#[cue terfs swarming this post via reblogs comments and tags]

[thatspookyagent]

Since Tumblr needs a reminder, don’t derail, degrade, or gaslight trans men. Whether we’re discussing specific issues that we face or talking about how misogyny effects us, DON’T DO IT.

I feel like this site took folks analyzing how being a man comes with privilege, morphed it into men = bad, and just RAN with it. Cause holy shit, a lot of y’all fucking hate trans men and it shows. It really fucking does. A trans man discussing their trauma with facing misogyny? Y’all won’t hesitate to jump on our posts and call us women-lite.

Lord forbid a trans man be openly feminine on this site either, since apparently trans men being feminine is setting the trans male community back, just because bigots don’t understand that someone presenting a certain way that often attracts unwanted negative attention, DOESN'T equal lets suppress said group within this group and it’ll make the unwanted negative attention go away. (SPOLIER ALERT: IT WON’T.)

And the bullshit doesn't stop there because any time trans men start a discussion about what we go through, there’s always that group willing to use trans women, especially trans women of color, as a prop to silence trans male voices. Trans women are not y’all’s “gotchas” to use against trans men discussing issues we face as a group.

Trans men, specifically trans men of color, shouldn’t have the existence of trans women and transmisogyny used against us in order to prove who has it worse. Trans men literally going “This is what we go through as a group...” IS NOT an invitation for people to throw trans women under the bus for the sake of silencing us. Like holy shit, I don’t know how much clearer I can get with this.

Like this site is just so determined to shut trans men down at any cost and it’s infuriating to deal with. We shouldn’t have to face violence or misogyny for y’all to finally go “Hmm...maybe we SHOULD listen and stop stomping out trans male voices.” And honestly this is JUST the tip of the iceberg, because trans men do have a massive visibility problem, that again we’re not allowed to talk about because that makes us poor little misguided women begging for attention.

If Tumblr would pull its head out of its ass for once and stop acting like oppression doesn’t come with intersectionality, therefore let’s NOT treat trans men like cis men and let’s NOT treat trans men like misguided women, I honestly think a LOT of shit that trans men go through would be properly addressed on here WITHOUT the inclusion of people throwing another marginalized group under the bus.

[that-guy-called-vin]

Thank you for saying it! Thank you! Holy shit thank you. Sadly, it's not just Tumblr. It's other platforms as well, and even out in the non-digital world!

Since Tumblr needs a reminder, don’t derail, degrade, or gaslight trans men. Whether we’re discussing specific issues that we face or talking about how misogyny effects us, DON’T DO IT.

I feel like this site took folks analyzing how being a man comes with privilege, morphed it into men = bad, and just RAN with it. Cause holy shit, a lot of y’all fucking hate trans men and it shows. It really fucking does. A trans man discussing their trauma with facing misogyny? Y’all won’t hesitate to jump on our posts and call us women-lite.

Lord forbid a trans man be openly feminine on this site either, since apparently trans men being feminine is setting the trans male community back, just because bigots don’t understand that someone presenting a certain way that often attracts unwanted negative attention, DOESN’T equal lets suppress said group within this group and it’ll make the unwanted negative attention go away. (SPOLIER ALERT: IT WON’T.)

And the bullshit doesn’t stop there because any time trans men start a discussion about what we go through, there’s always that group willing to use trans women, especially trans women of color, as a prop to silence trans male voices. Trans women are not y’all’s “gotchas” to use against trans men discussing issues we face as a group.

Trans men, specifically trans men of color, shouldn’t have the existence of trans women and transmisogyny used against us in order to prove who has it worse. Trans men literally going “This is what we go through as a group…” IS NOT an invitation for people to throw trans women under the bus for the sake of silencing us. Like holy shit, I don’t know how much clearer I can get with this.

Like this site is just so determined to shut trans men down at any cost and it’s infuriating to deal with. We shouldn’t have to face violence or misogyny for y’all to finally go “Hmm…maybe we SHOULD listen and stop stomping out trans male voices.” And honestly this is JUST the tip of the iceberg, because trans men do have a massive visibility problem, that again we’re not allowed to talk about because that makes us poor little misguided women begging for attention.

If Tumblr would pull its head out of its ass for once and stop acting like oppression doesn’t come with intersectionality, therefore let’s NOT treat trans men like cis men and let’s NOT treat trans men like misguided women, I honestly think a LOT of shit that trans men go through would be properly addressed on here WITHOUT the inclusion of people throwing another marginalized group under the bus.