I’m Transgender and a Writer. Here’s My Proposed New Punctuation for Trans Terminology

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“Transgender woman” and “transgender man.” The terminology isn’t as good as “woman who is transgender” and “man who is transgender.” However, as long as the first two terms will be widely used, we can do the punctuation better.

How about “(transgender) woman” and “(transgender) man?”

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Alysha V. Scarlett
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Alysha's won 13 writing awards. Formerly of B/R, Screen Rant, Patch. Author, “Re-finding Yourself in the Age of Trump.” “Big-city cousin.” --rural, rival paper