Meanings
comparative more transmasc · superlative most transmasc
- 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 Cultures2 more examples
[...] 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 4905Quinn 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
plural transmascs
- 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 321 more example
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
Clipping of transmasculine.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French transmasc, transmasc
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Polish transmęski, transmężczyzna
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Cite this entry
transmasc. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transmasc
“transmasc.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transmasc. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “transmasc,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/transmasc.
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