How to Use trans in a Sentence

trans

adjective
  • So how many trans people are there in the United States?
    Seven Graham, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2023
  • And what does data tell us about how many trans people there are in the U.S.?
    Politifact Staff Writer, Dallas News, 17 July 2023
  • The game features a trans character, a first for the franchise.
    Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Two trans people were killed in the attack in Colorado Springs.
    Tori Otten, The New Republic, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Watkins is an Army vet and a trans woman who had a hard time finding her way in life.
    The New Yorker, 7 June 2022
  • That film portrayed a young trans woman who wants to dance on pointe with the other girls.
    Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Sep. 2022
  • She’s a trans girl who was forced to switch schools due to bullying and alienation.
    André-Naquian Wheeler, Vogue, 17 Aug. 2022
  • These weren’t the first jokes Chappelle had made at trans people’s expense.
    Scottie Andrew, CNN, 12 Nov. 2022
  • Again, this is just part of my everyday life as a trans person.
    Charlie Craggs, refinery29.com, 28 June 2022
  • The drivers take heart and energy from the fans, who love to see the manual trans cars run, Atkins says.
    Eric Tegler, Popular Mechanics, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Fried foods — even healthy fried foods like tofu — tend to be high in trans fats, depending on the type of oil used.
    Emily Laurence, Good Housekeeping, 31 Aug. 2022
  • The states that are known for being more trans-friendly tend to be more expensive.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2022
  • One of the country's strictest anti-trans bills has become law in Kentucky.
    Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Two of the victims were trans, as was one of the people credited with helping to stop the shooter.
    Tori Otten, The New Republic, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Cal Bowman matters, and so does the life of every trans person.
    Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2023
  • In the meantime, the center also serves as a sort of haven for Ms. Das and other trans people involved in the project.
    Anmol Arora, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Ali stars opposite the actress Eva Reign, who is trans.
    New York Times, 12 July 2022
  • The discourse on women’s spaces and trans people passes the test.
    Janey Starling, refinery29.com, 28 June 2022
  • Not for him nor many more trans men and nonbinary folks.
    Dawn Ennis, Forbes, 24 July 2022
  • Rivera was a Latina trans woman who also helped lead the Stonewall Riots.
    Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2022
  • In the States and in cities in many other countries, certain neighborhoods are the gay or trans districts.
    Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Dec. 2022
  • Isaac's friend Elle (played by Yasmin Finney) is trans, and shares her story throughout the series, too.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 26 Aug. 2023
  • Luna Younger is a trans child who was involved in a protracted custody case in Texas.
    Brynn Tannehill, The New Republic, 11 Jan. 2023
  • The disorder: Trans men, being trans, are born without testes.
    Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Judis Anderson, a twenty-four-year-old trans woman, tried to leave Ukraine in the first month of the invasion.
    Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 14 June 2022
  • Despite being a doctor, she wasn't trained to recognize the signals a child is trans.
    Olivia Krauth, The Courier-Journal, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Curtis refers to her Oscar as they/them in support of her daughter Ruby, who is trans.
    Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 15 Mar. 2023
  • That in itself is hard enough as a young person but to add a trans identity on top of it is really tough.
    Alissa Simon, Variety, 2 Sep. 2022
  • The same goes for trans men and women who haven’t been through the intensive process of changing all their documents to match their gender.
    Tom Rasmussen, Vogue, 30 June 2022
  • The vast majority of those killed (94%) were trans women or trans-feminine people.
    Jamie Wareham, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023

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