Transmasculine

Transmasculine, sometimes abbreviated to transmasc, is an umbrella term that describes a transgender person (generally, but not exclusively, one who was assigned female at birth), and whose gender is masculine and/or who express themselves in a masculine way. 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 transmaculine 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.

An entry for the word was added to Urban Dictionary by user Nico7623 on September 12th, 2013.

"Transmasculine" was one of the identities that became available in the gender selection on Facebook in 2014.

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, genderqueer , 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/themself as enby, trans, and transmasc.
 * Singer/ songwriter and social media influencer Addison Grace identifies as a transmasc nonbinary 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."