trans-identified male

English

Adjective

trans-identified male (not comparable)

  1. transgender female
  2. transgender male
    • 2010, Tam Sanger, Trans People’s Partnerships: Towards an Ethics of Intimacy, Springer (→ISBN), page 53:
      Louise and her trans-identified male partner were considering having a baby together. Louise could not bear a child but her partner, who had not yet started transitioning, could []
    • 2006, The Advocate, page 33:
      I began taking testosterone last June [] I attended Transitions, a university-sponsored trans support group, and this year served as the first trans-identified male cochair of my university's LGBTIQQA student group, Open Doors.

Noun

trans-identified male (plural trans-identified males)

  1. transgender female
    • 2018, Heather Brunskell-Evans, Michele Moore, Transgender Children and Young People: Born in Your Own Body, Cambridge Scholars Publishing (→ISBN), page 103:
      As Ally commented 'if I were in a lesbian group now and there was a trans-identified male present, I would find it very, very difficult to stay a part of that group'.
  2. transgender male

Usage notes

The first sense is used chiefly by individuals who feel that transgender women are not women.

Coordinate terms

  • trans-identified female
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