he-she

See also: heshe, he/she, and Appendix:Variations of "she"

English

Alternative forms

heshe

Etymology

he +‎ she

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hiːʃiː/

Noun

he-she (plural he-shes)

(informal, derogatory, offensive) A transsexual or transgender female; a female person who was assigned male at birth.
- 1998, Judith Halberstam, Female Masculinity, page 129:
  The year is 1973, and work is hard to come by for he-shes.
- 2007, Katherine D. Bennett, Forever One, page 138:
  Mother was stopped in the supermarket under the guise of asking about my leg, but more often than not they asked if it was true that I was a he-she.
- 2009, Tom Walker, Fort Apache: New York's Most Violent Precinct, page 98:
  They are the ugliest assortment of hes, shes, he-shes, and she-hes in the world.

Synonyms

shim

Coordinate terms

she-he, he, she

References

Christina Richards, ‎Meg Barker, Sexuality and Gender for Mental Health Professionals (2013, →ISBN, page 162: "It is imperative that professionals do not use [terms like 'shemale'], or other terms such as 'HeShe', etc. as they are very offensive to most people with such presentations as well as to many other people.

Anagrams

she-he, she/he, shehe

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