2013, Alexander Wijnants, "Identity of Neurology Social Media and the Politician versus Medicalization of Trans People", Synaesthesia: Communication Across Cultures, ISSN 1883-5953, Volume 1, Number 4, Spring 2013, page 73:
'transtrender' does not appear to have one definitive post through which to observe its origins and original purpose. However, a prominent medicalization supporter, theotheropinion, defines a transtrender (often abbreviated as 'trender') as someone who wants to alter their body not due to sex-based dysphoria, but rather due to societal pressures and a dissatisfaction with the gender roles associated with their assigned gender. 'transtrender' has not been widely reclaimed, and is still seen as a slur within the trans community.
There is, of course, one detail that separates the 'LBGs' of my generation from the 'transtrenders' of today: the irrevocable physical changes that accompany medical transition.
2015, Mark Gevisser, "Engendered", The Nation, 23 March 2015:
Many of the genderqueer kids in today’s liberal America are what Charlotte Wolf calls “transtrenders,” using gender as a form of social provocation or subcultural bonding.
2015, Oliver Karcher, "Gender neutral label 'Mx.' adopted by dictionary", The Vanguard (The University of South Alabama), 7 September 2015, page 13:
So the people who adopt the prefix "Mx." into their daily vernacular and decide to go by the term, might be deemed a "transtrender."
2017, Lee (Molly) J. Fraser, "Reblogging Gender: Non-Binary Transgender Subjectivities and the Internet", thesis submitted to the University of Western Ontario, page 92:
Threads on the social media giant Reddit occasionally discuss or condemn "transtrenders" […]
2017, "Editorial: Being Transgender Isn't Trendy", MavLife (La Costa Canyon High School), May 2017, page 6:
These "transtrenders" almost use this community for their benefit- being more popular, noticed, etc.- and are excluded from the many negatives these transgender people might face.
2019, Douglas Francesco Ascanio Graffeo, "Non-Binary Belongings in Toronto: Problematizing the Gay-Friendly City", thesis submitted to the University of Toronto, page 85:
For some, this future of possibility was rooted in the long history of non-dichotomous genders throughout the world, as Moira argued that non-binary people “exist, have existed, and are not just a little fad or a transtrender” […]
2019, Jessica Rae Fisher, "Transgender Digital Embodiments: Questions Of The Transgender Body In The 21st Century", thesis submitted to Kennesaw State University, page 13:
The way that transtrenders differ, then, I argue, is through their refusal to follow binary ideas of sex and/or gender, and, at times, their refusal to accept any ideas that one must experience gender dysphoria to be transgender.
2019, Andie Fontaine, "Trans Rights in Iceland", Reykjavík Grapevine, 2 August - 15 August 2019, page 21:
Another even more questionable belief is that being trans is somehow a fad, giving rise to the erroneous belief in “transtrenders” (see sidebar).
2019, Morgan Lev Edward Holleb, The A-Z of Gender and Sexuality: From Ace to Ze, page 295:
Truscum deny the existence of non-binary people and insist that anyone who doesn't want to medicalize their transition is "fake" and a "transtrender," allegedly only claiming a transgender identity for attention or social capital.
2019, Rachel Anne Williams, Transgressive: A Trans Woman on Gender, Feminism, and Politics, page 79:
These latter trans people are often accused of being "fakers." They are "transtrenders." Their trans identity is the result of social contagion, not Gender Dysphoria™.
2019, Eris Young, They/Them/Their: A Guide to Nonbinary and Genderqueer Identities, page 163:
There are some members of the binary trans community (commonly called transmedicalists, transfundamentalists or 'truscum'), who think that having gender dysphoria is prerequisite for being trans, and that people who don't experience it are merely 'transtrenders': faking their identity for attention, or even appropriating transgender culture.
2019, Seth Wilcox, "I Have It Worse!", Central Focus (Francis Howell High School), Volume 22, Issue 4 (2019), page 31:
Actual transgender people suffer so much every day while these transtrenders go around parading inaccurate representation of the trans community.
2020, Helana Darwin, "Challenging The Cisgender/Transgender Binary: Nonbinary People and the Transgender Label", Gender & Society:
To avoid becoming what she calls a “transtrender,” Harley doesn’t use the pronoun “they” or the transgender label.
2014, National Women's Studies Association 2014 conference program, page 198:
However, these conversations often reproduce hegemonic conceptions of masculinity, perpetuating white supremacy, heterosexism, and the idea of a "transtrender" fad.
In my days at college, the 'transtrender' equivalents were the 'LBGs' - 'lesbians before graduation'.
2017, Lee (Molly) J. Fraser, "Reblogging Gender: Non-Binary Transgender Subjectivities and the Internet", thesis submitted to the University of Western Ontario, page 33:
In fact, it would do a great disservice to the participants of these communities and social spaces to portray them all as teenagers, because it would contribute to the erasure of people who have been non-binary before the internet and potentially legitimize the "transtrender" panic, […]
2019, Jessica Rae Fisher, "Transgender Digital Embodiments: Questions Of The Transgender Body In The 21st Century", thesis submitted to Kennesaw State University (May 2019), page 64:
Whereas there is no transtrender subreddit, r/transmed and r/truscum both exist. Those who advocate for a strict interpretation of the dominant medical narrative feel comfortable to self- identify with monikers that identify them as such, whereas those who either do or are accused of flouting those medical narratives do not.
