Meanings
comparative more transfem · superlative most transfem
- Transfeminine.
Self-described transfem performer and activist The Lady B, a cast member of the show “Dear White People,” says gender-fluid identity poses daily challenges. [image caption]
2017 January 26, Tyrone Beason, “Black Like Me: It’s time for a deeper conversation about race in America”, in Pacific NW Magazine1 more example
“People are always surprised when I tell them, but as transfem nonbinary folks, what we face is drastic,” Mx. Tobia said, explaining how on a visit to New York not long ago they listened in horror on a subway car as two strangers loudly discussed whether to set them aflame. “They were, like: ‘What is that? We should be burning that.’”
2018 September 18, Guy Trebay, “For Capitalism, Every Social Leap Forward Is a Marketing Opportunity”, in The New York Times
plural transfems
- informalA trans woman or other transfeminine person.
The #1 leading cause of death for transfems is lack of cuddles.
2023 April 8, RobinsEggViolet, “Comment on 'I just want to fall asleep in someone's arms ;_;'”, in r/MtF, Reddit, archived from the original on 09 Apr 2023
Origin
Clipping of transfeminine.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French transfem, transfem
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Polish transkobiecy, transkobieta
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Cite this entry
transfem. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transfem
“transfem.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transfem. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “transfem,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transfem.
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