Transmasculine

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[[File:Trans-man.png|thumb|The most commonly used transmasculine pride flag. Alternative flags can be seen at [[:Category:Transmasculine pride flags]].]]
'''Transmasculine''', sometimes abbreviated to '''transmasc''', is an [[umbrella term]] that describes a transgender person (generally, but not exclusively, one who was assigned [[Sexes#Assigned_female_at_birth|female at birth]]), and whose gender is masculine and/or who express themselves in a masculine way. <ref>[[Ash Hardell|Hardell, Ash]]. The ABC's of LGBT+. p.98.</ref><ref name="trans bodies 620">Laura Erickson-Schroth, ed. ''Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Community.'' Oxford University Press, 2014. P. 620.</ref> 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 [[man#transgender men|trans men]]
*[[Man#Nonbinary_men|Nonbinary men]]
*[[Demigender#Demiboy|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==
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''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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dcats.org/aboutus |title=Our Story |website=DCATS |access-date=4 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305032550/https://www.dcats.org/aboutus |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dcats.org/binderexchange |title=Binder Exchange |website=DCATS |access-date=5 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305032550/https://www.dcats.org/binderexchange |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> This organization doesn't take credit for coining the word "transmasculine," suggesting it was around before the year 2000.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.healthline.com/health/transmasculine#origin |title=What Does It Mean to Be Transmasculine? |website=Healthline |date=13 January 2021 |access-date=4 June 2021 |quote=DCATS doesn’t take credit for coining the word, which suggests the term is older than the organization.|last=Brito|first=Janet|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230520013922/https://www.healthline.com/health/transmasculine |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>

In 2010, on an essay written on his blog [https://sleighthompson.wordpress.com/ 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.<ref>Thompson, S. Leigh (24 November 2010). "[https://sleighthompson.wordpress.com/2010/11/24/whats-in-a-word-crafting-transmasculine/ What’s in a Word?: Crafting Transmasculine]". ''Rants and Ramblings.'' Retrieved 4 June 2021. [https://web.archive.org/web/20221031194401/https://sleighthompson.wordpress.com/2010/11/24/whats-in-a-word-crafting-transmasculine/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

An entry for the word was added to [https://www.urbandictionary.com/ Urban Dictionary] by user Nico7623 on September 12th, 2013.<ref>@Nico7623 (12 September 2013). [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=transmasculine transmasculine] [https://web.archive.org/web/20230621101421/https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=transmasculine Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

"Transmasculine" was one of the identities that became available in the [[Gender and social media sites|gender selection on Facebook]] in 2014.<ref>"[http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/02/13/facebook_custom_gender_options_here_are_all_56_custom_options.html Facebook custom gender options: Here are all 56 custom options.]", ''Slate''. February 13th, 2014. Accessed April 10th, 2017. [https://web.archive.org/web/20230530182139/https://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/02/13/facebook_custom_gender_options_here_are_all_56_custom_options.html Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>

