Transman
Transmen or trans men are transgender or transsexual people who were assigned female gender at birth (or, in some rare cases of intersexuality, later) and who feel that this is not an accurate or complete description of themselves. They therefore assume a male gender identity and/or strive to present themselves in a more male gender role.
Related Topics:
Transgender - Transsexual - Gender - Intersexuality - Male - Gender identity
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Transmen can come from the whole of the female-to-male side of the transgender spectrum, from female-to-male transsexual persons to drag kings (female cross-dressers or transvestites are very rarely used designations) who consider themselves transgender.
Related Topics:
Transsexual - Drag king - Cross-dresser - Transvestite
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Many transmen however do not use this particular word to describe themselves. Some transmen, who consider their change of gender to be completed, prefer to be called simply men. Others do not consider their gender identity to be the same as that of cisgendered men, do not wish to live in a traditional male gender role or they have other, individual reasons to prefer a different self-identification. The American Boyz, a transmale support organization, lists the following self-descriptions for some transmale-identified people:
Related Topics:
Gender - Cisgender - Gender role
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:"FTM/F2M (Female-To-Male), Butch, Trans man, FTV (Female TransVestite), Gender Outlaw, Genderqueer, Transsexual, Drag King, New Man, Boychick, She-Bear, Shapeshifter, Transfag, Tomboy, Passing Woman, Two-Spirit, Amazon, Tranny Boy, Intersexual, Female Guy, Tranz, Boss Grrl, Bearded Female, Transgenderist, Sir, Kurami, Hermaphrodite, Questioning".
Related Topics:
Butch - Genderqueer - Drag King - Tomboy - Passing - Two-Spirit - Amazon - Grrl - Transgenderist - Kurami - Hermaphrodite - Questioning
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Please note that many of these previously listed designations are considered wrong or sometimes offensive to those transmen who identify in with another self-description, and should not be used unless specifically requested.
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The sexual orientations of transmen are varied. Based on observations from many groups, the following applies: approximately one third prefer male partners and identify as gay, one third prefer female partners and usually identify as straight, and the last third either identify as bisexual, pan- or omnisexual, undecided, or asexual. These are approximations due to the lack of accurate scientific statistics.
Related Topics:
Sexual orientations - Gay - Straight - Bisexual - Asexual
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People who identify as lesbian and queer transmen who prefer female partners are also known, these are transmen who do indeed changed their gender role, but do not want to leave the lesbian community they were part of for a long time entirely behind them.
Related Topics:
Lesbian - Queer
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A list of "famous" transmen includes:
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- Billy Tipton (1914-1989), jazz musician
- Alan Hart (1890-1962), physician
- Louis Graydon Sullivan (1951-1991), writer, biographer and founder of FTM International http://www.transgenderpride.org/SpringIssue.pdf
- Reed Erickson (1917-1992), Businessman and founder of Erickson Educational Foundation http://web.uvic.ca/~erick123/
- Robert Eads (1945-1999), died of ovarian cancer, subject of documentary Southern Comfort
- Alexander John Goodrum (1960-2002), founder of TGNet Arizona
- Meryn Cadell, writer and musician http://www.meryncadell.com/
- Patrick Califia, writer http://www.sexuality.org/l/transgen/scpc.html
- Loren Cameron, photographer http://www.lorencameron.com
- James Green, writer & educator http://www.jamisongreen.com
- Stephen Whittle, lawyer, writer and educator http://www.pfc.org.uk/campaign/people/swhittle.htm
- Del Lagrace Volcano, performer and photographer http://www.disgrace.dircon.co.uk/ http://www.sexmutant.com/del.htm
- Stephen Thorne, police officer http://www.ftma.net/lib/94/0110.html
- Mauro Isaac Cabral, educator http://www.intersexualite.org/Mauro_Bio.dochttp://www.figinternet.org/Sections-index-req-printpage-artid-9.html
- Aaron H. Dover, writer and educator http://web.uvic.ca/~ahdevor/
- Leslie Feinberg (1949), writer and activist http://www.transgenderwarrior.org
- Jacob Hale, philosopher http://www.humnet.ucla.edu/humnet/lgbts/people/hale.htm
- David Harrison, actor, performer and playwrighthttp://www.peterpants.net/
- Mike Hernandez, writer and activist
- Andreas Krieger, athlete http://www.ftmaustralia.org/media/04/0207.html http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/26/sports/othersports/26STER.html?ex=1390453200&en=bc039fed4c6ea23a&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND
- Daniel Van Oosterwijck, lawyer
- Blaine Paxton Hill, physics http://www.hestiashouse.com/
- Martin Rawlings-Fein, editor, writer and activist http://www.ftmi.org/Hist/Bios/fein.html
- Mark Rees, activist
- Max Valerio, poet, writer and performer
- List of transgender-related topics
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