Transmasculin & transféminin

Des termes génériques pour les personnes trans qui vont vers la masculinité (transmasculin) ou la féminité (transféminin). Ils incluent les hommes trans et les femmes trans binaires, mais aussi les personnes non-binaires dont le genre ou l'expression penche vers le masculin ou le féminin, ce qui est utile quand on veut nommer une direction identitaire sans revendiquer l'étiquette binaire entière.

trans- (à travers) + masculin/féminin. Entré dans l'usage communautaire dans les années 2000 et 2010, quand le vocabulaire non-binaire a élargi le langage de la transition au-delà du modèle binaire homme/femme.

Myth: transmasculine just means a trans man who has not committed yet

No. Many transmasculine people are not men and never intend to be. The word describes a direction, not an unfinished journey towards a binary destination.

Myth: you have to bind, pack or tuck to count

You do not. These are tools for dysphoria and comfort. Plenty of transmasculine and transfeminine people use none of them.

Myth: binding is inherently dangerous

Binding carries real physical risks and they are worth managing carefully. It also produces one of the largest self-reported mental health improvements in the literature on trans people. The honest framing is a trade-off to be managed well, not a danger to be avoided.

Myth: transfeminine and transmasculine are the same as AMAB and AFAB

They are not. AMAB and AFAB describe what was recorded at birth. Transmasculine and transfeminine describe where someone's gender actually sits. Plenty of AFAB people are not transmasculine.