==Notable people==

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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]].<ref name="anjimile">{{cite tweet|user=anjimilemusic|number=1100129113480880128|title=thank u thank u :) however I am not a girl, I'm a non-binary transmasc queer boi who uses they/them and he/him pronouns 🤘🏾|date=Feb 25, 2019}}</ref>
* Chinese-American autistic disability rights activist [[Lydia X. Z. Brown]] (b. 1993) is [[genderqueer]], [[nonbinary]], [[gendervague]]<ref name="Brown">{{Cite web |title=Gendervague: At the Intersection of Autistic and Trans Experiences |last=Brown |first=Lydia X. Z. |work=The Asperger / Autism Network (AANE) |date=22 June 2016 |access-date=9 June 2020 |url= https://www.aane.org/gendervague-intersection-autistic-trans-experiences/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623035102/https://www.aane.org/gendervague-intersection-autistic-trans-experiences/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> and transmasculine.<ref>{{cite tweet|user=autistichoya|author=Lydia X. Z. Brown|number=1270824027473485829|title=I'm horrified+enraged that JK Rowling isn't just openly a TERF now, but using autistic people as pawns. I'm autistic. I'm openly nonbinary and transmasculine. I was not brainwashed or manipulated into being trans. That's just rank, disgusting ableism on top of anti-trans hate.|date=10 June 2020}}</ref>
* Actor [[Ellie Desautels]] describes themself as [[nonbinary]], transmasculine<ref name="Barasch">{{Cite web |title=Rise’s Ellie Desautels Talks Playing a Transgender Teen on Network TV |last=Barasch |first=Alex |work=Slate Magazine |date=12 March 2018 |access-date=9 April 2020 |url= https://slate.com/culture/2018/03/an-interview-with-trans-actor-ellie-desautels-star-of-nbcs-rise.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601192125/https://slate.com/culture/2018/03/an-interview-with-trans-actor-ellie-desautels-star-of-nbcs-rise.html |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>, [[genderqueer]]<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/ohyouknowellie/ Instagram bio] [https://web.archive.org/web/20210512085239/https://www.instagram.com/ohyouknowellie/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref>, and [[agenderflux]].<ref name="dundore">{{Cite web |title=Ellie & Wren |author=Brent Dundore |work=They Them Project |date=17 August 2018 |access-date=9 April 2020 |url= https://dundorephoto.com/ellie-wren/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612015330/https://dundorephoto.com/ellie-wren/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* Writer and activist [[Cyrus Grace Dunham]], a transmasculine nonbinary [[lesbian]].<ref name="advo_Writ">{{Cite web |title=Writer Cyrus Grace Dunham Shows How Messy Gender Can Be |last=Masters |first=Jeffrey |work=advocate.com |date=15 October 2019 |access-date=14 April 2020 |url= https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2019/10/15/writer-cyrus-grace-dunham-shows-how-messy-gender-can-be|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207094850/https://www.advocate.com/transgender/2019/10/15/writer-cyrus-grace-dunham-shows-how-messy-gender-can-be |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* American comedian, writer, and nurse [[Kelli Dunham]] describes herself<ref name="story">{{Cite web |title=THE STORY |author= |work=kellidunham.com |date= |access-date=24 July 2020 |url= http://www.kellidunham.com/the-story/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230314231523/https://www.kellidunham.com/the-story/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> as a [[genderqueer]] [[woman]]<ref name="Wood">{{Cite web |title=Q&A: Comedian Kelli Dunham on Storytelling as a Radical, Transformative Act |last=Wood |first=Erin |work=Ms. Magazine |date=15 May 2017 |access-date=3 June 2020 |url= https://msmagazine.com/2017/05/15/qa-comedian-kelli-dunham-storytelling-radicaltransformative-act/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230612184627/https://msmagazine.com/2017/05/15/qa-comedian-kelli-dunham-storytelling-radicaltransformative-act/ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>/[[nonbinary]] transmasc [[butch]].<ref name="Guerrero">{{Cite web |title=Genderqueer Comic Kelli Dunham On Getting (Thee) Away From a Nunnery |last=Guerrero |first=Desirée |work=The Advocate |date=21 April 2020 |access-date=3 June 2020 |url= https://www.advocate.com/comedy/2020/4/21/genderqueer-comic-kelli-dunham-getting-thee-away-nunnery|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103074504/https://www.advocate.com/comedy/2020/4/21/genderqueer-comic-kelli-dunham-getting-thee-away-nunnery |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* Writer, educator, and therapist [[Alex Iantaffi]].<ref name="DTA">{{Cite web |title=Interview with Alex Iantaffi |author=Jenkins, Andrea |work=Digital Transgender Archive |date=2015 |access-date=26 May 2020 |url= https://www.digitaltransgenderarchive.net/files/3j3332502|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612015329/https://www.digitaltransgenderarchive.net/files/3j3332502 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>
* English singer, songwriter, actor, and graphic novelist [[Ciarán Strange]] (b. 2003) describes himself/themself<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/ciaranstrange/ Instagram bio], retrieved 17 May 2020 [https://web.archive.org/web/20220331223438/https://www.instagram.com/CiaranStrange/ Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> as [[enby]], [[trans]],<ref>{{cite tweet|user=CiaranStrange|number=1218598634801061894|date=18 January 2020|title=O HEY! :D how's it going? I'll do my best to be brief! [Smiling face with open mouth and cold sweat] So I identify as both enby and trans*, not that one has to. Transgender is a sort of umbrella term that many choose to identify as, but not all. Transgender simply means you aren't [Hundred points symbol] the same as your birth certificate. >}}</ref> and transmasc.<ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/CBWHBy3j3qk/ Instagram post], 12 June 2020</ref>
*Singer/ songwriter and social media influencer Addison Grace identifies as a transmasc nonbinary and uses they/he pronouns

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==Transmasculine nonbinary characters in fiction==

There are many more [[Nonbinary gender in fiction#Nonbinary genders in fiction|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."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Saving Throw |author= |work=QueeRomance Ink |date= |access-date=19 June 2021 |url= https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/saving-throw/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207225954/https://www.queeromanceink.com/book/saving-throw/|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Identities]]

Nonbinary Wiki - User contributions [en]

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