General
stealth
What does stealth mean?
Living fully in your gender with your trans history kept private, blending into the world as simply a man or a woman. Going stealth can be about safety (dodging transphobia) or just wanting to be seen as yourself without an asterisk. Some keep close friends and partners in the loop; the deeper version tells nobody.
"She moved cities, started a new job stealth, and nobody there has any idea."
Origin
Trans community slang, established by the 1990s, largely replacing the older term 'woodwork'.
Frequently asked questions
What does stealth mean for a trans person?
Being stealth means living in a way where most people don't know you're transgender.
How do you use stealth in a sentence?
She's been stealth at her new job and hasn't told any of her coworkers.
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