A trans man, trans guy, or FTM (sometimes "transman") is a transsexual or transgender man: a person who was assigned female gender at birth, but who feels that this is not an accurate or complete description of themselves and consequently identifies as male. "FTM" (sometimes FtM, F2M, or F→M) is short for "female-to-male", and identifies the general direction of transition (from assigned to actual), and not a conscripted "start" to "finish" proce...
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A trans man, trans guy, or FTM (sometimes "transman") is a transsexual or transgender man: a person who was assigned female gender at birth, but who feels that this is not an accurate or complete description of themselves and consequently identifies as male. "FTM" (sometimes FtM, F2M, or F→M) is short for "female-to-male", and identifies the general direction of transition (from assigned to actual), and not a conscripted "start" to "finish" process. Some trans men reject being seen as FTM, arguing that they have always been male and are only making this identity visible to other people and sometimes calling themselves MTM, (short for "male-to-male").
The term "trans man" is used as a short form for either identity (transsexual man and transgender man), and sometimes transsexuality is seen as a type of transgenderism. Trans men may identify as transsexual, as transgender, neither, or both.
"Transgender man" is an umbrella term that may include anybody who was assigned the female sex at...
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