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- noun Plural form of
transwoman .
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Examples
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The Williams sisters have battled that BS in addition to being insultingly called transwomen as they spent the 2K's merrily dominating the women's professional tennis tour.
Black Female Athlete Dominates Competition-Gets Gender Identity Questioned Renee 2009
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The Williams sisters have battled that BS in addition to being insultingly called transwomen as they spent the 2K's merrily dominating the women's professional tennis tour.
Archive 2009-08-01 Renee 2009
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MTFs are also sometimes referred to as transwomen.
OUR BODIES, OURSELVES The Boston Women’s Health Book Collective 2005
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A feminist writer who talks about trans WOMEN, not transwomen, transmen, transpeople and transpolitics and our sparkley transaccessories.
Gender Politics 2009
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Now the likelihood that the reproductive health bill will pass is a reason to rejoice for activists such as Estrada-Claudio and the women of the Philippines who have coalesced around the bill: After one of the congressional hearings, people started singing and dancing on the streets, white haired grandmothers and transwomen.
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For example, the 2002 documentary Des Hommes et Dieux Of Men and Gods, by anthropologist Anne Lescot, exposed the daily struggles of Haitian transwomen, one of whom said, When people insult me because I wear a dress I am not ashamed of how I am.
Irene Monroe: The Roots Of Voodoo's Acceptance Of Gays Irene Monroe 2011
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For example, the 2002 documentary Des Hommes et Dieux Of Men and Gods, by anthropologist Anne Lescot, exposed the daily struggles of Haitian transwomen, one of whom said, When people insult me because I wear a dress I am not ashamed of how I am.
Irene Monroe: The Roots Of Voodoo's Acceptance Of Gays Irene Monroe 2011
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The shock wave about "Essence" for me is the paucity of out lesbians, bisexual, and transwomen featured and working at the 'zine coupled with the fact that the lack of African American women and men throughout the ranks of the fashion industry is of serious concern.
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While Villarosa's "Coming Out" piece signaled to the magazine that lesbians, bisexual, and transwomen are part of the "Essence" sisterhood, too, the piece wasn't a breakthrough moment for more stories, photos, and articles about us.
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While Villarosa's "Coming Out" piece signaled to the magazine that lesbians, bisexual, and transwomen are part of the "Essence" sisterhood, too, the piece wasn't a breakthrough moment for more stories, photos, and articles about us.
vmarinelli commented on the word transwomen
Generally, referring to male-to-female transsexual persons, whether pre- or post-op (or whether or not a transitioning surgery is intended by the person who self-identifies in this manner).
March 3, 2007