transmasculine

or trans-mas·cu·line

[ tranz-mas-kyuh-lin ]

adjective

1. noting or relating to a person who was assigned female at birth but whose gender identity is more male than female.

Word History and Origins

Origin of transmasculine¹

First recorded in 2010–15; trans- ( def 4 ) + masculine ( def )

Example Sentences

Other feature documentaries are Julia Fuhr Mann’s “Life Is Not a Competition, but I’m Winning,” on issues of gender in competitive athletics; Jules Rosskam’s “Desire Lines,” an examination of transmasculine identity; and Elizabeth Purchell’s “Ask Any Buddy,” which uses fragments from all-male adult films to explore historical depictions of desire.

From Los Angeles Times

Then they traced the scars of top surgery, asking their father to sew a line through the chest tissue that helped Man, 25, embody their transmasculine, genderqueer identity.

From New York Times

A recent systematic review and meta-analysis—a type of study where the authors aggregate lots of papers into one big estimate—that combined such studies found an overall rate of 1 percent for regret after surgery for both transmasculine and transfeminine surgeries.

From Slate

A common concern about gender-affirming hormone therapy for transmasculine people is the risk of red blood cell volume changes and erythrocytosis, a high concentration of red blood cells, with the use of prescribed testosterone.

From Science Daily

"Our study found that the numbers of patients on testosterone therapy with abnormal red blood cell elevations were lower than previously reported in smaller studies. It's noteworthy that in the largest North American cohort reported to date, less than 1 percent of transmasculine individuals had a hematocrit level where medical interventions might be required. These results should help providers feel more comfortable prescribing testosterone as part of GAHT," said the first and corresponding author, Nithya Krishnamurthy, a second-year medical student at Icahn Mount Sinai.

From Science Daily