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When you say "trans woman" you affirm that they are women, and trans is just an adjective. When you say "transwoman" it can imply that they are something different altogether, and TERFs have certainly used it as such. Like, I dunno, a carpark isn't a park? That's the first example that came to mind, anyway.
My head hurts and I have no idea what any of this means. Also what's a TERF?
Trans Exclusive Radical Feminist. The main example is J.K. Rowling, who thinks shitting on trans women is in service to feminism, instead of harming some women in order to pretend to protect others.
Basically feminist but only for cis women.
*exclusionary. Exclusive sounds like they are only feminists for trans women.
A carpark is a park, in the dictionary, one of its meanings is an area devoted to a specific use, I.e. industrial park, carpark
Guess that's fair. I'm a bit on the older side so all the terms seem to change so fast I can't keep up. I like transfemme but I do like your explanation on the space. Think I'll write it as trans femme from now on. Cheers.