(I’m a transfem tomboy btw)

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    2017 days ago

    Modern terminology is too much for me, man… 😞

    Does “Transfem” mean that your “assigned” sex at birth was male or female?

    • It means AMAB. Best way to remember is that trans terminology describes identities we identify with, or direction of transition. So trans women are women, and transfem (transfeminine) means feminine or feminizing.

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        716 days ago

        direction of transition is the easiest way to think about it imo. hrt femboys, binary trans women, nonbinary/GNC trans women would then all fall under the umbrella of “transfem”

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          216 days ago

          just for clarification, ive heard “transfem enby” in a book but it didn’t explain what it specifically meant, does that mean nonbinary person that was assigned male at birth?

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            216 days ago

            yes. that also usually implies that said person is transitioning socially (name/pronouns/gender marker/presentation) and or medically (hormones).

            one can certainly be a nonbinary amab and not do those things, but I wouldn’t consider them transfem, personally.

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        516 days ago

        I think it’s easier to remember in the negative form: They don’t want to be called a woman, so why risk your teeth and call them a transwoman. (For AFAB)