#Trans feminism

[agendercryptidlev]

If your feminism is so based in the gender binary that you have to create binary categories to sort non-binary people into to make it work than don't even bother calling yourself a transfeminist. In order to create feminism truly inclusive of non-binary people we need to let go of the idea that non-binary people's experiences are neatly sorted into arbitrary categories such as AFAB/AMAB, Female Socialized/Male Socialized, Transfem/Transmasc, TMA/TME, Non-Man/Non-Woman, etc. I want trying to fit all non-binary people into these binaries to be a thing of the past and to create feminism that truly centers trans people, even the ones that don't fit neatly into the binary that cis feminism is based on.

[hazelsmask]

You don't understand it's totally your responsibility as a trans women to deconstruct gender roles. And you do this by not transitioning. Women can have body hair so you shouldn't get electrolysis. Women can have flat chests so you shouldn't start hrt. Women can have deep voices so you shouldn't voice train. It's incredibly important for me as a woman that you don't transition so you can challenge gender norms! Trans women shouldn't transition trans shouldn't transition trans women shouldn't transition!!! It's for feminism and not because I hate trannies

[intersexfairy]

can't help but think about the trans palestinians who are excluded by the constant use of phrases like "men and women" and "boys and girls." so here's to remembering them. to every palestinian with neglected gynecological issues who isn't a woman or girl. to every nonbinary person who's fallen. to everyone who's lost access to their hormones, who wasn't able to get their gender affirming surgeries - intersex palestinians, too. to every unidentified trans person and every trans person who never got to be their true selves. to all of them, the martyred, and those still struggling just to survive. free palestine - trans and intersex palestinians included.

[queerism1969]

Why would rapists bother to pretend to be trans in a culture that treats rapists better than trans women?

[genderqueerdykes]

how is being a trans woman not feminist as hell. what isn't feminist about someone who wants to be a woman, someone who desires womanhood, someone who views womanhood in a positive light, someone who views womanhood as a blessing, someone who wants to fight to be a woman in a society that tells us that being a woman is bad because women are stupid, weak and defenseless.

how is it not feminist as hell to say no to that and to want to uplift one's self and other women by proving that's not the case. how is it not feminist to want to encourage other people who view womanhood as a positive and welcoming thing to walk that path. in a world where we tell people being a woman is a bad thing, someone who still fights to be that gender despite everyone trying to hold them back and to tell them nobody WANTS to be a woman, this is one of the most feminist things you can do.

to stand tall and say that you're a woman despite what people tell you, that you're a woman despite how you look, sound, and act, to correct other people when they say that nobody wants to be a woman or that being a woman is a bad thing or a tragedy, to be there for other women and to remind them they're not stupid, weak, sex toys, or useless... this is all feminism. this is all passion for womanhood and making sure women are taken care of... trans womanhood is quite literally the peak of feminist ideals and behaviors- don't get it twisted.

[your-queer-dad]

How many trans women does it take to change a light bulb?

Just one, and you don't even need a light bulb. Just tell her she's a pretty lady and she will light up the room for you.

[justdavina]

Such a adorable trans girl!

[toowolfstarlight]

What's the saying? Fuck it we got balls? I think that's right!

[boreal-sea]

I'm going to say it again:

"Men are dangerous" is 100% patriarchal rhetoric.

The patriarchy does everything it can to train men to be dangerous. It creates a toxic version of masculinity that only profits and privileges men who choose to be dangerous. It does everything it can to put men into positions where they can be dangerous.

Which means that danger is artificially constructed.

Men are not dangerous because they're male. Men are not dangerous because they're masculine. Masculinity and manhood are not dangerous things.

The dangerous version of masculinity sold by the patriarchy is a social construct that can, in fact, be opted out of. Men and masculine people can construct a masculinity that is not toxic, that does not promote violence, that is centered around healthy relationships and communication and helping others.

Building a healthy, vibrant vision of masculinity is absolutely a part of feminism. I'm not saying it needs to be done by women - do not twist this into a claim that I'm attempting to burden women with remaking masculinity. Men can be feminists. Men who are feminists are eager and willing and actively taking part in the act of ripping masculinity away from the patriarchy and reforming it into something new.

[jingerpi]

people don't understand that "man" is fundamentally a concept that is made up to justify real world oppression. Manhood is not based on some innate biology, sex isn't even reflective of accurate understandings of our species, it is a social construct utilized as a cudgel to justify oppressing and exploiting women and anyone who they can push out of the category of "man". it's not that we hate the people under the label "man", we simply understand it as a problematic construct from the outset. this isn't somehow "terfy" it's not bioessentialism, it's a critique of our societal constructs based in real analysis which describes patriarchy, sexism, misogyny, homophobia, etc... far better than any liberal understanding about men being "rude" or the terf idea of "male socialization"

[agendercryptidlev]

[ID: Meme that reads "I bring a sort of "The Patriarchy was defined by Cis Feminists and the Definition Should be Updated To Better Represent the Lived Experiences of Trans and Intersex People" Vibe to Transfeminist Theory that Radfems don't really like" the background is a photo of a man with a backwards baseball cap looking into the distance while standing outside /end ID]

[exactlysaltydestiny]

Spider girl lol. 🍑🍆💦

I can show you my spider webs 😝

[sissygirlbella]

am I pretty enough to take out for dinner? 🏳️‍⚧️

[youregay]

I think people get mad at trans people for pointing out aspects of cis society that are invisible to cis people. this is where much of the 'trans people reinforce crazy outdated gender stereotypes' comes from I believe. when a transfem talks about having to buy makeup, wear dresses, take up less space, etc to be seen as a woman, she's pointing out the misogyny she's experiencing and how she's dealing with it. she's not creating these standards and it's cis people who are ultimately enforcing them; sometimes violently.

transmascs are accused of 'mutilating' their 'female' bodies and reinforcing the idea that women can't be masculine or strong or have 'male' interests but if men could have visible breasts without constant mockery, harassment, and misgendering than way fewer transmascs would get top surgery in all likelihood. even cis men get shit for having breast tissue; cis men with gynecomastia get told kys, and cis male celebrities are plastered on tabloids for having 'moobs'.

truly being cis can't save you, look at what's happening in women's sports rn. being Black or brown means you're not enough of a woman and that any and all of your actions are acts of male violence. gender is performative and pointing that out doesn't magically make it true, it was already true. jkr didn't gender that woman boxer based on biology, it's literally a lie she created, she gendered her based on white supremacist patriarchal ideas of gender which say that brown women can never be as much of a woman as a white woman and that 'real' women cry and are nonviolent; only men are boxers.

this extends to nonbinary denialism as well. if cis people really believed in exclusively two 'biological' genders/sexes they wouldn't treat ostensibly binary trans people the way they do. they don't want a trans man years into medical transition to start using the women's bathroom, they want him to stop existing. his existence is an inconvenient truth to them; gender really is a performance, you just shouldn't say that.

[queerism1969]

This was never about protecting women

[genderqueerdykes]

furiously insisting that women can never be abusive because they're inherently weak, submissive, innocent and incapable of causing harm is just repackaged misogyny. if you hate when men insist that women are weak, you need to hate when women insist that women are inherently weak, too. it's misogyny no matter who it's coming from. women are not incapable of being misogynistic, nor are we inherently weak and incapable of causing harm.