Transman
Transmen are transsexual or transgendered people who were assigned female sex at birth (or, in some rare cases of intersexuality, later) and who feel that this is not an accurate or complete description of themselves, and therefore strive to present in a more male gender role.Transmen can come from the whole of the female-to-male side of the transgender spectrum, from female-to-male transsexual persons to those drag kings (female cross-dressers or transvestite is very rarely used) who consider themselves transgender. A writer about this subject, and a bisexual transman himself, is Patrick Califia.
Many transmen however do not use this particular word to describe themselves. Some transmen, who consider their change of gender role to be completed, prefer to be called simply men. Others do either not consider their gender identity to be the same as that of cisgendered men, or have other reasons, for example based on their personal history, to prefer another self-identification.
The American Boyz, a support-organization, lists the following self-descriptions: FTM/F2M (Female-To-Male), Butch, Trans man, FTV (Female TransVestite), Gender Outlaw, Transsexual, Drag King, New Man, Boychick, She-Bear, Shapeshifter, Transfag, Tomboy, Passing Woman, Two-Spirit, Amazon, Tranny Boy, Intersexual, Female Guy, Tranz, Boss Grrl, Bearded Female, Transgenderist, Sir, Kurami, Hermaphrodite, Questioning.
The sexual orientation of transmen is very varied. Based on observations from many groups (scientific statistics don't exist, or are flawed), approximately the following rule of thumb applies: One third prefers male partners and identifies as gay. One third prefers female partners and identifies usually as straight. (However, "lesbian transmen" and "queer transmen" who prefer female partners are also known.) The last third either identfies as bisexual, pan- or omnisexual, undecided, or asexual.
See also: List of transgender-related topics