Cismale vs Transmale - What's the difference?

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Cismale is a see also of transmale.


As adjectives the difference between cismale and transmale

is that cismale is (of a|person) being biologically male and identifying as male; being a cisgender while transmale is female-to-male transgender or transsexual.

cismale

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (of a, person) Being biologically male and identifying as male; being a cisgender .

    • Coordinate terms

    * cisfemale

    Related terms

    * cis * cissexual * cisgender

    See also

    * transmale

    transmale

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • female-to-male transgender or transsexual
  • *{{quote-news, year=2008, date=March 16, author=Alissa Quart, title=When Girls Will Be Boys, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=During one of their days together, Melissa, who was immersed in campus gender activism, mentioned the concept of being a “transman” and spoke of her transmale friends.}}

    Coordinate terms

    * transfemale

    Related terms

    * transman

    See also

    * cismale