Was originally going to ask this in c/transenby_liberation, but that comm's sidebar says to put these questions here.
I know generally what truscum are -- people who gatekeep transgenderness using arbitrary medical or psychological criteria -- I'm asking about the origin of the word itself. "Scum" is pretty self-explanatory, but what about "tru?" Is it because they try to tell people they're not "true trans people"?
Feel free to expand on the definition too of course.
looked it up, coined by a transfem tumblr user, shortening of "true transsexual scum"
Thank you!