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TRANSGENDER [2 records]

Record 1 2024-01-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology
  • Sociology
DEF

A person whose gender does not align with the sex they were assigned at birth.

OBS

The opposite of cisgender person.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie
  • Sociologie
DEF

Personne dont le genre ne correspond pas au sexe qui lui a été assigné à la naissance.

OBS

Le contraire de personne cisgenre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Psicología
  • Sociología
DEF

Persona que construye un género distinto al que se le asignó al nacer.

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Record 2 2024-01-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology
  • Sociology
DEF

Referring to a person whose gender does not align with the sex they were assigned at birth.

OBS

The opposite of cisgender.

PHR

transgender man, transgender woman

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie
  • Sociologie
DEF

Se dit d'une personne dont le genre ne correspond pas au sexe qui lui a été assigné à la naissance.

OBS

Le contraire de cisgenre.

PHR

femme transgenre, homme transgenre

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Psicología
  • Sociología
PHR

persona transgénero

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