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    The '''Adams-Onís Treaty''' also called the '''Transcontinental Treaty''' or the '''Florida Treaty''' was a treaty between the United States and Spain in 1818 that gave Florida to the U.S. and set out a boundary between the U.S. and Mexico.
    [[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), 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.


    The treaty was signed at Washington, February 22, 1819, by [[John Quincy Adams]], secretary of state, and Luis de Onís, Spanish minister. It closed the first era of United States expansion by providing for the cession of [[East Florida]], the abandonment of the controversy over [[West Florida]] (which had been seized by the United States), and creation of a boundary with the Spanish province of [[Mexico, history|Mexico]] that clearly made Texas a part of Mexico, thus ending the vagueness of the boundary of the [[Louisiana Purchase]]. Spain also gave up any claims to the Oregon territory.
    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.


    The U.S. did not pay Spain for Florida but did agree to assumed claims of American citizens against Spain, to a maximum of $5 million.  Pinckney's Treaty of 1795 between the U.S. and Spain was to remain in force. Spanish goods received certain tariff privileges in Florida ports.  
    [[Transfeminine]] is the feminine equivalent of transmasculine.


    The new  boundary ran along the Sabine River from the Gulf of Mexico north to the 32nd parallel; thence north to the Red River, along it to the 100th meridian; north to the Arkansas River and along it to its source; thence to the 42nd parallel; and west on that line to the Pacific Ocean.  
    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.


    Spain had long rejected repeated American efforts to purchase Florida. Finally exhausted by European wars and colonial revolutions, and unwilling to invest in Florida, cut its losses and gained a secure boundary for Mexico. Spain had almost no presence of Florida and was unable to stop [[Seminole]] Indians who raided into the U.S. In 1818 [[Andrew Jackson]]'s moved into the Floridas temporarily to stop the Indian raids. Britain declined to assist Spain in the negotiations. The ministers of King Ferdinand VII (reigned 1808–33) at first refused to ratify the treaty. The Spanish argued that James Long's 1819 filibustering expedition into Texas was a violation; Washington disavowed Long's actions. Spain's real goal was to stop American recognition of the independence of breakway colonies in Latin America. When Ferdinand lost some powers and became a constitutional monarch in 1820, his council was obliged to approve the treaty. Ratification became official in 1821.
    ==History==
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    ''We would appreciate information about when transmasculine was coined, or sources showing its earliest known usage.''


    Adams more than anyone else was responsible for the treaty. He was the architect of a sophisticated strategy which combined diplomatic and military means to bring Spain to terms. Adams also directed an intensive public relations campaign which maintained public and Congressional support for the administration's policy.<ref>See Weeks (1986)</ref>
    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>


    Washington set up a commission, 1821 to 1824, that handled American claims against Spain. Many notable lawyers, including [[Daniel Webster]] and [[William Wirt]], represented claimants before the commission. During its term, the commission examined 1,859 claims arising from over 720 spoliation incidents, and distributed the $5 million in a basically fair manner.<ref>Cash (1998)</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>


    The treaty reduced tensions with Spain (and after 1821  Mexico), and allowed budget cutters in Congress to reduce the army budget and reject the plans to modernize and expand the army proposed by Secretary of War [[John C. Calhoun]].
    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>


    The treaty was honored by both sides until it was replaced by the Treaty of Guadaloupe Hidalgo in 1848, after the U.S. defeated Mexico. Inaccurate maps from the treaty meant that the boundary between Texas and Oklahoma remained unclear for most of the 19th century.
    "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>


    ==Bibliography==
    ==Notable people==
    * Bailey, Hugh C. "Alabama's Political Leaders and the Acquisition of Florida." ''Florida Historical Quarterly'' 1956 35(1): 17-29. Issn: 0015-4113 [http://fulltext10.fcla.edu/DLData/SN/SN00154113/0035_001/35no1.pdf online version]  
     
    * Bemis, Samuel Flagg. '' John Quincy Adams and the Foundations of American Foreign Policy.'' (1949), the standard history
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    * Cash, Peter Arnold. "The Adams-Onís Treaty Claims Commission: Spoliation and Diplomacy, 1795-1824." PhD dissertation U. of Memphis 1998. 368 pp. DAI 1999 59(9): 3611-A. DA9905078  Fulltext: [[ProQuest Dissertations & Theses]]
     
