How to Use transgender in a Sentence

transgender

adjective
  • Kells made a point of noting that Cian is not transgender — at least, not yet.
    — Emma Baty, Redbook, 5 June 2017
  • Light blue, pink and white represent those who are transgender.
    — Creg Stephenson | [email protected], al, 2 June 2021
  • Nor is there any recourse for young transgender women who are hereby stripped of their right to play sports.
    — Peter Greene, Forbes, 3 June 2022
  • As a child, her peers ridiculed King, who had not yet identified as transgender.
    — Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2021
  • There’s been a boom in transgender health in recent years, and yet there are still many unanswered questions.
    — NBC News, 16 Nov. 2020
  • The pandemic is in part what prompted him to decide to come out as transgender last year.
    — Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2021
  • So far, anti-transgender athlete bills have gained the most traction.
    — Alison Gash, The Conversation, 4 Mar. 2022
  • The book explores the journey of a young boy named Aidan coming out as transgender.
    — Fox News, 14 June 2022
  • That same decade saw a massive expansion of support for the rights of transgender people.
    — Liz Elting, Forbes, 20 May 2021
  • The transgender question is no longer a fringe issue but a measure of electability.
    — Madeleine Kearns, National Review, 2 Oct. 2022
  • The transgender athletes in Tokyo all met the testosterone standard.
    — David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2021
  • The basic outline was that a transgender person had been seen in the women’s locker room by a young woman.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Schwoz Schwartz from Henry Danger is played by a transgender man.
    — Kori Williams, Seventeen, 15 June 2020
  • De Sutter is now the highest-ranking transgender leader in the world.
    — TheWeek, 14 Nov. 2020
  • Their monument will be among the first in the world to honor transgender people, the mayor's office had said.
    — Christina Maxouris, CNN, 30 June 2020
  • Before coming out as transgender, Thomas swam for UPenn's men's team for three years.
    — Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE.com, 7 Dec. 2021
  • Smith did not know about the history of the movement and the legacy of its Black, brown and transgender leaders.
    — Petruce Jean-Charles, USA TODAY, 16 June 2021
  • And the lifetime prevalence of suicide attempts among adults who are transgender is 40%, the report notes.
    — Taylor Stevens, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Sep. 2020
  • Utah is the first state in 2023 to ban gender-affirming care for transgender minors.
    — Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Jane and John Doe are the parents of 16-year-old Mary Doe, who is transgender.
    — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 1 Mar. 2022
  • Ramos’ death was the latest in a string of brutal killings of transgender people in Puerto Rico.
    — NBC News, 7 Oct. 2020
  • Upon his death, it was discovered that De Raylan was a transgender man, and he was buried in a dress in an unmarked grave.
    — Kimi Robinson, The Arizona Republic, 14 Oct. 2022
  • The Tokyo Games are the first time that openly transgender athletes have competed in the Olympics.
    — Time, 3 Aug. 2021
  • Earlier this year, Zaya came out to the world as transgender with the love and support of both Union and Wade.
    — Claudia Harmata, PEOPLE.com, 23 Sep. 2020
  • Once her father come out as transgender, Katy said Zoey promised the dark side the Tur family had known would improve.
    — Glenn Garner, PEOPLE.com, 13 June 2022
  • Zaya Wade came out as transgender in 2020 with the support of her father and stepmom.
    — Alexis Gaskin, Glamour, 6 May 2022
  • But just to their left stood a horde of pro-transgender activists, some wearing costumes and others partially unclothed, shouting curse words.
    — Jackson Thompson Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2026
  • That day, Ray got her first up-close look at the forces opposing her goal, with a passionate pro-transgender rally taking place right next to theirs.
    — Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 14 Mar. 2026
  • In 2018, after that show's run, Totah came out as transgender, kick-starting the next chapter in her life.
    — Rosy Cordero, EW.com, 24 June 2021
  • The bust of Johnson is just one of a few statues of women in the city's parks, Erlick said, and the first to honor a transgender woman.
    — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 28 Aug. 2021

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