transgendered:

Pertains to people who transcend the conventional definitions of man and woman , anyone who acts or thinks in a manner not socially approved for the gender assigned him or her at birth. Transgendered people include: pre-operative and post-operative-transsexuals, transgenderists, transvestites, cross-dressers, female and male impersonators, drag queens/kings, intersexuals, gender dysphorics, gender-outlaws, transnaturals, variant-expressives, butch-lesbians, boss girls, drag-queens, sissies , tomboys, transitions and everyone in-between . Some transgendered people prefer members of their own sex , some prefer members of the opposite-sex ; there is no correlation between sexual-orientation and gender-identity .

SYNONYMS: gender-variant ; nonconforming-gender ; transgendered; transgressively-gendered .

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