# trans*

Pronunciation: say "TRANS" /tɹæns/

## Adjective

1. Having any gender identity other than cisgender, used as an umbrella term for transgender and transsexual people and often also for nonbinary, genderqueer, genderfluid, and third-gender people.
   - Simple: Having a gender different from the one given at birth, used for transgender people and often nonbinary people too.
   - _The center's new guide is written for trans* and gender-nonconforming students._
   - _Several trans* activists spoke at the city council meeting about health coverage._

## Origin

Formed from trans + *, the asterisk used as a wildcard in programming, to show that it could stand for transgender or transsexual.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/trans* (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).