#transphobia in the tags

[grinchwrapsupreme]

my dad is the kind of person who makes fun of things (mental illness, gender, sexuality, etc) until he encounters it at a close enough proximity to actually think of it as a real thing at which point he’s totally normal about it forever which means I get the honour of gently guiding him through conversations about Vico Ortiz now that he’s discovered they’re nonbinary in the same way a bull is gently guided out of a grenade-strewn china shop

[modify-and-sever]

if gender is what's in my pants then my gender is YOUR MOM lol anyway yeah I heard you're nonbinary do you have a penis. are you girl agender or boy agender. are you girl nonbinary or boy nonbinary. you have multiple genders but like are you more girl or boy. ok you're neither but are you more boy or girl. no haha I get it like no gender lol but seriously do you have a penis. is it a boy penis or a girl penis. it's honestly really weird that you don't want to answer this question honestly I'm just going to assume you have a dangerous male penis and tell all my friends that you're a bad person

[socialistexan]

There is no more quiet part, they are just fully saying out loud that they think trans people even existing in public is a harm to children akin to sexual violence.

I'm so tired of liberals telling me over and over and over again that I need to just reach out and talk to these people. They see my very existence as a sex crime, they think I need to be exterminated out of public life and then exterminated for real. These are fucking fascists. I'm so tired of being a rhetorical chip used to shame others, I'm sure you'll feel smug satisfaction over your conservative uncle that you were right while he's carting us off.

I'm sorry, there is no bridge to bring us to a middle ground between "I think I have the right to exist" and "I think your very existence is a crime" that doesn't end poorly for me.

There is no hand I can reach out without getting pulled by that hand straight down 6 feet under to my grave.

[foone]

If the transmasc artist is canceled for drawing a pregnant trans man, would he get TWICE AS CANCELED if he drew a trans man pregnant with twins?

[jingerpi]

meaningful work: transgender experience in the sex trade

[trans-androgyne]

Absolutely loathe the idea that transmascs who don’t pass as guys shouldn’t “act like an authority on transness” (as in. talk about their own experiences like they matter and should be factored into discussions of transness). This rhetoric usually focuses on closeted transmascs and those who intentionally present in a way that passes for a cis woman. But it also harms those who are unable to pass for other reasons. All trans people deserve a voice in trans conversations.

[noodlepenne]

Yes, I think it's weird that people say trans men shouldn't get to have a term for our unique transmasculine experiences because they think we're incapable of being oppressed. Yes, I think it's weird that queer communities encourage us to stay silent about our struggles and our history because it apparently takes "resources" away from other queer people.

Even the wealthy, skinny, annoying white trans guys that you associate all of us with have a whopping 45-50% chance to be sexually assaulted in their lifetimes, have a high rate of suicide, have a high rate of being murdered, and are likely to have their rights to reproductive and gynecological care revoked just for identifying as men. Many of our elders are gone because they either died in the AIDs pandemic, killed themselves, or were murdered, issues that still rage on even today. A lot of FtM history is ignored, erased, and forgotten, and some people even claim we don't have history, assuming we were all "stealth" and somehow never did anything of meaning in our lives and our communities.

I think we're well beyond the point of wondering if trans men face oppression from the system. I'm wondering when people will start listening to us and taking us seriously, and stop burying us and our history.

[claratyler]

the thing we need to understand is that the pope is not at all pro-lgbt rights in anyway. Does he oppose violenece/hate as a blanket sort of core belief? Yes, so this includes violence and hate towards a queer person. But that doesnt mean he believesthat being queer is something to be celebrated, let alone acceptable.

Does he say any gay person can join in the mass? Yes, as a blanket sort of core belief because christianity is supposed to be for everyone, and nobody, regardless of their moral failings (such as being queer, which IS regarded as a moral failing), should be turned away from participating in the holy rituals or getting close to God.

The thing you need to understand about modern day catholics is that many of them will look you in the face and say "Being gay is not a bad thing. We all have temptations we have to stay clear off. It's not the fact that you have this inclination that defines you, it's whether you choose to engage by thought and/or action instead of actively suppressing it that we look down upon." And then they'll tell you in a way they think is kind and helpful that they know a person who can help with treating that.

"The pope now accepts trans people!" Are you sure. Are you really sure

How do you think this is going to fare in reality when the parameters for this "acceptance" are "pastoral prudence" and "public scandal" and "educational disorientation".

Also, on gay people:

This is literally what i was saying: A gay person who represses their inclinations is what they mean by leading a life that conforms to the faith. Thats why a gay person in a gay relationship/marriage (which btw gay marriage is not existent in the roman catholic church, the very notion is a contradiction in their eyes) could not be eligible.

