'''Transemphasis''' is a word that refers to those who emphasize [[Transgender|transness]] as a very important part, or the most important part, of their identity. It has ties to concepts such as trans radicalism, anti-assimilationist queerness, and trenderpunk. Itand canis bebased someone’son onlyembracing identity,transness as in,a one'sconcept and state of being. One may identify only as trans, and nothing elseas, or itidentify couldprimarily beas combinedtrans, withmore anotherso label,than like, I’mas a transemphatictrans [[woman]]men, atrans transemphaticwomen, [[man]]transfem, atransmasc, transemphatic xeumelnon-binary, etc.<ref>https://lgbtqiarchive It is an identity defined by transness.tumblr One may also say that they would always be trans, even if they were assigned a different gender at birth.com/post/632721275037564928/transemphasis</ref>
InIf theone caseidentifies ofas beingtransemphasis combinedin withaddition beingto another label, for example, a transtransemphatic manwoman or woman,a ittransemphatic couldman. It would be understood as the person wanting to ''emphasize'' their transness, not their (wo)womanhood/manhood. Someone who isn’t transemphatic might say, “I’m a man,” rather than, “I’m a trans man,” while aA transemphatic person would putputs the focus on the trans part of themself, not the woman/man/etc. part.<ref>https://lgbtqiarchive.tumblr.com/post/632721275037564928/transemphasis</ref>
The concept or state of transemphasis can be a visible one, shown through clothing, [[pronouns]], names, [[Gender Presentation|presentation]], etc,. or a private one, in the way that many labels are private.
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