Meanings
- uncountableThe state or condition of being a trans woman.
So because I learned that sex work is shameful, and I correlated transwomanhood and sex work, I was taught that transwomanhood is shameful.
2016, Eric R. Wright, Neal Carnes, Understanding the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in the United States, page 1062 more examples
This phobia combines with society's ignorance about it, in a way that fuels and ignites the strength that participates in shaping transwomanhood.
2019, Jamie A. Thomas, Christina Jackson, Embodied Difference: Divergent Bodies in Public Discourse, page 66Tangerine offers a version of transwomanhood which demonstrates the subversive power of Riviere's “masquerade” (discussed in Chapter 2; also Butler, 2002).
2020, Susanna Paasonen, Feona Attwood, Alan McKee, Objectification: On the Difference between Sex and Sexism
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transwomanhood. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transwomanhood
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