Allison Washington
Aug 26, 2017 · 1 min read

Love this essay — thank you!

The evolution of language around trans is fascinating and ongoing, from the ‘assigned language’ of my day through the self-definition currently in progress.

When I was in transition nearly three decades ago we (trans women) embraced ‘MtF’ if only because it was better than the other term then available: ‘male transsexual’.

Today, like you, I use AMAB and ‘trans woman’ when discussing things within a trans framework.

But most of the time I settle for ‘woman’. :-)

Thanks for writing, Galen.

❤ Allison

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