transgenderism

noun

1. (dated, uncountable, usually)The state of being transgender.

   “the International Journal of Transgenderism”

   “Transexualism. Where the compulsive urge reaches beyond female vestments, and becomes an urge for gender ("sex") change, transvestism becomes "transexualism." The term is misleading; actually, "transgenderism" is meant, because sexuality is not a major factor in primary transvestism. Psychologically, the transexual often differs from the simple cross-dresser; he is conscious at all times of a strong desire to be a woman, and the urge can be truly consuming.”

   “To the same end, I steer clear from any "far out" explanation of the transgender phenomenon. I have seen a speaker have an audience fairly well with her and then, in the space of a few minutes, alienate a substantial number of them by trying to tie transgenderism to the concept of reincarnation.”

   “Instead of searching for physiological causes of transgenderism, the early psychoanalysts proposed possible psychological origins for cross-dressing and transgenderism.”

   “We will briefly discuss the interaction of gender orientation and sexuality, including transgenderism.”

2. (derogatory, offensive, uncountable, usually)A purported ideology behind transgender identities, trans activism and trans rights movements; transness as an ideology.

   “Let us be free to debate transgenderism without being accused of 'hate speech'.”

   “The dispute between radical feminism and transgenderism.”

   ““If transgenderism is true, if men really can become women, then it’s true for everybody of all ages. If transgenderism is false ... it’s false for everybody too. And if it’s false, then ... for the good of society — and especially for the good of the poor people who have fallen prey to this confusion — then transgenderism must be eradicated from public life entirely — the whole preposterous ideology, at every level.””