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when a deadname is somehow remembered on some secret medical record or google plus account even after you’ve spent months or years deleting paypals and updating hospital files and burning bridges. and then, like jacob marley, it somehow pops back up as a suggested username on some random tuesday decades later when you’re setting up a new pokemon go account and were least prepared to handle that trauma
“my brand new iphone ghostnamed me this morning before i even had coffee, i have no idea where it found that info”
“oh shit, but u haven’t used any other name for the like 20 years i’ve known u... i... didnt even know u were trans tbh??
“ikr”
“oh shit, but u haven’t used any other name for the like 20 years i’ve known u... i... didnt even know u were trans tbh??
“ikr”
by fish trap September 27, 2018
Get the ghostname mug.intentional mis-spelling of trans, used internally among trans people. commonly: "trains pride" "trains girl" "trainsexual" etc.
from this time when ru paul once mistakenly posted an image of Train Landscape (a painting by Ellsworth Kelley) thinking that it was an image of the trans flag because it also has some pretty stripes. Train Landscape is quickly outstripping the Monica Helms trans flag design as the most popular representation of trans pride, mostly bc everyone hates on the pink-and-blue version for being so damn infantalizing.
apparently gay oogles / train hoppers have been using this term for decades but no one cares what they say 'cause they don't exist on the internet
from this time when ru paul once mistakenly posted an image of Train Landscape (a painting by Ellsworth Kelley) thinking that it was an image of the trans flag because it also has some pretty stripes. Train Landscape is quickly outstripping the Monica Helms trans flag design as the most popular representation of trans pride, mostly bc everyone hates on the pink-and-blue version for being so damn infantalizing.
apparently gay oogles / train hoppers have been using this term for decades but no one cares what they say 'cause they don't exist on the internet
by fish trap July 16, 2018
Get the trains mug.to shank someone in the junk (or anywhere in the abdomen, really), creating an axe wound but like with a switchblade. used as a threat by trans women, but is all just big words bc no trans person actually has the energy to spare doing someone this service
sometimes shortened to just vaginoplasty
sometimes shortened to just vaginoplasty
by fish trap July 16, 2018
Get the free vaginoplasty mug.that thing where people get weird about men being in dresses. so named because of how it affects trans women.
not quite transphobia. not quite misogyny. not really “the intersection of transphobia and transmisogyny” despite what Julia Serano says. but definitely the reason behind why none of your dyke friends from highschool want to let their kids talk to you now that you’re on hormones.
all the specific ways that it manifests in the world gets... really complicated. but one of those ways is why its so damn hard for a definition of this word to get through the urban dictionary review process 😂
not quite transphobia. not quite misogyny. not really “the intersection of transphobia and transmisogyny” despite what Julia Serano says. but definitely the reason behind why none of your dyke friends from highschool want to let their kids talk to you now that you’re on hormones.
all the specific ways that it manifests in the world gets... really complicated. but one of those ways is why its so damn hard for a definition of this word to get through the urban dictionary review process 😂
they fired me for being “hard to work with” but we all know that it was just because they won’t own up to their basic-ass transmisogyny
by fish trap July 15, 2018
Get the transmisogyny mug.a tran who spreads the trans virus, actively or unintentionally. usually someone who is emotionally accessible to cis people who are subconsciously questioning their gender (eggs), and can provide some minimum amount of emotional labor to blow that persons mind and/or offers them their first free hit of HRT.
a person who engages in the sport of hatching eggs, usually by flirting with str8 boys at the bar knowing that 10% of them will wake up tomorrow morning realizing they're not actually cis
a person who engages in the sport of hatching eggs, usually by flirting with str8 boys at the bar knowing that 10% of them will wake up tomorrow morning realizing they're not actually cis
by fish trap July 17, 2018
Get the hatcher mug.someone who dates a lot of trans people
often a john or sugar daddy who's convinced themselves that they can have their cake and eat it too without being out of the closet. even when acting a perfect gentleman, chasers can't help dehumanizing or fetishizing their trans dates, because they're not being honest about their own needs. because they're so thirsty, chasers are the #1 provider of material support for trans girls outside of Lyon-Martin.
also used within trans circles to signal that someone's dating habits are ethically questionable, ie. they /only/ date trans women but not cis women, or they date cis women and femme trans men but not trans women — aka invalidating trans identities while simultaneously claiming allyship.
shortened from tranny chaser by trans women to remove the distasteful slur and focus on naming the offense.
often a john or sugar daddy who's convinced themselves that they can have their cake and eat it too without being out of the closet. even when acting a perfect gentleman, chasers can't help dehumanizing or fetishizing their trans dates, because they're not being honest about their own needs. because they're so thirsty, chasers are the #1 provider of material support for trans girls outside of Lyon-Martin.
also used within trans circles to signal that someone's dating habits are ethically questionable, ie. they /only/ date trans women but not cis women, or they date cis women and femme trans men but not trans women — aka invalidating trans identities while simultaneously claiming allyship.
shortened from tranny chaser by trans women to remove the distasteful slur and focus on naming the offense.
by fish trap July 16, 2018
Get the chaser mug.a trans girl with pronounced physical features that subject her to transmisogyny, like broad shoulders, strong jawline, deep voice, etc.; opposed to a fish.
originally used within trans circles (1970s) where passing and surgery were assumed to be everyone's objective. not usually used as a pejorative, but more as a sympathetic or pity term.
"it's a goddamn shame bc she's such a sweet bb angel, but she's a real brick and no amount of tits or FFS will make her able to pass in women's spaces." "ya, she'll probably commit suicide in a few years and there's nothing anyone can do about it — :'(((("
reclaimed as a result of the Monster Pride or Trans Visibility movements as a term of pride for non-op trans women.
originally used within trans circles (1970s) where passing and surgery were assumed to be everyone's objective. not usually used as a pejorative, but more as a sympathetic or pity term.
"it's a goddamn shame bc she's such a sweet bb angel, but she's a real brick and no amount of tits or FFS will make her able to pass in women's spaces." "ya, she'll probably commit suicide in a few years and there's nothing anyone can do about it — :'(((("
reclaimed as a result of the Monster Pride or Trans Visibility movements as a term of pride for non-op trans women.
you know what, i /am/ a brick, and i /like/ being a brick, stop trying to force all trans girls to look alike just because you're having trouble with your own body dysphoria
by fish trap July 15, 2018
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