transbutch en · NOUN
Etymology
From trans- + butch (“a masculine lesbian”).
Meanings
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An AFAB person whose gender identity or gender expression is intermediate between butch and transmasculine.
I know so many transbutches who remain in the dark and I wanted to let them know it's ok to be themselves.
2020, J. J. Petit, “Shifting the Borders: My Transbutch Herstory”, in The Ignatian, volume 32, page 70:In this video, Lee and Hurwitz construct a finely calibrated landscape of a transmasculinity made up of heterosexual FTMs, queer-identified FTMs, gay male FTMs, transfags, and transbutches, although none of these terms is mutually exclusive.
2003, Arturo J. Aldama, Violence and the Body: Race, Gender, and the State, page 290:Transbutches embody a third space (with others) between the uncritical celebration of “womanhood” and its rejection entirely.
2014, Jen Manion, "Transbutch", Transgender Studies Quarterly, Volume 2, Numbers 1-2, May 2014
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| transbutches | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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