To be clear, and sorry if this is a dumb question, when you and the study say “trans(gender) women” does it mean MTF (born male, transitioned to female), or FTM (born female, transitioned to male)?
It’s my understanding that the gender after transgender ____ (e.g. transgender women) referred to their current gender.
your understanding is correct, when we say trans {gender} we mean the gender we are now, not what we thought we were
think of it like this: why would we want to refer to ourselves by what we thought we were instead of what we are? why would we, for example, call ourselves “former men” instead of women?
sorry if my explanation is a bit confusing, but in short, yes trans woman means MTF and trans man means FTM 😅
To be clear, and sorry if this is a dumb question, when you and the study say “trans(gender) women” does it mean MTF (born male, transitioned to female), or FTM (born female, transitioned to male)?
It’s my understanding that the gender after transgender ____ (e.g. transgender women) referred to their current gender.
your understanding is correct, when we say trans {gender} we mean the gender we are now, not what we thought we were
think of it like this: why would we want to refer to ourselves by what we thought we were instead of what we are? why would we, for example, call ourselves “former men” instead of women?
sorry if my explanation is a bit confusing, but in short, yes trans woman means MTF and trans man means FTM 😅