transmasc

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adjective

Transmasculine.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

adjectivetransmasc (comparative more transmasc, superlative most transmasc)

comparative more transmasc · superlative most transmasc

  1. Transmasculine.

    [A] binder is a compression garment for your chest to flatten the chest. It's for other nonbinary or transmasc folks [...]

    2018, KL Reddy-Best, D Goodin, “QueerCrip fashion in the twenty-first century: Sky Cubacub and the QueerCrip Dress Reform Movement”, in Clothing Cultures
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    [...] the convention of masculinity through being an “alt” transmasc person (I was always explicitly non-binary) actually amounted to posturing, and ultimately allowed for more or less the same oppressions to be reinscribed, if only because I was uncritical about my position as a white [...] transmasc person.

    2017, John Bloomberg-Rissman, In the House of the Hangman - Volume 8, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 4905

    Quinn Eades is a queer transmasc writer and poet. Jamie & Quinn are in love. The images and poetry are from their forthcoming book, Queerdom.

    2019, Tiffany Jones, Bent Street 2: Australian LGBTIQA+ Arts, Writing & Ideas - 2018/2019, Clouds of Magellan, →ISBN
nountransmasc (plural transmascs)

plural transmascs

  1. informalA trans man or other transmasculine person.

    [They say things like] “I'm attracted to all genders, especially androgynous people,” or, “I am primarily interested in other transmascs.”

    2016, Sara Woods, Identifying as Transgender, The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc, →ISBN, page 32
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    And Literally No One treated me like shit when I identified as transmasc (I s2g, white transmascs seem to act victimized more than they materially are, and that's so much a part of the problem); [...]

    2017, John Bloomberg-Rissman, In the House of the Hangman - Volume 8, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 4905

Origin

Translations

French transmasc, transmasc
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Polish transmęski, transmężczyzna
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Cite this entry
APA

transmasc. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transmasc

MLA

“transmasc.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transmasc. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “transmasc,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transmasc.

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