Meanings
- not comparablePertaining to people who were assigned male but whose gender identities are feminine.
Born as a physical male, she now identifies as transfeminine, or pangender.
2012, Alessandra Robertson, "Trans Stories", Sex and the Steel City (The Silhouette special edition), page 143 more examples
[…] the same masculinity at the heart of the military’s pervasive homophobia, tolerance of sexual assault, and transmisogynistic practice of court-martialing transfeminine soldiers for “cross-dressing.”
2011, "An open letter to the organizers of TEDxMiddlebury", The Middlebury Campus (Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vermont), Volume 110, Issue 8, 10 November 2011, page 11[...individuals for whom] “man” or “woman” may not accurately reflect identity but are nonetheless on the transmasculine or transfeminine spectrum. We also acknowledge the limitations of language in reflecting agender clients who do not identify as masculine or feminine ...
2017, Michael R. Kauth, Jillian C. Shipherd, Adult Transgender Care: An Interdisciplinary Approach for Training Mental Health Professionals, Routledge, →ISBNHormonal and surgical options, [...] for transgender women and transfeminine spectrum persons, 99-111
2017, Lynne Carroll, Lauren Mizock, Clinical Issues and Affirmative Treatment with Transgender Clients, An Issue of Psychiatric Clinics of North America, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, index
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
Translations
French transféminin
- transfémininTranslations
Polish transkobiecy
- transkobiecyTranslations
Cite this entry
transfeminine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transfeminine
“transfeminine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transfeminine. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “transfeminine,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transfeminine.
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