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English
Etymology
Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Indo-European *séks-u-sder. Proto-Indo-European *sek- Proto-Indo-European *sékh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? English transness From trans + -ness.
Noun
transness (uncountable)
- The condition or quality of being transgender or transsexual.
- Synonyms: transgenderness, transsexualness, (sometimes offensive) transgenderedness
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: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
2013, Julia Serano, Excluded: Making Feminist and Queer Movements More Inclusive[1], Seal Press, →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).
2014, Diane Anderson-Minshall, Jacob Anderson-Minshall, Queerly Beloved: A Love Story Across Genders[2], Bold Strokes Books, →ISBN: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, Janet Mock, Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More, Atria, →ISBN, page 248:My transness felt irrelevant to most of my informal, passing relationships. It was not something I discussed upon meeting someone.
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