Transfeminine, often abbreviated to Transfem or Transfemme, is a gender modality under the transgender umbrella, and is an umbrella term in of itself.[1] It typically describes someone who identifies with a feminine transgender identity.[2] Transfeminine is usually used towards those who were assigned male at birth, but is not exclusive to those who were AMAB.[3] The term can be used to describe gender expression or as a gender identity on its own.[4]
While this is used as an umbrella, it's important to note that not all trans women or individuals transitioning towards a female appearance identify with femininity.[5]
Transfeminine individuals may take part in voice therapy, which involves training one's voice to help them match their voice with their gender identity. One may also remove their body hair, pad their hips or bust, or do what is called "tucking."[6]
While the term male to female (MtF) is what most think of when they hear of transfemininity, that is not accurate to every transfeminine individual.[6]
History[edit | edit source]
The exact origin of the term transfeminine is not clear. The first written use found is from a magazine called The TV-TS Tapestry in 1985, in which Jane Nance wrote a piece entitled TRANSFEMININE!!!.[3] She proposed the term "transfeminine" to refer to "a male who feels like a female, strictly undefined in relation to any issue of an operation."[7]
Flags & Symbols[edit | edit source]
The most common transfeminine flag was uploaded in 2015, but the original creator is not known. It uses the same shades of pink and blue as the transgender flag, however the flag has no known meaning.[3]
Another transfeminine flag was uploaded onto the Tumblr account Beyond MOGAI Pride Flags on March 24, 2019. The colors and format were chosen from the trans flag, but using purple from a feminist flag instead of blue.[8]
The Black Transfeminine flag was created by X user frogwhomp on April 28, 2022. The brown represents ethnic and racial identity, the blue represents freedom, confidence and peace, the beige represents those who are transitioning, gender neutral or have no gender, and are intersex, the pink represents love, self-love and working towards loving oneself, the redish-orange represents joy, friendliness, and compassion.[9]
Subterms[edit | edit source]
| Label | Description |
|---|---|
| AFAB Transfem | Identifying as transfeminine while having been assigned female at birth. |
Genders[edit | edit source]
| Gender | Flag | Description | Coiner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Demigirl |  [10]
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Partially identifying as a woman or with a woman-aligned gender. | Transrants[10] |
| Genderfluid |  [11]
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Identifying with a gender that is fluid. | jaidynmarri[11] |
| Juxera |  [12]
|
Having a strong connection to femininity, but not being woman-aligned. | Wulfgendur[13] |
| Lunarian |  [14]
|
Identifying with a feminine energy. | nonbinary-sapphic[15] |
| Lunettian |  [16]
|
Identifying with a soft, celestial, feminine energy that is not woman-aligned. | juparian[16] |
| Non-Binary Woman |  [17]
|
Identifying as both a woman and non-binary. | Pride-Flags[17] |
| Trans Woman |  [18]
|
Identifying with a gender that is female or woman-aligned that does not correspond to one's AGAB. | arachnopath[18] |
| Saturnian |  [16]
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Identifying as a combination of mecurian and lunettian. | system-lgbt[16] |
Related terms[edit | edit source]
| Label | Relationship | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cisfeminine | Opposite | Identifying with a gender that is feminine that does correspond to one's AGAB. |
| Transandrogynous | Counterpart | Identifying with a gender that is androgynous that does not correspond to one's AGAB. |
| Transaporine | Counterpart | Identifying with a gender that is aporine that does not correspond to one's AGAB. |
| Transfluid | Counterpart | Identifying with a gender that is fluid that does not correspond to one's AGAB. |
| Transmascfem | Counterpart | Identifying with a gender that is masculine and feminine that does not correspond to one's AGAB. |
| Transmasculine | Counterpart | Identifying with a gender that is masculine that does not correspond to one's AGAB. |
| Transmaverine | Counterpart | Identifying with a gender that is maverine that does not correspond to one's AGAB. |
| Transneufem | Counterpart | Identifying with a gender that is neutral and feminine that does not correspond to one's AGAB. |
| Transneumasc | Counterpart | Identifying with a gender that is neutral and masculine that does not correspond to one's AGAB. |
| Transneutral | Counterpart | Identifying with a gender that is neutral that does not correspond to one's AGAB. |
| Transnull | Counterpart | Identifying with a gender that is null that does not correspond to one's AGAB. |
| Transoutherine | Counterpart | Identifying with a gender that is outherine that does not correspond to one's AGAB. |
| Transselfen | Counterpart | Transitioning to being oneself rather than being a particular gender. |
| Transxenine | Counterpart | Identifying with a gender that is xenine that does not correspond to one's AGAB. |
Alternative Flags[edit | edit source]
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![Transfeminine (TheGamblingDemon)[19]](//static.miraheze.org/lgbtqidentitywiki/thumb/f/fa/Transfeminine_3.png/120px-Transfeminine_3.png)
Transfeminine (TheGamblingDemon)[19]
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![Transfeminine (transfeminine)[20]](//static.miraheze.org/lgbtqidentitywiki/thumb/9/97/Transfeminine_4.png/120px-Transfeminine_4.png)
Transfeminine (transfeminine)[20]
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![Transfeminine (veravery)[21]](//static.miraheze.org/lgbtqidentitywiki/thumb/c/c9/Transfeminine_5.png/120px-Transfeminine_5.png)
Transfeminine (veravery)[21]
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![Transfeminine (pride-flags-for-us)[22]](//static.miraheze.org/lgbtqidentitywiki/thumb/8/80/Transfeminine_6.png/120px-Transfeminine_6.png)
Transfeminine (pride-flags-for-us)[22]
![Transfeminine (TheGamblingDemon)[19]](/wiki/File:Transfeminine_3.png)
![Transfeminine (transfeminine)[20]](/wiki/File:Transfeminine_4.png)
![Transfeminine (veravery)[21]](/wiki/File:Transfeminine_5.png)
![Transfeminine (pride-flags-for-us)[22]](/wiki/File:Transfeminine_6.png)
Sources[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Nation, LGBTQ. “What Does It Mean to Be Transfeminine?” LGBTQ Nation, 9 June 2022, www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/06/what-does-it-mean-to-be-transfeminine/. Accessed 23 June 2024.
