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tucute en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈtuːkjuːt/
• (US) audio

Etymology

Clipping of too cute to be cisgender. Coined in May 2014 on Tumblr. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:tucute.

Meanings

1. (Internet, neologism) A person who believes that gender dysphoria is not an essential requirement for being transgender.
   • McConnell said that because of this, people who do have gender dysphoria and wish to take those same hormones or have the surgery have less access to these resources as "tucutes" have already used some of them. 2018 December 14, Natalie Cerf, “How The Media And The LGBTQ+ Community Interact”, in Redwood Bark, Redwood High School, Larkspur, CA, page 14:
   • I personally fall closer to the transmedicalist end of the transmed/tucute political spectrum; but, my position does not give me, or any other person in the transmed or tucute community, the right to belittle other people. 2019, Olliver Benton, "'I'm Not Afraid of My Name Anymore'", Aerial (Atherton High School, Louisville, KY), Volume 94, Issue 4, Summer 2019, page 33
   • Generally, tucutes are defined by their belief that gender dysphoria isn’t necessary to be transgender. 2019, Jessica Rae Fisher, "Transgender Digital Embodiments: Questions Of The Transgender Body In The 21st Century", thesis submitted to Kennesaw State University (May 2019), page 38

Forms

Antonyms

truscum · transmed · transmedicalist

Translations (1)

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