transitioners
People between states
Transitioners are people in the process of transitioning—most often referring to transgender individuals undergoing gender transition, whether social, medical, or both.
The term appears in discussions of transgender healthcare, support communities, and policy debates: The clinic serves transitioners at various stages of their journey.
Less commonly, it describes anyone moving between states or phases: career transitioners, energy transitioners.
Revealing one's identity
- hormone therapyTreatment using body's messengers
- HRTSupplemental endocrine treatment
- affirmationPositive statement of truth
- authenticityQuality of being genuine
self-discovery · pronouns · dysphoria · euphoria · nonbinary · transgender · questioning · expression
People finished working permanently
- graduatesDegree recipients
- newlywedsRecently married pair
- empty nestersParents alone after children leave
- divorceesPeople whose marriages ended
new parents · widowers · relocators · emigrants · immigrants · midlife · adolescents · coming-of-age
Implementing by stages
- bridgingConnecting separated things
- interimProvisional in-between phase
- handoverTransfer of control
- handoffDirect physical exchange
staging · gradual · incremental · step-by-step · milestones · checkpoints · timeline · roadmap
People driving organizational transformation
- restructuringRearranging an existing framework
- mergersCorporate consolidations
- acquisitionsThings newly gained
- pivotingRotating around fixed point
turnaround · downsizing · rebranding · transformation · consultants · facilitators · implementation · integration
Those undergoing new instruction
- mid-careerProfessional middle stage
- pivotingRotating around fixed point
- reskillingLearning new work capabilities
- upskillingLearning new work abilities
professional development · second act · lateral move · sabbatical · rebranding · networking · mentorship · transferable skills
coming out
Revealing one's identity
- hormone therapyTreatment using body's messengers
- HRTSupplemental endocrine treatment
- affirmationPositive statement of truth
authenticity · self-discovery · pronouns · dysphoria · euphoria · nonbinary · transgender · questioning · expression · presentation
retirees
People finished working permanently
- graduatesDegree recipients
- newlywedsRecently married pair
- empty nestersParents alone after children leave
new parents · divorcees · widowers · relocators · emigrants · immigrants · midlife · adolescents · coming-of-age · milestone
phasing
Implementing by stages
handoff · staging · gradual · incremental · step-by-step · milestones · checkpoints · timeline · roadmap · planning
change agents
People driving organizational transformation
- restructuringRearranging an existing framework
- mergersCorporate consolidations
- acquisitionsThings newly gained
pivoting · turnaround · downsizing · rebranding · transformation · consultants · facilitators · implementation · integration · succession
retrainees
Those undergoing new instruction
- mid-careerProfessional middle stage
- pivotingRotating around fixed point
- reskillingLearning new work capabilities
upskilling · professional development · second act · lateral move · sabbatical · rebranding · networking · mentorship · transferable skills · returnship
transitionersstayers
Those who remain
remainers · settlers · holdouts · persisters · continuers
transitionerspermanents
Chemical hair-curling treatments
natives · originals · incumbents · veterans · old-timers