#so called trans inclusive ppl when they just view trans men as transitioning to be the oppressors and enemies of women
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people actually sit here and believe that the whole point of gender is "man oppresses woman" and apply that to conversations about trans men. As if we exist as trans men just to oppress women bcuz ... apparently that's why gender exists. Great heavens.
I think they hate the idea that trans men are actually not oppressors, and are in fact oppressed, because its challenges their view of gender when all they know is "men exist as a class to oppress women" (which is... so radfem. And probably why all the "trans inclusive" radfems hate trans men)
#I just need to start blocking ignorant fucks immediately instead of engaging with them bcuz they will never respect the idea that trans men#are oppressed and do not have patriarchal/systemic power#so called trans inclusive ppl when they just view trans men as transitioning to be the oppressors and enemies of women#transandrophobia#đ
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Is there a way you could tell me all of the 'names' for exclusionist people? Like terfs, or people who think you need dysphoria to be trans (I don't remember the name ;_;) I want to be as inclusive as possible, and thus wanna read and learn more about exclusionists. You're very knowledgeable about the LGBTQIA+ community from what I've seen, at least a lot more than I am, so I figured you'd know at least some of them. I also wanna make it clear who to put on DNI list for my blog.
Thank you for thinking of me to ask, and for trying to educate yourself! Off the top of my head, the main things I can think of to look out for are:
TERFs sometimes also go by âgender realistsâ or âgender criticalâ - theyâre more likely to self-identify as terms like those rather than as TERFs because they consider it a slur (itâs not). Also look out for people with things like XX or âadult human femaleâ in their bios or usernames - itâs TERF shorthand for identifying themselves as ârealâ women. You may also see the term TWERF - trans women exclusionary reactionary feminism. Some people interpret the R to stand for radical, but reactionary is more accurate.Â
The folks youâre thinking of who think you need dysphoria to be trans are called truscum or transmedicalists. On twitter especially you often see them with crossed sword emojis or lightning emojis in their usernames/bio, which they use to indicate themselves as fans of K/alvin G/arrah (censored bc he and his fans tend to namesearch him to harass people who call him on his shit) or storm ryan, who are two particularly virulent truscum youtubers. Ofc not everyone with these emojis are people like these, esp with the new pokĂ©mon game that just got announced, but I tend to be cautious of it.Â
People who exclude ace and aro folks donât tend to have a specific name - they tend to self-identify as ace exclusionist, though some self-identify as aphobes (which like... blows my mind when they claim to just not think aces/aros are LGBTQ+, but are happy to call themselves openly discriminatory and hateful towards ppl for having an orientation?? anyway thatâs a can of worms for another day). They usually only refer to themselves as ace exclusionist, but this also extends to aro folks too.Â
Not specifically LGBTQIA+ related, but itâs also worth looking out for SWERFs, which stands for sex worker exclusionary reactionary feminists, whose feminism opposes sex work and opposes legalisation of sex work (particularly full service sex work, which is the preferred way to refer to prostitution) despite evidence that criminalisation of sex work actively harms sex workers, who are disproportionately poor, POC, and LGBTQIA+.Â
There donât seem to be any other exclusionist ideologies with specific names (at least not that Iâm aware of), but some other common ones to point out are:
non-binary exclusionists, who donât believe non-binary genders are real (sometimes referred to as exorsexists, which is a name for the specific type of transphobia experienced by non-binary people) or who gatekeep the way n-b people behave, i.e. who say n-b people canât identify as gay or lesbian, canât use he/him or she/her pronouns, canât use neopronouns, canât medically transition, canât present in a masculine or feminine way, canât have typically masculine or feminine gendered names, etc.Â
people who donât believe pansexuality is a valid orientation (who think itâs just bisexual for people who want to be special, or who believe itâs inherently transphobic due to a misconception that bi = attracted to cis men and women and pan = attracted to cis and trans men and women, when actually bi = attraction to two or more genders, and pan = attraction to all/regardless of gender - whether or not the people in question are trans doesnât play into it).Â
There are even still people who donât think trans or bi people should be included in the LGBTQ+ community, even though it was a bi woman who organised the first pride parade, and trans women of colour who were instrumental in the Stonewall riots.Â
There are also a few particular brands of lesbophobia becoming louder recently, including but not limited to: people who assume all/most lesbians are TERFs or aphobes due to an unfortunate minority of vocal lesbians with these views, people who think lesbians canât be non-binary, and people who donât think lesbians can use he/him or they/them pronouns.Â
People who donât believe others should identify as queer or use/reclaim the term.Â
If anyone thinks of anything Iâve missed anything off, please let me know! Also, if anyone has any additional good-faith questions, like what particular terms might mean or what I might be referring to at certain points, then feel free to ask them!
Pre-emptive note: This blog firmly believes in the inclusive nature of the LGBTQIA+ community - the history of our movement is based on inclusiveness and unity between the different groups marginalised for not conforming to cisheteronormative standards, and exclusionism has always been a bad thing for us - itâs the thing that made lesbians, bi folks, and trans folks have to fight to be included in the acronym, even though they were the founders of the rights movement. My LGBTQIA+ community is for anyone who isnât cisgender, heterosexual, heteroromantic, and perisex and who wants to be a part of it. Policing peopleâs presentation and the way they go about expressing themselves in a world that tries to quash our self-expression is not part of the spirit of the movement that is supposed to celebrate diversity and non-conformity. People being themselves doesnât make the community âlook badâ or justify homophobia or transphobia - the people to blame for discrimination are the discriminators, not the people being discriminated against for rejecting toxic respectability politics. I will not be responding to any discourse on this matter - yâall know where the unfollow button is. Keep it out of the replies and out of my inbox and generally away from me.
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