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trans + * (a wildcard in programming), indicating that it could stand for transgender or transsexual.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: Non-cisgender; an umbrella term encompassing transgender, transsexual, and often also genderqueer/nonbinary, genderfluid, third-gender, etc. — all gender identities other than cisgender. Full definition →
trans + * (a wildcard in programming), indicating that it could stand for transgender or transsexual.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.