- ↑ “Transfeminine | Definition by Lexicon Library.LGBT.” Lexicon.library.lgbt, 21 July 2020, lexicon.library.lgbt/definitions/transfeminine/. Accessed 23 June 2024.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Resnick, Ariane. “What Does It Mean to Be Transfemme?” Verywell Mind, www.verywellmind.com/what-does-it-mean-to-be-transfemme-7368672.
- ↑ rkanigel. “Transfeminine.” Diversity Style Guide, 26 Jan. 2021, www.diversitystyleguide.com/glossary/transfeminine/. Accessed 23 June 2024.
- ↑ Wynne, Griffin. “Let’s Talk about What It Means to Be Trans Feminine.” Cosmopolitan, 25 June 2021, www.cosmopolitan.com/sexopedia/a36830201/transfeminine/.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Lucchetti, Lorenzo. “What Does Transfeminine Mean? Definition and Identity.” Www.medicalnewstoday.com, 27 July 2023, www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/transfeminine. Accessed 23 June 2024.
- ↑ Ferguson, Sian. “What Does It Mean to Be Transfeminine?” Healthline, 14 Jan. 2021, www.healthline.com/health/transfeminine.
- ↑ beyond-mogai-pride-flags. “Transfem Pride Flag.” Tumblr, 24 Mar. 2019, beyond-mogai-pride-flags.tumblr.com/post/183684429995/transfem-pride-flag. Accessed 30 June 2024.
- ↑ frogwhomp. “X.com.” X (Formerly Twitter), 2024, x.com/frogwhomp/status/1519771964620959744. Accessed 23 June 2024.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Pride-Flags. “Demigirl (1) by Pride-Flags on DeviantArt.” Www.deviantart.com, 4 July 2015, www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Demigirl-1-543925418.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 lostinthoughtspaceandfantasies. ““If There Is No Struggle, There Is No Progress.”” Tumblr, 2 Aug. 2012, lostinthoughtspaceandfantasies.tumblr.com/post/28596790877/jaidynmarri-a-proposed-design-for-a-genderfluid.
- ↑ ---. “Possible Juxera and Proxvir Flags.” Tumblr, 1 July 2014, wulfgendur.tumblr.com/post/91326634674/possible-juxera-and-proxvir-flags.
- ↑ wulfgendur. “Incoherent Barking.” Tumblr, 1 July 2014, wulfgendur.tumblr.com/post/90527821124/hello-friends-here-are-some-new-gender-terms. Accessed 23 June 2024.
- ↑ temp-nb-blog. “Just a Temp Blog to Create Flags.” Tumblr, 30 Nov. 2016, temp-nb-blog.tumblr.com/post/153878945299/here-you-all-go-here-is-the-official-lunarian. Accessed 23 June 2024.
- ↑ kinda-girls. “Describing Alignment.” Tumblr, 16 Nov. 2016, kinda-girls.tumblr.com/post/153284340413/describing-alignment. Accessed 23 June 2024.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 system-lgbt. “Tumblr.” Www.tumblr.com, www.tumblr.com/system-lgbt/179039920843/the-celestial-system-expansion-explained.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 ---. “Nonbinary Girl (2) by Pride-Flags on DeviantArt.” Www.deviantart.com, 18 Jan. 2017, www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Nonbinary-Girl-2-657962485.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 arachnopath. “🕷️.” Tumblr, 1 July 2019, arachnopath.tumblr.com/post/186616031893/arachnopath-arachnopath-alright-submitted.
- ↑ ---. “Transfeminine (12) by Pride-Flags on DeviantArt.” Www.deviantart.com, 21 Feb. 2021, www.deviantart.com/pride-flags/art/Transfeminine-12-870947885. Accessed 23 June 2024.
- ↑ transfeminine. “Transfeminine Flag by Transfeminine on DeviantArt.” Www.deviantart.com, 16 Jan. 2021, www.deviantart.com/transfeminine/art/Transfeminine-Flag-867032048. Accessed 23 June 2024.
- ↑ veravery. “Transfeminine and Transmasculine Flag Redesigns.” Reddit, 6 May 2020, www.reddit.com/r/QueerVexillology/comments/gedewb/transfeminine_and_transmasculine_flag_redesigns/. Accessed 23 June 2024.
- ↑ pride-color-schemes. “Trans Woman/Transfeminine and Trans Man/Transmasculine.” Tumblr, 3 Aug. 2016, pride-color-schemes.tumblr.com/post/148390557916/trans-womantransfeminine-and-trans.