Transmasculine

Transmasculine, sometimes abbreviated to transmasc, is an umbrella term that describes a transgender person (generally, but not exclusively), who was assigned female at birth, and whose gender is masculine and/or who express themselves in a masculine way. Hardell, Ash. The ABC's of LGBT+. p.98.Laura Erickson-Schroth, ed. Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Community. Oxford University Press, 2014. P. 620. Transmasculine people feel a connection with masculinity, but do not always identify as a man. Transmasculine people don't always need to be referred to as "he/him" or as a man. Some transmasculine people use "they/them", "he/they", and sometimes even "she/her" pronouns.
Transmasculine people may include, but are not limited to:
*Binary trans men
*Nonbinary men
*Demiboys
*Multigender people
*Genderfluid people who identify as masculine more often than other genders.
*Nonbinary people, as long as they identify with masculinity.
Transfeminine is the feminine equivalent of transmasculine.
The most common transmasculine flag has pink stripes on the top and bottom, and a symmetrical gradient of blue stripes in the middle. See :Category:Transmasculine pride flags for other proposed transmasculine flags.
==History==
We would appreciate information about when transmasculine was coined, or sources showing its earliest known usage.
The DC Area Transmasculine Society, or DCATS, is a trans-led nonprofit organization that was founded in 2000 as a monthly support group and has since started offering a variety of services, like a binder exchange program. This organization doesn't take credit for coining the word "transmasculine," suggesting it was around before the year 2000.
In 2010, on an essay written on his blog Rants and Ramblings, titled What’s in a Word?: Crafting Transmasculine, S. Leigh Thompson, who was president of the TransMasculine Community Network, presents the result of his work with organizers and advocates to craft a definition for the term "transmasculine." The definition suggested by Leigh was "any person who was assigned female at birth but feels that is an incomplete or incorrect description of their gender." He mentions, at the end of this blog post, that the first version of the essay had been published in 2006.Thompson, S. Leigh (24 November 2010). "What’s in a Word?: Crafting Transmasculine". Rants and Ramblings. Retrieved 4 June 2021. Archived on 17 July 2023
An entry for the word was added to Urban Dictionary by user Nico7623 on September 12th, 2013.@Nico7623 (12 September 2013). transmasculine Archived on 17 July 2023
"Transmasculine" was one of the identities that became available in the gender selection on Facebook in 2014."Facebook custom gender options: Here are all 56 custom options.", Slate. February 13th, 2014. Accessed April 10th, 2017. Archived on 17 July 2023
==Notable people==
Notable people who consider their identity to be outside the Western gender binary, and who describe themselves as transmasculine include:
* American musician Anjimile, who identifies as a nonbinary transmasc queer boi.
* Chinese-American autistic disability rights activist Lydia X. Z. Brown (b. 1993) is genderqueer, nonbinary, gendervague and transmasculine.
* Actor Ellie Desautels describes themself as nonbinary, transmasculine, genderqueerInstagram bio Archived on 17 July 2023, and agenderflux.
* Writer and activist Cyrus Grace Dunham, a transmasculine nonbinary lesbian.
* American comedian, writer, and nurse Kelli Dunham describes herself as a genderqueer woman/nonbinary transmasc butch.
* Writer, educator, and therapist Alex Iantaffi.
* English singer, songwriter, actor, and graphic novelist Ciarán Strange (b. 2003) describes himself/themselfInstagram bio, retrieved 17 May 2020 Archived on 17 July 2023 as enby, trans, and transmasc.Instagram post, 12 June 2020
*Singer/ songwriter and social media influencer Addison Grace identifies as a transmasc nonbinary person and uses they/he pronouns
* Animator and Cartoonist: ND Stevenson
==Transmasculine nonbinary characters in fiction==
There are many more nonbinary/genderqueer characters in fiction. The following are only some of those characters who are specifically called "transmasculine"/"transmasc", either in the canon, or by their creators.
* One of the main characters in the romance novel Saving Throw, by Alex Silver, is "Rene, a non-binary trans masc ex-hockey player turned coach."
==References==
Category:Identities