Lesbian vs Transgender - What's the difference?
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(of a woman) Homosexual; preferring female romantic or sexual partners.
(of a romantic or sexual act or relationship) Between two women; homosexual.
* 2011 , Michael Bruce, ?Robert M. Stewart, College Sex - Philosophy for Everyone (ISBN 1444341448), page 32:
(especially of an institution or group) Intended for lesbians.
* 2000 , Bonnie Zimmerman, Encyclopedia of lesbian and gay histories and cultures , volume 1, page 135:
* 2008 , Carl Abbott, How cities won the West: four centuries of urban change , page 283:
A homosexual female, a woman who is sexually or romantically attracted to other women.
(narrowly, of a person) Having a gender identity (self-image) which is the opposite of one's physical sex: being physically male but identifying as female, or vice versa.
* 2010 , Jessica Green, "I'm sorry, I'm not lesbian", The Guardian , 3 Mar 2010:
* 2010 , Natasha Lennard, "City Room", New York Times , 7 Apr 2010:
(broadly, of a person) Not identifying with culturally conventional gender roles and categories of male or female; having changed gender identity from male to female or female to male, or identifying with elements of both, or having some other gender identity.
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* 1998 , John Cloud, "Trans across America", Time , 20 Feb 1998:
* 2007 , Alison Stone, An Introduction to Feminist Philosophy (ISBN 074563883X), page 41
A transgender person.
* 2005 , Walter Bockting & Eric Avery, Transgender Health and HIV Prevention , p. 116:
* 2006 , Jayne Caudwell, Sport, Sexualities and Queer/theory , p. 122:
(lb) To change the gender of; (used loosely) to change the sex of.
* 2005 , Sue Tolleson-Rinehart, ?Jyl J. Josephson, Gender and American Politics (ISBN 0765631563), pages 15 and 205:
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As adjectives the difference between lesbian and transgender
is that lesbian is homosexual; preferring female romantic or sexual partners while transgender is having a gender identity (self-image) which is the opposite of one's physical sex: being physically male but identifying as female, or vice versa. Compare transsexual, and the following sense.As nouns the difference between lesbian and transgender
is that lesbian is a homosexual female, a woman who is sexually or romantically attracted to other women while transgender is transgenderism; the state of being transgender. Compare transsex.As a verb transgender is
to change the gender of; to change the sex of. Compare transsex.lesbian
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- She is lesbian .
- She's involved in a lesbian relationship.
- Lesbian marriage is still illegal in some nations.
- We're going to a lesbian bar tonight.
- Some lesbians also felt comfortable in the entertainment clubs in the black section of the city; these clubs were not lesbian but were lesbian friendly.
- Openly gay poets such as Allen Ginsberg were prominent among the beats, and many North Beach bars were gay and lesbian as well as bohemian.
Synonyms
* , gay (preferred by some lesbians), homosexual (not specific to female homosexuality) * , gay (preferred by some lesbians), homosexual (not specific to female homosexuality)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* sapphist * (offensive) Amy-John, beaver eater, beanflicker, boondagger, bulldiker, bulldyker, carpet muncher, clam smacker, crack snacker, cunt-lapper, donut bumper, dyke, lesbianist, lezzer, lezzie, lezzo, rug muncher, scissor sister, todger dodger, vagitarian, clitorist * See alsoHypernyms
* LGBT * gay * homosexual * queerDerived terms
* hasbian * wasbianSee also
*Anagrams
* * ----transgender
English
(wikipedia transgender)Adjective
(en adjective)- One head of a small gay charity visibly flinched when I mentioned my boyfriend and has been cold towards me ever since. I've even caught someone staring down my top to see if I'm transgender .
- But the inclusion of the word “trannie” — a pejorative, in some circles — in the title, and the film’s parodic representation of transgender women, has offended many people.
- Their first step was to reclaim the power to name themselves: transgender is now the term most widely used, and it encompasses everyone from cross-dressers (those who dress in clothes of the opposite sex) to transsexuals (those who surgically "correct" their genitals to match their "real" gender).
Synonyms
* TG (abbreviated form)Antonyms
* cisgenderNoun
(en-noun)- Before we can answer this question, we need to consider two other phenomena – transsex and transgender – which also expose the muddle within conventional categories of sex.
- In a patriarchal society in which machismo rules, MTF transgenders represent a challenge to traditional masculinity due to their renouncing of the male position of social power.
- Individual transgenders could compete in any division; however, transgender teams could not play against biological women's teams.
Usage notes
* See the usage note at transsexual regarding the use of this type of word as a noun.Hypernyms
*LGBTCoordinate terms
* two-spirit, berdache * hijraVerb
(en verb)- and one that is still dominated by male nominees, women nominees might be seen as either contributing to the regendering, or the transgendering , of the Cabinet.
- This chapter examines women secretaries-designate in terms of their contributions to regendering or transgendering a cabinet office, to a gender desegregation or integration of the cabinet.
