Definition of "transperson"

As a group of men, the "Sisters" trivialize a group of women (nuns). Likewise, by the particular form of their "drag" they trivialize those transpersons (transsexuals and transvestites) who cross-dress out of a genuine need of their self-identity.

1982 April 10, Mikhael Iktin, “Over-indulgence”, in Gay Community News, page 4