adjectif (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} adjectif) wrote,@ 2006-12-29 07:45:00 |
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"Trans-huh?" revisited...
I was rereading old entries and saw my one on the use of "woman" and "girl" and "man" and "boy" to talk about various members of the trans community. Here's what Google says today:
trans-woman, transwoman: 72880
trans-girl, transgirl: 80800
trans-man, transman: 245000
trans-boy, transboy: 12179
So what we learn is that transwoman has grown in popularity relative to transgirl, but that transgirl is still more popular. That transboy is far less popular then transman now then it used to be. And that transman has had huge gains in popularity, being far more popular then even transwoman + transgirl combined. I do find it interesting that the FTM community seems to use "transman" for more often then the MTF community uses "transwoman" or "transgirl". I wonder if this has to do with society simply assuming "transsexual" or "transgender" to be refering to MTFs and so the FTM community has had a greater need to be specific?
I was rereading old entries and saw my one on the use of "woman" and "girl" and "man" and "boy" to talk about various members of the trans community. Here's what Google says today:
trans-woman, transwoman: 72880
trans-girl, transgirl: 80800
trans-man, transman: 245000
trans-boy, transboy: 12179
So what we learn is that transwoman has grown in popularity relative to transgirl, but that transgirl is still more popular. That transboy is far less popular then transman now then it used to be. And that transman has had huge gains in popularity, being far more popular then even transwoman + transgirl combined. I do find it interesting that the FTM community seems to use "transman" for more often then the MTF community uses "transwoman" or "transgirl". I wonder if this has to do with society simply assuming "transsexual" or "transgender" to be refering to MTFs and so the FTM community has had a greater need to be specific?
