Translunar
Translunar is a gender identity for a trans person who has a feminine or woman related identity, is transitioning towards femininity or womanhood, etc., regardless of anything else about their identity.
Examples of people who might use this label include:
- Those whose womanhood or femininity is distinctly trans, but do not identify with being a trans woman or transfeminine.
- Someone who is adfeminine and/or sensfeminine, and who feel that this identity is also trans.
- People who do not want their AGAB assumed; only that they are trans, and aligned with femininity or womanhood in some way. This includes transfem and trans women who would rather not disclose being that identity for safety, comfort, or preference.
- Identifying with your AGAB, while also feeling as though you’re transitioning towards it or have an identity surrounding it in a trans way (such as experiencing a different kind of femininity or womanhood.)
- Nonbinary, genderqueer, etc. women or feminine people who want a blanket term for their trans identity, or who feel as though they’re transitioning to womanhood or femininity in their own way.
- Those who are reclaiming their womanhood or femininity that was formerly upsetting or wrong for them, and thus feel as though they’re transitioning to it or only just realizing their womanhood or feminine gender.
- Someone who is simply trans and feminine and/or a woman, and likes the term translunar to describe that.
The masculine equivalent is transtidal.
History
Translunar was coined by Tumblr user Kenochoric.
Etymology
The label comes from the astronomy term translunar, which describes a trajectory between the Earth and the Moon. This can just be a cool nod to astronomy, a tie to the moon, or it may be tied to how someone is transitioning from the “earth” to the “moon.”