Monday, May 24, 2010
Transgender is an adjective. Not a noun. Or a verb!
Posted by RMJ at 4:43 PM
http://deeplyproblematic.blogspot.com/2010/05/transgender-is-adjective-not-noun-or.htmlWhat does the word transgender lack?*
It is not a noun. Or verb. It describes an aspect of a noun. But like other adjectives in formal language– green, strong, female, etc. - it describes the type of noun in question, and explains something about a noun that's relevant to the context.
Transgender describes folks who were assigned a sex or gender at birth incongruent with their actual sex or gender. Transgender is an adjective – it cannot stand on its own, but must be attached to a noun. Like other adjectives, transgender exists to modify and clarify some aspect of the noun at hand.
