I’m Transgender and a Journalist. Here’s My Proposed New Terminology for Trans Folks

Alysha V. Scarlett
2 min readMar 15, 2024

“Transgender woman” and “transgender man.” They’re fine terms to describe such folks. However, we can do better.

I do like “woman of transgender experience” and “man of transgender experience.” (I first heard “woman of transgender experience” from YouTuber Victoria Rose.)

But we can do even better than that.

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Alysha V. Scarlett

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