AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -trans-prefix. : on or to the other side of : across : beyond.

Detailed explanation-2: -Trans-is a Latin prefix meaning “across", “beyond", or “on the other side of".

Detailed explanation-3: -The prefix trans-and its variant tra-, which mean “across, ” appear in many English vocabulary words, for example: transmit, transform, and trajectory. Consider the word translation, which is the carrying “across” from one language into another.

Detailed explanation-4: -Trans is an umbrella term to describe people whose gender is not the same as, or does not sit comfortably with, the sex they were assigned at birth. Trans people may describe themselves using one or more of a wide variety of terms, including (but not limited to) transgender, non-binary, or genderqueer.

Detailed explanation-5: -Trans: This was the term most commonly used by participants to describe their status, identity or experience. ‘Trans’ quite literally means to go beyond or across, and its use in this context originates from the words ‘transgender’ and ‘transsexual’-to traverse gender and / or sex.