trans discourse, "what does the "*" in 'trans*' mean?"
I've been asked what the asterisk in "trans*" means. This depends largely on who you ask. To me, personally, The* is used to include all possible suffixes, such as "trans" (no suffix), "transgender" and "transsexual".This makes much more sense in German than in English, because German has many more "common" suffixes, such as "transgeschlechtlich", "transgender", "transident", or "transsexuell". I see it written this way a lot, and so I just copied it, because I personally liked the intention. Is this "better" than writing "trans"? No. I think this would be a pointless discussion to have. I just wrote it this way because I am used to it