TEHM
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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
Acronym of trans-exclusionary homosexual male. Coined after the pattern of TERF (“trans-exclusionary radical feminist”).
Noun[edit]
TEHM (plural TEHMs)
- A trans-exclusionary homosexual male; a gay man who holds gender-critical or anti-transgender views, particularly one who considers trans men to be women.
- 2019 June 7, Eloïse-saur-u (@WorldWearyWoman), Twitter[1]:
- Slowly for the TEHMs at the back ... not fancying a trans man (if you’re gay) doesn’t make you a transphobe. Making a big issue of it, or ironically claiming you aren’t transphobic just because you don’t find trans men attractive, means you probably are transphobic!
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:TEHM.
Usage notes[edit]
This term is used mainly in critical discourse by trans-inclusive LGBT people and other opponents of the beliefs to which the term refers.