---
title: Transgender
slug: transgender
speech: adj
defined: true
excerpt: of, relating to, or characterised by a gender that does not match the gender they were assigned at birth.
---

of, relating to, or characterised by a gender that does not match the gender they were assigned at birth.

The opposite of [cisgender](/definitions/cisgender).

## Other Languages

[Français](/definitions/fr_FR/transgenre)