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TRANSEXUAL [2 records]

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Record 1 2024-01-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology
  • Sociology
DEF

Referring to a person whose sex does not align with the sex they were assigned at birth and who generally undertakes or wishes to undertake steps to change their sex assigned at birth.

OBS

transsexual; transexual: Some people consider these terms outdated, pejorative and strongly medically connoted and prefer using the terms "transgender" or "trans." Others use them as a form of positive self-identification or to refer to parts of their experience that relate to medical transition.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie
  • Sociologie
DEF

Se dit d'une personne dont le sexe ne correspond pas à celui qui lui a été assigné à la naissance et qui, généralement, entreprend ou souhaite entreprendre des démarches pour changer son sexe assigné à la naissance.

OBS

transsexuel : Certaines personnes considèrent que ce terme est désuet, péjoratif et fortement connoté sur le plan médical et préfèrent utiliser les termes «transgenre» ou «trans». D'autres personnes l'utilisent comme une forme d'auto-identification positive ou pour faire référence à des parties de leur expérience liée à la transition médicale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Psicología
  • Sociología
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Record 2 2024-01-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology
  • Sociology
DEF

A person whose sex does not align with the sex they were assigned at birth and who generally undertakes or wishes to undertake steps to change their sex assigned at birth.

OBS

The fact that a transsexual person underwent a medical transition (for example, hormone therapy, surgeries or other procedures) used to distinguish them from a transgender person.

OBS

transsexual person; transexual person: Some people consider the terms "transsexual person" and "transexual person" outdated, pejorative and strongly medically connoted and prefer using the terms "transgender person" or "trans person." Others use them as a form of positive self-identification or to refer to parts of their experience that relate to medical transition.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie
  • Sociologie
DEF

Personne dont le sexe ne correspond pas à celui qui lui a été assigné à la naissance et qui, généralement, entreprend ou souhaite entreprendre des démarches pour changer son sexe assigné à la naissance.

OBS

Le recours à un processus de transition médicale (par exemple prise d'hormones, chirurgies ou autres interventions) distinguait auparavant les personnes transsexuelles des personnes transgenres.

OBS

personne transsexuelle : Certaines personnes considèrent que le terme «personne transsexuelle» est désuet, péjoratif et fortement connoté sur le plan médical et préfèrent utiliser les termes «personne transgenre» ou «personne trans». D'autres personnes l'utilisent comme une forme d'auto-identification positive ou pour faire référence à des parties de leur expérience liée à la transition médicale.

Spanish

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

Persona con una urgencia psicológica de pertenecer al sexo opuesto hasta el punto de someterse a una cirugía para modificar los órganos sexuales para imitar al sexo opuesto.

CONT

Las categorías sexuales incluyen la mujer, el hombre, el intersexual (persona que nace con características sexuales tanto femeninas como masculinas) y el transexual (persona que se somete a intervenciones quirúrgicas u hormonales para cambiar de sexo).

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