Transfeminine
(also: transfem, transfemme, trans-feminine)
Introduction
Transfeminine is an umbrella term refering to anyone who transitions to a more feminine gender. This term is used to include both binary trans women and certain nonbinary, people such as demigirls, in conversations where their experiences overlap with one another.
While there are some who are intersex or were AFAB that identify as transfem, it is a label that is generally associated with those who were AMAB.
General Information
People who identify as transfeminine generally wish to appear more feminine, either through physical bodily means, gender expression, or both. Some transfem people will undergo surgeries and hormones, while socially presenting with masculine clothing and/or make up. Others will go full femme. Some will only change clothes/presentation without any physical transition.
Regardless of gender presentation, like any trans people, transmasculine individuals are often subject to not only transphobia but targeted transmisogyny.
The Transition of a Binary Transgender Woman
For the purposes of providing examples of what sorts of things a steryotypical transgender woman would seek out, I will be describing a binary transition. Please keep in mind that not every transgender woman seeks out everything on this list. Everything mentioned has varying levels of how common they are. This is simply for demonstration, and helping anyone unsure of where to start find the relevant pages on this website. Every transgender person has different levels of gender dysphoria and does different things to seek out gender euphoria. I'm no transmed - no one is more or less trans just because they get a surgery that someone else doesn't.
Most transgender women will change their names to more feminine-sounding ones. They will typically use she/her pronouns and overall feminine language. Though it can be difficult to do, depending on the location, many transgender women will undergo legal transition.
Most transgender women who are unable to obtain puberty blockers as children experience gender dysphoria regarding not having breasts. A common short-term solution for dealing with these typically consists of wearing breast forms. A common permanent solution consists of getting top surgery.
Most transgender women will seek out HRT to deal with most aspects of bodily gender dysphoria. FHT helps a lot when it comes to passing as a woman as it softens the skin, reduces facial hair growth, causes breast growth, and overall feminizes the body of the person taking it. Some women will try voice training to optimize their voices. Some women will undergo voice feminization surgery or FFS if they are not happy with the results of ERT.
Many transgender women experience some level of bottom gender dysphoria (aka. dysphoria regarding genitalia). Many transgender women will tuck to have the appearance of not having external genitalia. Some trans women seek out surgeries such as vaginoplasty and/or labiaplasty to surgically obtain a neovagina. Some transgender women will get orchis to have no balls.
Forums
Reddit - r/ABraThatFits
Reddit - r/FemaleFashionAdvice
Reddit - r/MTF
Reddit - r/mtfashion
Reddit - r/MTFSelfieTrain
Reddit - r/TallGirls
Reddit - r/TheGirlSurvivalGuide
Terminology Resources
Gender - Fandom - Wiki - Demigirl
Gender - Fandom - Wiki - Femininity
Gender - Fandom - Wiki - Transfeminine
Gender - Fandom - Wiki - Trans Woman
Gender - Fandom - Wiki - Woman
Healthline: Sian Ferguson: 01/14/2021: What Does It Mean to Be Transfeminine?
LGBTQIA - Fandom - Wiki - Feminine
LGBTQIA - Fandom - Wiki - Transfeminine
LGBTQ Nation - What does it mean to be transfeminine?
MedicalNewsToday: Lorenzo Lucchetti: 07/27/2023: What does transfeminine mean?
Merriam Webster Dictionary - Transfeminine
Nonbinary - Wiki - Transfeminine
Trans Language Primer - Femininity
Trans Language Primer - MTF / M2F / Male to Female
Trans Language Primer - Transfeminine
Trans Language Primer - Trans Woman
United-States Based Resources
ForTheGworls - charity for black transgender people
Additional Resources
TransFemScience
Transgender Map - Gender transition: women / transfeminine
Transgender Teen Survival Guide - Transfeminine Resources
WikiHow - How to "Pass" As a Woman
YouTube Playlist: The Transition Channel: Male to Female/MtF, Transfeminine/MtW
YouTube Playlist: Kat Blaque: Transgender Experiences
YouTube Video: RachhLoves: 09/22/2016: BEGINNER MAKEUP TUTORIAL || 100% Drugstore + Intermediate Tips!
