Definition of FTM
FTMs
orFTM's
: a transgender man For many FTMs, mastectomy came first because breasts, especially large ones, made it difficult to live a man. — Joanne Meyerowitz, How Sex Changed, 2002
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Origin and Etymology of ftm
female to male
First Known Use: 1991
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