And why do i know allthis and why am i ranting about this? Because #CatholicUniTrauma and im tired of people misunderstanding how fucked up the entire catholic church is because of misleading headlines or quotes taken out of context. The pope is not woke. Seriously.

quoted article: The New York Times' "Vatican Says Transgender People Can Be Baptized and Become Godparents" by Jason Horowitz, Elisabetta Povoledo, and Ruth Graham. Published Nov 9 2023 (tumblr wont let me paste the link for some reason)

[pinkhairswagtourney]

my friend harmony is a disabled trans lesbian who was recently kicked out twice by transphobic relatives and friends . she’s been applying for jobs but she hasn’t had any luck yet . she currently has no source of income and nowhere to rest her head at night except her car , and it’s been below freezing where she lives . 

this is ongoing and will be ongoing until further notice – she needs money to eat , to fill her car with gas , and to rent a hotel room . even a few dollars would help her so much at this point . if you can’t help monetarily , please please boost this post !! i am so worried about her , this has been going on for over a month and she isn’t doing well ]:

p-yp-l ( her only way of receiving money rn )

[vitunrunollista]

so I've seen there be talk about the word theyfab and how it's used and what it means and I just wanted to put this out here in case someone tries to use the wictionary article as proof that it's not strongly tied to dismissing a section of nonbinary people as nothing but trenders. wiktionary currently defines "theyfab" as follows:

This is the result of a couple of recent edits:

both of these are from April this year

Now the first editor says they've edited it to better match how the term is used colloquialy, but that being the sole definition does NOT reflect it's colloquial use, because this is a huge part of the term's history as well as current use:

We gain nothing by pretending this isn't there.

Also in case anyone saw the mention of race traitor in the edit log and got curious about what that's about, it's in reference to this removed additional definition:

which had been added to the article on the same day it was removed (November 30th 2023).

[pobopolybius]

While talking about Brianna and Nex, do not forget to also talk about Jacob Williamson, a young trans man, only 18, who was brutally murdered by someone who lured him in with the promise of a date.

Brianna was murdered when promised a fun evening to hang out with supposed friends

Nex was just trying to use the bathroom in school

Jacob was kidnapped and murdered with the promise of affection

And cis people still wonder why trans people feel safer with each other than with them

They always talk about protecting the children, but when children lose their lives, they push the blame on them. Saying they should have known better. Saying they should have acted normal. It's repulsive. May these three rest in peace.

[silkentine]

oooooo ooooooo you wanna draw transgender crocodile content so bad !!! *shooting hypnotic beams at u with my big brown eyes*

Inspired by this comic by @sylviii

I want to draw more of himmmm. I gotta read Egghead though and find out more about the history of the Rev Army but I have so so so many thoughts about Crocodile and Iva and Dragon and RAAAAAAAHHHHHH I AM SCREAMING. 🐊🐊🐊🐊

Thank you for the ask! Your big, beautiful, brown eye beams have struck me completely ❤️🏹😵‍💫

[magic-can]

this is the funniest possible response anyone could have to bullshit like that

[teja-has-puppet-autism]

I really genuinely deeply passionately need people to stop seeing mpreg as this gut-wrenching disgusting joke of a thing in general

But especially if you consider yourself a trans ally or even trans acceptor.

Trans men can and do get pregnant, this is not a vile joke, this is not a disgusting vomit inducing thing. This is just pregnancy, and the outrage, performative or not, that occurs when it is even mentioned in passing is fucking detrimental to masculine trans folks.

[socialistexan]

Transphobes really are this fucking dense. It has to be intentional.

What do you mean you thing trans women aren't afraid to go for a run at night or stop at gas stations or be too afraid to go to a bathroom without fear being attacked (an utterly BIZARRE claim given this discourse around us using the restroom for the past decade)

I'm a trans woman and not only am I afraid of those things, my partners are afraid of me doing those things!

On our last road trip I barely left the car and we planned our pitstops at companies that have been vocally pro-trans where I know the odds of my being assaulted for even daring to exist as a trans person in a public space are slightly lower. A public space where I have been yelled at and called slurs.

They really do think trans women just wear womenhood as a mask and take it off at the end of the day and enjoy all the benefits of male privilege instantly.

[trans-androgyne]

Need people to understand that “transmasc” doesn’t mean “person who wants to look like a cis man.” Because that’s exactly how people act when discussing transmascs and misogyny/gendered oppression. They act like we either pass or eventually will pass as cis men. Not even all binary trans men want to pass as cis men. I know I’m often perceived as a butch lesbian woman and that’s not something I plan to put work into changing. I’ll likely experience way more misogyny than cis men for the rest of my life, and I deserve to talk about it.