transmasc

transmasc

English

Etymology

trans- +‎ masculine

Adjective

transmasc (comparative more transmasc, superlative most transmasc)

1. (LGBT) Transmasculine.
   • 2017, John Bloomberg-Rissman, In the House of the Hangman - Volume 8, Lulu.com (→ISBN), page 4905:

     [...] the convention of masculinity through being an “alt” transmasc person (I was always explicitly non-binary) actually amounted to posturing, and ultimately allowed for more or less the same oppressions to be reinscribed, if only because I was uncritical about my position as a white [...] transmasc person.

   • 2018, KL Reddy-Best, D Goodin, QueerCrip fashion in the twenty-first century: Sky Cubacub and the QueerCrip Dress Reform Movement, in Clothing Cultures:

     [A] binder is a compression garment for your chest to flatten the chest. It's for other nonbinary or transmasc folks [...]

   • 2019, Tiffany Jones, Bent Street 2: Australian LGBTIQA+ Arts, Writing & Ideas - 2018/2019, Clouds of Magellan (→ISBN):

     Quinn Eades is a queer transmasc writer and poet. Jamie & Quinn are in love. The images and poetry are from their forthcoming book, Queerdom.

Noun

transmasc (plural transmascs)

1. (LGBT) A transmasculine person, a trans man or another person who was assigned female but whose gender identity is masculine.
   • 2016, Sara Woods, Identifying as Transgender, The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc (→ISBN), page 32:

     [They say things like] “I'm attracted to all genders, especially androgynous people,” or, “I am primarily interested in other transmascs.”

   • 2017, John Bloomberg-Rissman, In the House of the Hangman - Volume 8, Lulu.com (→ISBN), page 4905:

     And Literally No One treated me like shit when I identified as transmasc (I s2g, white transmascs seem to act victimized more than they materially are, and that's so much a part of the problem); [...]