⚡️ZEUS⚡️

lol, lmao even. "...surrounded by women who care about me and let me take up space?" I'm already surrounded by men, women, nonbinary people, and agender people irl who do that, I don't need disciples of JKR to help.

racism against men? Fine

queerphobia against men? Haha yeah definitely

misogyny against men? Yeah actually let's keep calling that guy a bitch and a cunt for not agreeing with us

They can't talk about how they feel unwelcome in queer spaces without being called "MRA" and told they deserve to be treated badly because of their masculinity.

ANYWAYS

To add on, every conversation I’ve had with a transandrophobe has been some variation of:

Me: “I face (struggle)”

Them: “You’re not unique, every trans faces that, especially trans women, who face way worse.”

I’ve been told to ‘get in line’. I’ve been told I don’t understand trans discourse or transness. I’ve been told I’m privileged and centering myself.

Well I’m tired of erasing myself in order to elevate trans women. We all deserve a platform for our voices, even and especially those who are told often to sit down and shut up.

I’m tired of moralizing with “I struggle with this, but of course trans women have it worse” just to avoid being told “well trans women have it worse”. It’s self erasure driven by fear of erasure. Yes trans women have unique struggles. Every trans person faces unique struggles, especially intersectionally oppressed trans people. Do you really want to make the blanket claim that a trans black man is less oppressed and has more privilege than a white trans woman?

Or would you rather lock arms and punch up because we’re all underboot?!

I just want to say that being a trans man/masc (I’m they/it nonbinary mid-transition transmasc) sucks and not have it hedged.

It sucks, period. It comes with all the trans joy of being wholly and completely oneself, and all the trans pain of being someone’s pariah.

I want to be in the trans community without being degendered, misgendered, and told I’m not actually a real trans person. I want to use transfeminism tags and be in transfemme supportive spaces without seeing a bunch of “kill all tmes” and “bomb that kills all men, including trans men” and without facing venomous dehumanization and wishes for my death. I don’t wish death on any of you, even as you wish it upon me. I just wish you’d stop abusing the people around you in order to elevate yourself.

I want to stand with my community, not watch it rip itself apart. I would still gladly lock arms with the people who hate transmascs and nonbinary people because we are stronger together than we are divided. I will not stand for your continued transandrophobia though, and will speak up about it whether you like it or not.

I’m still not entirely convinced the current anti-transmasc discourse wasn’t started by a psyop campaign. The talking points mirror conservative and far right rhetoric far too closely not to look heinously suspicious. But I also have to remember that a large chunk of the LBGTQ+ is far right in thought and ideals, so it is equally as likely simply flawed morals and a community of diverse humans that comes with frustrating baggage.