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Negotiate gender reassignment legislation? (8)

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I believe the answer is:

transact

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'negotiate' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'gender reassignment legislation?' is the wordplay.
'gender reassignment' becomes 'trans' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'legislation?' becomes 'act' (legislation is a kind of act).
'trans'+'act'='TRANSACT'

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(Other definitions for transact that I've seen before include "Manage" , "handle" , "Buy or sell" , "Conduct trade" , "Deal with" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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