Mad Madeleine

It genuinely took me a long time to acknowledge this about myself, because of how gaslit I was about it. Then you slowly make more friends who are women, cis and trans, and realize that your pretransition experiences are the universal experiences of first facing misogyny. Except, usually worse, with no recognition or support, and you're being gaslit about it the entire time.

Trans men having male privilege doesn't mean trans men dont experience transphobia. It doesn't mean we don't experience oppression at all. it just means that we can leverage our position over trans women and get away with it. We can destroy their lives and face 0 repercussions. It means if it comes between a trans man's word and a trans woman's word, he is more likely to be believed. If you're a feminist this should anger you and you should work to make sure that you're aware of this and never do it. If this makes you defensive, you're probably already doing it. Fix your heart.