Masculinization is a broad term, but when we are into LGBTQ+ terms, it often prescribes someone who is fluctuating from an unmasculine gender state to a masculinity. So that “masculinized” or “masculinised” is almost like the polar opposite of “feminized”, “sissification”, “effeminacy” and “neutralized”, someone who is transitioning from non-masc to masc. It’s a subset of GNC (gender non-conforming) and sometimes of transgender too.

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