transness en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trans-bor. English trans- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Italic *genos Latin genus Old French gendrebor. Middle English gendre English gender English transgenderclip. ▲ English trans- Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Indo-European *séks-u-sder. Proto-Italic *seksus Proto-Indo-European *sek- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *sékh₁yeti Proto-Italic *sekaō Latin secō Latin secāre? Latin sexus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin sexuālisbor. English sexual English transsexualclip. English trans English -ness English transness From trans + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The condition or quality of being transgender or transsexual.
Green recognized that there are “little beehives of transness” in a few major US cities and abroad and F2M individuals who take upon themselves the role of educator and activist
1996 Fall, R. Scott Gerdes, “Extraordinary Lives—A Personal History of the F2M Movement (Part Ⅱ): Where have we been? Where are we going?”, in Jean Marie Stine, editor, Transgender Tapestry, volume 1, number 77, Waltham, Massachusetts: International Foundation for Gender Education, →ISSN, →OCLC, UPC 07447074121377, page 42, column 2:Now though, I've been thinking more about the idea that one can be attracted to transgender men (or women) in part because of their transness, not (as mainstream culture seems to think) in spite of it.
2014, Diane Anderson-Minshall, Jacob Anderson-Minshall, Queerly Beloved: A Love Story Across Genders, Bold Strokes Books, →ISBN:Clearly, these were folks who chose to view my transness as an “affliction” (despite the fact that I did not portray it that way myself).
2013, Julia Serano, Excluded: Making Feminist and Queer Movements More Inclusive, Seal Press, →ISBN:My transness felt irrelevant to most of my informal, passing relationships. It was not something I discussed upon meeting someone.
2014, Janet Mock, Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More, Atria, →ISBN, page 248:
Synonyms
transgenderness · transsexualness · transgenderedness
Translations (6)
eo transgenreco (Translations) · de Transidentität (Translations) · fr transitude (Translations) · pt transgeneridade (Translations) · fr transness (Translations) · pt transexualidade (Translations)