#transandrophobic to be specific xxxx

[bougiebutchbitch]

okay but the whole 'anti transandrophobia' thing really confuses me because

we tried talking about how we as transmascs are not in fact transmisogyny exempt, because we face a lot of harrassment based on the fact that we are seen simultaneously as 'women', 'failed women', 'men' and 'failed men', and get depicted as aggressive and dangerous or weak and in need of infantalisation/protection depending on the situation by both cis and other trans people.

folks didn't like that. they thought this was somehow 'taking away' from trans women's oppression, rather than recognising that there are more similarities than differences between members of the trans community. plus, some of us were uncomfortable with the term 'transmisogyny' when applied to us because... well, we were basically misgendering ourselves with the term.

so we changed our terms! we used 'transandrophobia' instead to talk about specific transmasc experiences.

and now everyone's yelling that we're not allowed to do that because it somehow promotes the idea that cis women are oppressing cis men (?)

like just

what???

how are people wilfully misinterpreting this so badly? why are trans men not allowed to talk about their own experiences without constantly being shut down?

let transmasc people talk about their experiences in their own words without purposefully twisting everything they say and clutching at straws to demonise them. seriously. this is starting to become very.... scapegoaty??? and just, um, transphobic. transmen building their own communities and talking about how they have been mistreated by other people in the queer community (as well as by cis people, obvs) is not actually a threat to you or oppressing you in every way?

why do you feel threatened by this? could it be because you think trans men are inherently dangerous and violent? do you think that this is maybe a form of bigotry that you should work on, rather than taking it out on transmen?