baby trans

plural baby transes · alternative babytrans · alternative baby-trans

1. transgender slangA transgender person who is early in their transition or has only recently realized that they are trans.

   My ‘baby trans’ days of insecurity, taking crumbs of attention from the Bens of the world, are long since over but, still, it’s delightful to know that the trans girls of tomorrow could also tell this type of man to “fuck off and watch ContraPoints” the minute he started his shit.

   2019 July 12, Shon Faye, “ContraPoints is the hilarious YouTuber delivering hardcore politics in drag”, in Dazed

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   The end result is that a lot of transgender women in the baby trans phase opt for clothes that are excessively youthful, flirty, and feminine. Trans actress Angelica Ross once summed up what being baby trans means on The Daily Show: “When you first transition, you reach for the longest hair, and the shortest skirt.”

   2017 April 26, Katelyn Burns, “I'm A Trans Mom, & This Was My Style Journey”, in Romper

   Pretty much every queer archetype appears here—sadly I saw myself mostly in those painted in the worst light (the twitter-born baby trans who sniffs at a morbid joke during an incredibly dark, incredibly funny funeral sequence made me cringe in self-recognition) but almost nobody is a cliche.

   2021 March 1, Rachel Epstein, “'Detransition, Baby' Is as Good as Everyone Says It Is”, in Marie Claire