transsexual
adjective
trans·sex·u·al (ˌ)tran(t)s-ˈsek-sh(ə-)wəl 
-shəl
variants or less commonly transexual
: of, relating to, or being a person whose gender identity is opposite the sex the person had or was identified as having at birth
Note: Transsexual people may or may not undergo surgery and hormone therapy to obtain a physical appearance typical of the gender they identify as.
transsexual noun
or less commonly transexual
transsexualism noun
or less commonly transexualism
(ˌ)tran(t)s-ˈsek-sh(ə-)wə-ˌli-zəm
-shə-ˌli-
transsexuality noun
or less commonly transexuality
(ˌ)tran(t)s-ˌsek-shə-ˈwa-lə-tē
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The cast includes Elliot Page, whose character comes out as transsexual in the new season. 
oregonlive, 2 June 2022 Becker has even gotten offers to do a couple of movies, one of them about Renée Richards, the transsexual tennis player. Angela Gaudioso, SPIN, 22 May 2022 The trolls started spamming tags like #gaypride, #ableism, #transsexual, and #depression. Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 1 Feb. 2022 The doc is a portrait of 97-year-old Lucy, deemed to be the oldest transsexual woman in Italy, a living witness of the 20th century and all its dark shadows. Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 13 Oct. 2021 Porter in his work always flaunts the transvestite and transsexual issues that now preoccupy woke Hollywood. Armond White, National Review, 15 Sep. 2021 The law would add women, people who are homosexual, transsexual or with disabilities, to those protected by a law banning discrimination and punishing hate crimes. Colleen Barry, Star Tribune, 24 June 2021 Vendors can register beginning this week, and people of color as well as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual people are encouraged to participate. Katy Read, Star Tribune, 15 May 2021 June Amelia Rose is an anarchist leatherdyke fiction writer and proud transsexual living in Brooklyn. Juneameliarose, Longreads, 25 Mar. 2020 See More
oregonlive, 2 June 2022 Becker has even gotten offers to do a couple of movies, one of them about Renée Richards, the transsexual tennis player. Angela Gaudioso, SPIN, 22 May 2022 The trolls started spamming tags like #gaypride, #ableism, #transsexual, and #depression. Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 1 Feb. 2022 The doc is a portrait of 97-year-old Lucy, deemed to be the oldest transsexual woman in Italy, a living witness of the 20th century and all its dark shadows. Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 13 Oct. 2021 Porter in his work always flaunts the transvestite and transsexual issues that now preoccupy woke Hollywood. Armond White, National Review, 15 Sep. 2021 The law would add women, people who are homosexual, transsexual or with disabilities, to those protected by a law banning discrimination and punishing hate crimes. Colleen Barry, Star Tribune, 24 June 2021 Vendors can register beginning this week, and people of color as well as lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual people are encouraged to participate. Katy Read, Star Tribune, 15 May 2021 June Amelia Rose is an anarchist leatherdyke fiction writer and proud transsexual living in Brooklyn. Juneameliarose, Longreads, 25 Mar. 2020 See More Word History
First Known Use
1957, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
transsexual
adjective
trans·sex·u·al
variants also transexual
(ˈ)tran(t)s-ˈsek-sh(ə-)-wəl, -ˈsek-shəl
: of, relating to, or being a person whose gender identity is opposite the sex the person had or was identified as having at birth
Note: Transsexual people may or may not undergo surgery and hormone therapy to obtain a physical appearance typical of the gender they identify as.