adjective for a
trans person who looks like they're
cis, whether intentionally or not
usage mostly limited to where trans people are functioning within cis society, where everyone is
assumed cis until informed otherwise — a person "passes" for cis until
clocked. within trans circles, passing is irrelevant and a rarely used term, because everyone is assumed to be trans.
adopted from an older use of passing, meaning african-americans who move within white society in order to survive. sometimes disambiguated as white-passing and cis-passing. a less appropriative & more accurate term for trans "passing" is
masking.
i know passing isn't encouraged anymore bc "trans
visibility" or w/e but gawd some days i wish i could just pass at the grocery store and not have to have my
guard up 24/7/365