    * DelRio, Angel. ''La Misión de Don Luis de Onís en los Estados Unidos (1809-1819)'' [The mission of Don Luis de Onís in the United States, 1809-19]. Barcelona: Talleres Novagrafik, 1981. 294 pp.   
    Notable people who consider their identity to be outside the Western [[gender binary]], and who describe themselves as transmasculine include:
    * Weeks, William E. ''John Quincy Adams and American Global Empire'' (2002)
     
    * 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>
    ====notes====
    * 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>
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    * 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>
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    * 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 person and uses they/he pronouns{{citation needed}}
    * Animator and Cartoonist: [[ND Stevenson]]{{citation needed}}
     
    ==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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    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), who was assigned female at birth, and whose gender is masculine and/or who express themselves in a masculine way. [1][2] 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:

    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[edit | edit source]

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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.[3][4] This organization doesn't take credit for coining the word "transmasculine," suggesting it was around before the year 2000.[5]

    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.[6]

    An entry for the word was added to Urban Dictionary by user Nico7623 on September 12th, 2013.[7]

    "Transmasculine" was one of the identities that became available in the gender selection on Facebook in 2014.[8]

    Notable people[edit | edit source]

    There is more information about this topic here: notable nonbinary people

    Notable people who consider their identity to be outside the Western gender binary, and who describe themselves as transmasculine include:

    Transmasculine nonbinary characters in fiction[edit | edit source]

    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."[23]

    References[edit | edit source]

    1. ↑ Hardell, Ash. The ABC's of LGBT+. p.98.
    2. ↑ Laura Erickson-Schroth, ed. Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Community. Oxford University Press, 2014. P. 620.
    3. ↑ "Our Story". DCATS. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
    4. ↑ "Binder Exchange". DCATS. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
    5. ↑ Brito, Janet (13 January 2021). "What Does It Mean to Be Transmasculine?". Healthline. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2021. DCATS doesn’t take credit for coining the word, which suggests the term is older than the organization.
    6. ↑ Thompson, S. Leigh (24 November 2010). "What’s in a Word?: Crafting Transmasculine". Rants and Ramblings. Retrieved 4 June 2021. Archived on 17 July 2023
    7. ↑ @Nico7623 (12 September 2013). transmasculine Archived on 17 July 2023
    8. ↑ "Facebook custom gender options: Here are all 56 custom options.", Slate. February 13th, 2014. Accessed April 10th, 2017. Archived on 17 July 2023
    9. ↑ @anjimilemusic (Feb 25, 2019). "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 🤘🏾" – via Twitter.
    10. ↑ Brown, Lydia X. Z. (22 June 2016). "Gendervague: At the Intersection of Autistic and Trans Experiences". The Asperger / Autism Network (AANE). Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
    11. ↑ Lydia X. Z. Brown [@autistichoya] (10 June 2020). "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" – via Twitter.
    12. ↑ Barasch, Alex (12 March 2018). "Rise's Ellie Desautels Talks Playing a Transgender Teen on Network TV". Slate Magazine. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
    13. ↑ Instagram bio Archived on 17 July 2023
    14. ↑ Brent Dundore (17 August 2018). "Ellie & Wren". They Them Project. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
    15. ↑ Masters, Jeffrey (15 October 2019). "Writer Cyrus Grace Dunham Shows How Messy Gender Can Be". advocate.com. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
    16. ↑ "THE STORY". kellidunham.com. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
    17. ↑ Wood, Erin (15 May 2017). "Q&A: Comedian Kelli Dunham on Storytelling as a Radical, Transformative Act". Ms. Magazine. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
    18. ↑ Guerrero, Desirée (21 April 2020). "Genderqueer Comic Kelli Dunham On Getting (Thee) Away From a Nunnery". The Advocate. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
    19. ↑ Jenkins, Andrea (2015). "Interview with Alex Iantaffi". Digital Transgender Archive. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
    20. ↑ Instagram bio, retrieved 17 May 2020 Archived on 17 July 2023
    21. ↑ @CiaranStrange (18 January 2020). "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. >" – via Twitter.
    22. ↑ Instagram post, 12 June 2020
    23. ↑ "Saving Throw". QueeRomance Ink. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
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