transwomanhood

English

Noun

transwomanhood (uncountable)

1. The state or condition of being a trans woman.
   • 2019, Jamie A. Thomas, Christina Jackson, Embodied Difference: Divergent Bodies in Public Discourse, page 66:

     This phobia combines with society's ignorance about it, in a way that fuels and ignites the strength that participates in shaping transwomanhood.

   • 2016, Eric R. Wright, Neal Carnes, Understanding the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in the United States, page 106:

     So because I learned that sex work is shameful, and I correlated transwomanhood and sex work, I was taught that transwomanhood is shameful.

   • 2020, Susanna Paasonen, Feona Attwood, Alan McKee, Objectification: On the Difference between Sex and Sexism:

     Tangerine offers a version of transwomanhood which demonstrates the subversive power of Riviere's “masquerade” (discussed in Chapter 2; also Butler, 2002).

Usage notes

• See notes at trans woman explaining why some language users prefer trans woman over transwoman. However, the term transwomanhood is never used in a derogatory way; see the academic citations above.