FTM

noun

ˌef-(ˌ)tē-ˈem 

plural FTMs or FTM's

: a transgender man

For many FTMs, mastectomy came first because breasts, especially large ones, made it difficult to live a man.

—Joanne Meyerowitz, How Sex Changed, 2002

Word History

Etymology

female to male

First Known Use

1991, in the meaning defined above

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