English

Noun

transgenderism ‎(usually uncountable, plural transgenderisms)

1. The state of being transgender. (See usage notes)
2. (offensive) A purported ideology behind transgender identities, trans activism and trans rights movements. (Compare homosexual agenda.)
   • 2014 August 5, Goldberg, Michelle, “What is a Woman?”, in The New Yorker:

     The dispute between radical feminism and transgenderism.

   • 2012 May 29, Jeffreys, Sheila, The Guardian:

     Let us be free to debate transgenderism without being accused of 'hate speech'.

Synonyms

• transgenderness

Usage notes

• The term is common in science and social science literature, but is little used by the trans community; GLAAD says the term is primarily used by anti-transgender activists, and recommends synonyms like "being transgender".^[1]Julia Serano agrees that it has been appropriated by transphobic authors in recent years and used as though it referred to an ideology rather than a state of being; she does not consider it offensive per se but notes that it has started to be objected to.^[2]

See also

• transsexuality
• berdachism

References

• Oxford Dictionaries,

1. ↑ GLAAD Media Reference Guide
2. ↑ "Regarding trans* and transgenderism"