TEHM

English

Alternative forms

tehm

Etymology

Acronym of trans-exclusionary homosexual male. Coined after the pattern of TERF (“trans-exclusionary radical feminist”).

Noun

TEHM (plural TEHMs)

(usually derogatory) A trans-exclusionary homosexual male; a gay man who holds gender-critical or anti-transgender views, particularly one who considers trans men to be women.
- 2019 June 7, Eloïse-saur-u (@WorldWearyWoman), Twitter‎^[1]:
  Slowly for the TEHMs at the back ... not fancying a trans man (if you’re gay) doesn’t make you a transphobe. Making a big issue of it, or ironically claiming you aren’t transphobic just because you don’t find trans men attractive, means you probably are transphobic!
- 2021 May 23, doggy foodle (@doodle_bobby), Twitter‎^[2]:
  There is something organised about a load of TERFs and TEHMs who all follow each other on Twitter ganging up on Stonewall for supporting the trans community.
- 2021 June 6, jay (@bumbleshines), Twitter‎^[3]:
  can we also stop pretending like terf rhetoric doesn’t also deeply affect trans men? bc terfs are often the ones to spread misinfo like this and indoctrinate ppl into being TEHMs
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:TEHM.

Usage notes

This term is used mainly in critical discourse by trans-inclusive LGBT people and other opponents of the beliefs to which the term refers, although it is rarely used for self-description.

Anagrams

Meth., meth, meth-, them, MHET