Trans* men live in their self-chosen male gender (with a previously assigned female gender). Depending on their own perspective and/or location in the spectrum of transsexual, transgender, trans* etc., trans* men sometimes also see themselves as trans* masculinities, female-to-male transsexuals (FzM - or FtM or F2M for female to male), female-to-male transidents. Trans* male is also used in German-speaking countries as a broad term for all those people who cannot or can only partially identify with their former female birth gender. (based on Transintersectionality.org)
