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 Transgender FTMs |
 Males with TS |
| Basically |
- have a core sense of gender, which crosses the gender binary (male/female) or is outside it hence the term transgender
- transgenderism is an increasingly widespread social expression which recognises a multiplicity of genders
- situate themselves within a continuum of many genders
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- a physical sexual variation of the male sex
- prior to treatment these men experience a strong and persistent discomfort with their physical body which is the opposite to their brain-sex
- situate themselves within a continuum of two sexes - female or male
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| Gender Binary (male/female) |
- transgender FTMs cannot place themselves simply within either the male category nor the female category
- experience themselves on a gender continuum with ‘degrees of difference’
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- place themselves simply in the male category
- inhabit the social, medical and legal expression of man/male by their own cultural standards
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| Language |
- terms: makes use of a wide variety such as ftm, transman, tranny boi, boichick, boy-dyke etc
- pronouns: zie, hys, zir, zhe, sir, he, hym, as well as the usual she, he, him, his
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- terms: man, male
- pronouns: he, him, his
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| Transition & Treatment |
- make use of a range of social, hormonal and surgical options to express their gender and relieve their physical discomfort
- decisions depend on the individual’s personal sense of self, bodily comfort and self-identity
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- desire conclusive medical treatment
- seek a remedy of rehabilitative sex affirmation treatment (being those hormonal and surgical procedures sometimes described as sex reassignment) to bring their physical body into harmony with their innate (core) brain-sex to achieve a sense of personal unity and peace
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| Invisibility |
- many transgender people prefer to be visibly transgender
- many transgender people feel the ‘invisibility’ of their identity is problematic
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- men with TS prefer to be visibly male
- their ‘invisibility’ is always viewed in a positive light
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| Role of the Medical |
- many transgender people are uncomfortable (or even resent) being pathologised or medicalised to get medical assistance
- many transgender FTMs consider the clinical aspects of the process to receive hormonal and/or surgical assistance is problematic
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- these men welcome the role of health care providers to correct their physical appearance
- strongly desire rehabilitative sex affirmation treatment (hormonal and surgical procedures) to resolve their situation
- consider the clinical aspects of the process will confirm what they have always experienced to be true and are relieved there are medical solutions to their discomfort
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| Identity |
- ‘transgender’ is an identity in itself – eg.,transman, transgender ftm, transgender person, etc
- transgender identity is akin to that of other minority groups or communities of difference in society
- some transgender FTMs seek legal recognition as one of the binary genders
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- TS is not an identity
- TS is a diagnosable treatable medical condition
- this group has a conclusive male identity
- 100% of this group desires legal correction of their innate (core) sex
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| Examples |
experiences of transgender men |
experiences of men with TS |
