transmale
adj.— «“A transmale speaker guy” gave a talk at a meeting of his high school’s Gay Straight Alliance, and Rey was inspired.…During one of their days together, Melissa, who was immersed in campus gender activism, mentioned the concept of being a “transman” and spoke of her transmale friends.…While still a rarity, young women who become men in college, also known as transmen or transmales, have grown in number over the last 10 years.» —“When Girls Will Be Boys” by Alissa Quart New York Times Magazine Mar. 16, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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