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trans-male

trans-male is the alternative form of trans male.

Meaning of trans male

Adjective

trans male (not comparable)

  1. Male and trans; that is, being a male who was assigned female at birth.
    • His [Carson's] vlogs offer another representation of trans male identity than the representation that dominates on YouTube; thus, his self-presentation is much more feminized and ambiguous than what is typically enacted and claimed among other medically transitioning trans male vloggers2016, Tobias Raun, Out Online: Trans Self-Representation and Community Building on YouTube, Routledge, →ISBN, page 61
  2. (derogatory, offensive) Transgender female.

See all 3 meanings of trans male

Forms of trans-male

pluraltrans-males

Questions about trans-male

What is trans-male the alternative form of?
Trans-male is the alternative form of trans male.

Words near trans-male in the dictionary

  1. trans-Latinos
  2. trans-lesbian
  3. trans-lesbians
  4. trans-lunar
  5. trans-lunar injection
  6. trans-male
  7. trans-males
  8. trans-Mars injection
  9. trans-Mars injections
  10. trans-Martian
  11. trans-mat

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