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Now, I'm not too caught up on the rhetoric, so maybe I'm incorrect here, but I never really saw "Femboy" as a transgender thing, and more of a kink thing like someone who identifies as male dressing up as a woman, or wanting to be talked to like a woman, while still being male, and under that parameter, it doesn't shock me that its the more popular search, at least it seems like it is from the graphs.
That said, I am surprised that on the list of metro areas, Minneapolis and Sioux Falls are so closely matched.
as a transfem (nonbinary not girl tho) i hate how porn calls trans women "femboys" despite femboys being a completely different thing
when used to refer to trans women, femboy is a slur
an actual "femboy" is (very literally) a "feminine boy"; a male-identifying and at-least-somewhat-feminine-presenting person, often adhering to the typical style of femboy culture (thigh high socks, crop top, skirt or short shorts, fluffy hair that doesnt go past the chin), or often other queer styles
being a femboy is one of the ways a cishet person can be queer (other notable ways are being aromantic or intersex)
When I was young they called them shemales
See now that I always thought of as a derogatory term for a trans girl and not as a term for a femboy.
yeah thats another slur that porn likes to call us
trans porn intended for cis people is trash, while trans porn intended for queer people is really good; especially with how (in my opinion) queer culture has perfected bdsm
Thank you, glad I'm not crazy, seems the study should just broaden the label its using from trans porn to something else.