transvestigation

English

Etymology

Blend of transgender +‎ investigation.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /tɹænzˈvɛstəˈɡeɪʃən/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /tɹanzˈvɛstəˈɡeɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

transvestigation (plural transvestigations)

1. (Internet slang) An informal investigation into whether a celebrity, public figure, or politician is secretly transgender, generally conducted by analyzing that person's appearance and anatomical structure. [from mid-2010s]
   • 2018 August 10, Mack Lamoureux, quoting Cami Knodel, “We Asked Flat Earthers What The Dumbest Conspiracy Is”, in VICE‎^[1], archived from the original on 2022-11-28:

     The conspiracies I think are really bad is the ones that come from elitism and say that one group is better than another, so that's what I think is really stupid. Another thing that gets me are transvestigations, conspiracies about people's gender, like Justin Bieber being a girl and Miley Cyrus being a guy. It's just so stupid.

   • 2018 December 14, Ana Valens, “Dude gets dunked on for claiming Keira Knightley's 'six pack' makes her trans”, in The Daily Dot‎^[2], archived from the original on 2022-07-18:

     It didn't take long for users to point out that EmergentReality has no idea about the various shapes, sizes, and anatomical variations that both trans and cis women experience. "The Great Transvestigation strikes again, folks," Twitter user @indigowhiskey wrote. "It's been over 3 hours and I still don't know what an Adonis belt is."

   • [2021 May 25, John Ferrannini, “LGBTQ Agenda: GLAAD finds major social media sites 'unsafe' for LGBTQ users”, in Bay Area Reporter‎^[3], archived from the original on 2022-12-05:

     […] and "transvestigations" refers to attempts to expose celebrities (such as Madonna and Mike Tyson) as secretly transgender.]

   • 2022 July 18, Miles Klee, “Unhinged 'Transvestigators' Think They're the Only Cis People Left.”, in MEL Magazine‎^[4], archived from the original on 2022-12-18:

     Inanna Snow, the "Transvestigation Disclosure" admin who argued that Cavill is trans due to his feminine gaze, was dethroned from her own page in recent weeks when others accused her of being trans, on equally flimsy grounds.

   • 2023 September 21, Hayden Vernon, “The Conspiracy Theory That All Celebrities Are Secretly Trans”, in VICE‎^[5], archived from the original on 2023-12-12:

     The biggest transvestigation groups have a few thousand members – tiny by Facebook standards – and the biggest elite gender inversion Twitter account, Son of Man, has 25,000 followers.

Related terms

• transvestigator