transpopulation

English

Etymology

trans- +‎ population

Noun

transpopulation (plural transpopulations)

1. The population of transgender people, particularly in a specific region.
   • 2009, Marcia Ochoa, “Latina/o Transpopulations”, in Marysol Asencio, editor, Latina/o Sexualities: Probing Powers, Passions, Practices, and Policies‎^[1], page 236:

     I am not aware of any ethnographic or historical projects whose sole focus is some aspect of a Latina/o transpopulation.

   • 2011, Christie Elan-Cane, “Fighting for legal and social recognition outside the gendered societal structure”, in Alice Purnell, Jed Bland, editors, Trans in the Twenty First Century: Concerning Gender Diversity, page 130:

     The legislation extended certain ‘rights’ to some within the wider transpopulation to the exclusion of others.

   • 2013, Michael Shankle, The Handbook of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Public Health: A Practitioner's Guide to Service, unnumbered page:

     Vaccination against hepatitis A and B is available. We do not know what percentage of the MTF transpopulation have received it and, in fact, how informed they are of its availability.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:transpopulation.
2. The act of altering one or more populations by the introduction of a different population or the removal of a particular subpopulation.
   • 1866, Rowland Williams, The Hebrew Prophets Translated Afresh from the Original, […] , volume 1, Williams and Norgate, →OCLC, page 297:

     It should be remarked, that as dynasties changed the transpopulation which made Babylon decline was frequently repeated; as under Seleucus, for the benefit of Seleucia, so under the Parthians for the benefit of Ctesiphon, under the Arabs for that of Baghdad.

   • 1963, “8436 A/CONF.15/P/97”, in The Effects of Radiation and Radioisotopes on the Life Processes: […] , US Atomic Energy Commission, →OCLC, page 990:

     Transpopulation of these hemopoietic and lymphopoietic tissues back to host-type tissue was induced by the intravenous injection of spleen, but not so far by lymph node, cells isologous with the host.

   • 2002, Joseph Roisman, Brill's Companion to Alexander the Great, page 77:

     The significance of this area for his state's security is seen in Philip's measures to consolidate it: perhaps now his “transpopulation” policy began, whereby Macedonians proper were encouraged to move to live in areas where previously there had been a mixed stock, and perhaps even another marriage-alliance (to Phila, of the Elimiote royal house).