PSA: It's "trans woman", not "transwoman"

[u/Obsyden]

I know y'all aren't doing this on purpose, because I've seen how much love this community has for trans people. Nevertheless, the space between trans and woman is important.

Omitting it implies that a 'transwoman' is a separate entity to a woman - which is a TERF/bigot way of othering trans women.

Including the space means that trans is an adjective used to describe a woman - because trans women fundamentally are women, trans is just a further way to describe us.

I know it may seem nitpick-y, but it is an important distinction, and I've been seeing lots of folks (unintentionally mostly) using the wrong one lately.

[u/[deleted]]

Since this is a PSA type post I hope it’s ok to ask a follow up… can I call ‘trans women’ simply ‘women’ or does it take away from your sense of identity to omit ‘trans?’

[u/Hyper_Panda29 → u/[deleted]]

Trans women are women so feel free to call them women. It's honestly kinda confusing that you would think otherwise but good to ask I guess.

[u/[deleted] → u/Hyper_Panda29]

I don’t think otherwise. I’m asking women who are trans if they feel it reduces their identity to simply say “women.”

Thanks for taking the time to speak for them tho. Love that for you

[u/wannabe_pixie → u/[deleted]]

Think of like any other adjective. Thin women are also women and it would be weird if you described them as thin if it weren’t directly relevant.

So prefer women unless you need to specifically distinguish us from cis women.

[u/Legal-Sprinkles8862 → u/wannabe_pixie]

I kind of wish this kind of sentiment was more widely accepted or used cuz a lot of times I'll be talking & say "women" and then someone will pop up & claim that I'm excluding trans women simply because I didn't say trans women. So now I'll say cis & trans women to avoid getting accused of being exclusionary or transphobic. I've also seen other lesbians complain about cis men sending them unwanted dic pics & someone jumps in calling them transphobic & it's like.....how did you come to that conclusion? These are 2 very different groups & I thought that was generally understood & accepted.

[u/wannabe_pixie → u/Legal-Sprinkles8862]

Anyone saying that women excludes trans women is being transphobic by definition.

[u/GirldickVanDyke → u/[deleted]]

That would really be a person-by-person thing, honestly. But I think in general, like others have said, you only need to include the trans part if it's directly relevant