transbutch
transbutch noun: an AFAB person whose gender identity or gender expression is intermediate between butch and transmasculine.
Noun
transbutch (plural transbutches)
- An AFAB person whose gender identity or gender expression is intermediate between butch and transmasculine.
- In this video, Lee and Hurwitz construct a finely calibrated landscape of a transmasculinity made up of heterosexual FTMs, queer-identified FTMs, gay male FTMs, transfags, and transbutches, although none of these terms is mutually exclusive.2003, Arturo J. Aldama, Violence and the Body: Race, Gender, and the State, page 290
- Transbutches embody a third space (with others) between the uncritical celebration of “womanhood” and its rejection entirely.2014, Jen Manion, "Transbutch", Transgender Studies Quarterly, Volume 2, Numbers 1-2, May 2014
- Synonyms:
- MtB
Synonyms of transbutch
Forms of transbutch
| plural | transbutches |
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Origin of transbutch
From trans- + butch (“a masculine lesbian”).
Questions about transbutch
- What does transbutch mean?
- Transbutch means an AFAB person whose gender identity or gender expression is intermediate between butch and transmasculine.
- What part of speech is transbutch?
- Transbutch is a noun.
- What is the plural of transbutch?
- The plural of transbutch is transbutches.
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