General Trans glossary terms

Gender-neutral transgender terminology that applies across different identities

  • Trans: A more modern term that refers to anyone under the transgender, transsexual, transvestite, and nonbinary umbrellas....
  • Deadname: A person's birth-assigned name from pre-transition.
  • T4T: Trans for Trans. This refers to trans people seeking other trans people for dating or hook-up purposes. It can also...
  • Tranner: A trans person, especially an MTF trans person. Originates from 4chan and typically refers to trans people from...
  • Transgender: Denoting or relating to a person whose gender identity does not correspond with the sex registered for them at birth.
  • Transsexual: An older term for trans people coined by Magnus Hirschfeld, who first documented trans people in the West....
  • Transvestite: Transvestism is the practice of dressing in a manner traditionally associated with the opposite sex. An older term...
  • Troon: Transgender Goon. A slur used for transgender people originating from Something Awful, but now largely used by the...
  • Trooning out: The act of becoming trans, publically starting your transition, and irreversibly realizing you are trans. Carries...
  • Transmaxxing: An incel term that describes the act of transitioning from male to female in order to improve their perceived sexual...
  • Tranny: A slur used against trans people (particularly transwomen) by transphobes. It is increasingly reclaimed by the trans...
  • T-slur pass: The social permission to say the word tranny without being considered as transphobic. T-slur pass is a direct...
  • T-slur: The transgender equivalent of saying "N-word", with the slur itself being Tranny.
  • 🚂🦵: Algospeak for Tranny to avoid social media bans. 🚂Train 🦵Knee
  • 🚬🐐: Algospeak for Faggot to avoid social media bans. 🚬Fag (British for cigarette) 🐐Goat
  • Fembrained: The state of having a feminine brain, personality, and mannerisms. This is a compliment for MTFs and an insult for FTMs.
  • Malebrained: The state of having a masculine brain, personality, and mannerisms. This is a compliment for FTMs and an insult for...
  • Location Maxxing: The act of moving to a region or city which is more accepting of trans people in order to avoid discrimination and...
  • Gender Dysphoria: A feeling of distress or "wrongness" due to the contrast between a person's internal sense of their gender and their...
  • Gender Euphoria: A feeling of euphoria caused by a transperson's appearance, self-perception, or treatment by others being in...

Source: Brainworms Glossary category compiled from 4chan /lgbt/ and adjacent community usage.

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