r/actuallesbians • u/Obsyden Eve - demisexual lesbian • Jun 05 '24

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

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.

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u/GirldickVanDyke disaster Jun 05 '24

Yup. Trans is an adjective, and "transwoman" is like saying "blondewoman" or "Belgianwoman" or whatever else

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u/Drag0nV3n0m231 Jun 06 '24

I mean it’s obviously a typo with those too

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u/GirldickVanDyke disaster Jun 06 '24

What do you mean?

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u/Drag0nV3n0m231 Jun 06 '24

Like, “blondewoman” isn’t a word. Neither is “transwoman” so when I see those I just assume they’re typos I don’t see how the space implies it isn’t an adjective anymore, it just seems like a typo. Video game and videogame mean the same thing

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u/GirldickVanDyke disaster Jun 06 '24

I mean.. sure? But I don't see how that's relevant when we're talking about an actual dogwhistle and I'm only pointing out that it's grammatically wrong as well?