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also transandrophobia does not exist in any meaningful way and has no place in discussions about intersexism. but for some mysterious reason y'all seem to talk about transandrophobia in posts about intersexism A LOT while avoiding bringing transmisogyny into the conversation.

and you proved them right! you used them speaking up about this subject as an excuse to harass them. you made a spectacle of their every move, you branded them with words like "pedophile" and "predator" so that you had a justification to stalk them, to keep tabs on their every move. you saw that finally you had a woman you were ALLOWED to stalk without being called a fucking creep. you finally had another woman to put into your modern day freak show. and even so-called "feminists" took that opportunity with glee.

The answer is: the uterus isn't what causes your period, it is effected by your period. What causes your period and what causes trans women's periods is the same thing: the endocrine system.

HRT changes the sex of your endocrine system. Feminizing HRT makes it a female endocrine system, giving us a 28-day hormone cycle just like cis women. At the end of that cycle, the hypothalamus floods the body with prostaglandins. Those are what cause all but one of the period symptoms, because they make muscles inflame and contract. They are what make the uterus shed its lining, they are what cause intestinal cramps, they are what cause body aches, they are what cause headaches and migraines. The only period symptom not causes by the release of prostaglandins throughout the body is depression, and that is caused by your endocrine system simply not processing as much estrogen and from simply feeling like shit.

So, the only symptoms trans women don't get every 28 days is menstrual cramps, because yes we do not menstruate since we don't have uteruses. But migraines, depression, body aches, intestinal cramps, and the infamous "period shits" don't exactly add up to us having any better of a time. Except we have to pretend that we're fine and nothing is different because no one believes that we get periods, not even cis women.

She's trying her best... and every mythical creature has to start their journey somewhere!

Cultural victories of misogyny over feminism during the 2010s MRA era, which they likely weren't responsible for but still managed to inherit

Conscious or subconscious belief that they are the true bearers of feminism due to their innate connection to womanhood, so transfeminism must be about them, the trans people most connected to womanhood

The impulse of seeing trans women do something cool and going "Hey, why aren't we a part of that?" that ends up becoming "Hey, why aren't we the focus of that?" once you apply the first two points

The "we're all faggots in the eyes of the state" mentality meaning they reject difference entirely and believe anything made for anyone in the trans community, even a subset of the trans community, is just as much for them

Personal arrogance (not uniquely a transandrophobiaposter problem) leading them to go "Ahh, a bunch of people have thoughts on gender and politics, but their thoughts are different from mine. Given that I learned The Perfect Queer Politics from tumblr osmosis, I am the perfect person to correct this movement from its erroneous path."

The first point combining with the fifth point to become, "Ahh, all these former-males have ideas about feminism! Good! But they're a little wrong, probably because they don't have someone with a connection to womanhood correcting them. I, a trans man, would be perfect for the job"

Anyway apparently Mr. Eclipse made 5000 years' worth of solar eclipse graphics, which you can find the simpler versions of here