transmale

transmale
 adj.β€” Β«β€œA 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 β€œtransman” 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.Β» β€”β€œWhen Girls Will Be Boys” by Alissa Quart New York Times Magazine Mar. 16, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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