Transmasculine Definition

Transmasculine defines people that do not associate with the female sex organs that they were born with. An individual that is assigned female at birth but feels as if they should have been a man is described as a transmasculine individual. Transmasculine individuals are a homogeneous group of people that are transitioning into a different sex than the one that they were assigned. The categorization of this particular population of individuals does not single out this particular transition from female to male. Instead, it incorporates the transmasculine term into the transsexual or transgender umbrella. A transsexual is a person that desires to be the opposite gender of their original sex. Transsexual individuals live their life as the opposite sex and want others to view them as the gender that they portray. Some transsexuals also desire to have sexual reassignment surgery so that their anatomy matches the gender that they want to be. Under the transsexual and transgender umbrella are many 'subgroups' that are associated with transmasculine individuals. The most common terms are boy-chick, ungendered, new man, or transfag. In regards to a sexual partner, transmasculine individuals tend to be attracted to partners that are female. Transmasculine individuals view these relationships with women as heterosexual relationships.
Medical care
Currently, physicians are treating transmasculine individuals and other transgender individuals without prior training on how to administer the correct dosage of medication or how to treat individuals that are wanting to transition from male to female and female to male. The fear of discrimination or unfair treatment leads to many transgender and transmasculine individuals avoiding proper medical care. One type of medical treatment that transmasculine individuals receive is testosterone treatment. This treatment helps make their female sounding voices sound deeper and more similar to a man's voice.

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