan-Caribbean Context, Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, page 190:

Forms

Coordinates

transgay

Hypernyms

trans · lesbian

Synonyms

transbian

Translations (2)

fr translesbienne (Translations) · pl translesbijski (Translations)

translesbian en · NOUN

Etymology

From trans- + lesbian.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of trans lesbian.
   alt of trans lesbian
   • There are many femisexuals who never consider taking a male lover after their treatments, immediately becoming translesbians. 1997, Tracie O'Keefe, Katrina Fox, Trans-X-U-All: The Naked Difference, Extraordinary People Press, →ISBN, page 155:
   • Many issues like transphobia, homosexual transsexuality (of both translesbians and transgay individuals), the transfeminist project, […] 2009, Izzo Mirella (translated from the Italian by Simona Continente), AzioneTrans Manifesto, Lulu.com (2009), page 7
   • It is both irresponsible and disingenuous to talk about safe space as if translesbians make space unsafe. 1999, Deke Law, “Evolution”, in Kris Kleindienst, editor, This is What Lesbian Looks Like: Dyke Activists Take on the 21st Century, Firebrand Books, →ISBN, page 139:

Forms

Antonyms

cislesbian

Translations (2)

fr translesbienne (Translations) · pl translesbijka (Translations)