Meanings
plural transsexualists
- A transsexual person.
[M]oreover the femininity would be required for the body only, not for the mind. For if a transvestite wanted to be female all the time, he would be a transsexualist.
1992, John Oulton Wisdom, Freud, Women and Society, page 801 more example
Most transsexualists are males […] Pseudo-hermaphrodites or other intersexes are not to be confused with transsexualists; transvestites may be transsexualists, but not necessarily.
1970, Sexology, volume 37, page 26
Origin
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