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submitted 5 days ago by erotador to c/transmemes

transcription: saying "male to female" instead of just trans woman is like referring to fully grown people as "baby to adult". ahh... so you used to be a baby????? are you telling be you were BORN a baby... but then... hormones turned you into an adult? nice try. giant baby

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[-] four@lemmy.zip 39 points 5 days ago

I remember being confused about it as well, thinking that "trans man" means someone who used to be a man, but is trans, so you apply "trans" to "man" and you get "trans man" (I might be autistic?). I was like "if a 'man' transitioned already, why do we say trans woman instead of just woman??" I now understand it more and it kinda makes sense, but I was really stumped for some time.

why we don't start counting stuff at zero

I might have the right career for you lol

[-] testaccount789@sh.itjust.works 18 points 5 days ago

Yeah, I was confused when I got hate for that.
"Trans woman is a man."

I thought the word "trans" acted as a negation operator.

[-] kurwa@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

Considering the username they might already be in the field

[-] Hexarei@beehaw.org 3 points 4 days ago

I had the same confusion years ago, long before I transitioned

this post was submitted on 20 May 2026
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