Wibble

Engagement is the mind-killer.

Engagement is the little-death that brings total obliteration.

I will face the discourse.

I will permit it to pass over me and through me.

And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see its path.

Jacek Yerka, Eruption 

Engagement is the mind-killer.

Engagement is the little-death that brings total obliteration.

I will face the discourse.

I will permit it to pass over me and through me.

And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see its path.

a specific term like transandrophobia co-opts intersectional language. there is no intersection between transphobia and "androphobia" or misandry. transmascs (like myself) experience transphobia, but the transphobia that we experience is not because we are transmasc specifically, it it because we are transgender. no one is meaningfully discriminating against men because our society is based and revolves around patriarchy which prioritizes men over women constantly. transandrophobia seems to have emerged as a way to be an "opposite" to transmisogyny, which is an intersection of transphobia and misogyny directed at transfeminine people. from what i have witnessed and experienced while being transmasc and most of my close friends being transfem, is that while i do face transphobia, i do not experience the same things as my transfem friends, and transandrophobia has been a tool to take attention away from trans women and transfems who want to talk about their specific experiences at this intersection that discriminates and often abuses them both within and outside of queer spaces. i am relatively early in on my transition, but i have yet to have or hear about an experience that trans men and transmascs experience that is not also experienced by trans women and transfems and that happens because people are discriminating because they are being seen as a man, and not happening because they are 1) transgender and experiencing transphobia 2) being misgendered as a woman and are thus being targeted by misogyny 3) marginalized on a different axis such as race or disability

even if this is something i am wrong about, there is still no meaningful intersection between transphobia and misandry/androphobia, because we live in a patriarchy and society is catered to men. especially in queer spaces where trans men are often seen as men before the rest of the world might see them that way (aka before passing) you can read hundreds of stories from trans women on this website alone who experienced specific discrimination and often violence because they are at an intersection of being trans and being a woman in queer spaces.