trans woman
noun
plural trans women
: a transgender woman : a woman who was identified as male at birth
Sharon Brackett has become the first trans woman to be elected to public office in the state of Maryland …—
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Zachary ZaneWhitehorn shared her experiences with us about working in the technology sector as a trans woman, and how from her position she feels the industry could take further steps to better support the trans community.—Madeline Bennett
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Hwang Dong-hyuk did expect the discourse over Hyun-ju, a trans woman, being played by a cis male actor.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024
Some of the character types are new to the show, like Hyun-ju (Park Sung-hoon), a trans woman trying to pay for the rest of her gender-affirming surgeries, but almost everybody is fulfilling a similar plot function to someone who died in the first season.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 26 Dec. 2024
The move comes just over a year after the contest’s judges crowned its first ever trans woman winner, Rikkie Kollé.
—Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
Since November, Mace has been especially vocal — first introducing a proposal to ban trans women from Capitol Hill women’s facilities, then in a series of X posts intentionally using a common transphobic slur.
—Samantha Riedel, Them, 11 Dec. 2024
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Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 26 Dec. 2024
Some of the character types are new to the show, like Hyun-ju (Park Sung-hoon), a trans woman trying to pay for the rest of her gender-affirming surgeries, but almost everybody is fulfilling a similar plot function to someone who died in the first season.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 26 Dec. 2024
The move comes just over a year after the contest’s judges crowned its first ever trans woman winner, Rikkie Kollé.
—Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
Since November, Mace has been especially vocal — first introducing a proposal to ban trans women from Capitol Hill women’s facilities, then in a series of X posts intentionally using a common transphobic slur.
—Samantha Riedel, Them, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Trans woman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trans%20woman. Accessed 9 Jan. 2025.
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