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[–] 8 points 7 months ago (3 children)

they are gender specific, trans women typically face more violence, get paid less and transition later than trans men (and this is exacerbated even more for Black and Indigenous trans people)

this is not to say that trans men face no issues, obviously. but for example, on the pay gap, a study in canada found that

On average, transgender women earned 18 per cent less annually than cisgender men. The earnings gap was 13 per cent for non-binary people and 9.2 per cent for transgender men.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago* (2 children)

    To be clear, and sorry if this is a dumb question, when you and the study say "trans(gender) women" does it mean MTF (born male, transitioned to female), or FTM (born female, transitioned to male)?

    It's my understanding that the gender after transgender ____ (e.g. transgender women) referred to their current gender.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    your understanding is correct, when we say trans {gender} we mean the gender we are now, not what we thought we were

    think of it like this: why would we want to refer to ourselves by what we thought we were instead of what we are? why would we, for example, call ourselves "former men" instead of women?

    sorry if my explanation is a bit confusing, but in short, yes trans woman means MTF and trans man means FTM 😅

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