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trans womyn

trans womyn noun: feminist spelling of trans woman and trans women.

Noun

trans womyn (plural trans womyn)

  1. (rare) Feminist spelling of trans woman and trans women.
    • I am a tweener dyke and more butch than femme. I know other trans womyn who are solidly butch, and others who are totally femme, and, of course, the equivalents among straight and bi womyn.2011, Laurie Penny, Meat Market: Female Flesh Under Capitalism (John Hunt Publishing), quoting Marja Erwin
    • … the officer responsible for the brutal beating of trans womyn Duanna Johnson who was shot and killed in the process of suing the Memphis Police Department has been sent caskets and death threats, corporate pride events have been stormed, …2016 (originally published 2011), "An Alleyway Tranarchist", Lubing Up The Social War, in Queer Ultraviolence: Bashback! Anthology (Fray Baroque and Tegan Eanelli, eds.)

Forms of trans womyn

pluraltrans womyn
alternative formtranswomyn

Origin of trans womyn

From trans woman, with woman respelled womyn (see that entry).

Questions about trans womyn

What does trans womyn mean?
Trans womyn means feminist spelling of trans woman and trans women.
What part of speech is trans womyn?
Trans womyn is a noun.
What is the plural of trans womyn?
The plural of trans womyn is trans womyn.

Words near trans womyn in the dictionary

  1. trans widow
  2. trans widows
  3. trans woman
  4. trans womanhood
  5. trans women
  6. trans womyn
  7. trans*
  8. trans-
  9. trans-2-butenoic acid
  10. trans-acting
  11. trans-affirmative

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