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The word "transfeminine" was used in a 1985 issue of ''The TV-TS Tapestry'', a magazine "for persons interested in [[crossdressing]] & transsexualism". In that issue, Jane Nance wrote about the difficulties of describing herself with the then-current terminology: Since Jane felt her identity was fully womanly, she did not want to identify as "transvestite", and since she did not want [[surgery|surgical transition]] she felt that "transsexual" was not accurate either, and neither was "[[transgenderist]]", since "I'm living and functioning in the world most of time in the male role." She proposed "transfeminine" as a possibility and said that the definition could be "a male who feels like a female, strictly undefined in relation to any issue of an operation".<ref>{{cite journal|title=Transfeminine!!!|last=Nance|first=Jane|journal=The TV-TS Tapestry |year=1985|issue=47|pages=31-33 |url=https://archive.org/details/tvtstapestry47unse/page/30/mode/2up?q=transfeminine}}</ref> This might or might not be the first recorded usage of the word "transfeminine". | |||
"Transfeminine" was one of the identities that became available in the 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.</ref> | "Transfeminine" was one of the identities that became available in the 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.</ref> | ||