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to me, the term transandrophobia implies that androphobia exists and it does not. men are not systemically oppressed by any means and it is strange, to me, to have that term there to validate that. even if you think of black men, disabled men, queer men, etc, it is not on strictly terms of their maleness that they are oppressed. taking an intersectional approach, we can indeed acknowledge how gender modifies how one may experience racism, ableism, queerphobia etc but i think implying men face significant institutional barriers is foolhardy at best.

i dislike how the term is used as opposition to transmisogyny. the oppression of trans men and transmascs works in tandem and as an symbiotic amplifier to the oppression of trans women and transfems, not as opposition. trans women and transfems do not benefit from ‘transandrophobia’ the way it is implied. they can not tangibly oppress us. the theorist Nsambu Za Suekama very particularly pointed this out with anti-transmasculinity.

that does lead to my next point which is that i believe anti transmasculinity is a better term altogether. it points out the link with transmisogynoir and how colonised people are policed by it in particular, removing gender expanses to justify a singular white cishet patriarchy nexus. please read her work for an introduction:

i think it is fine for transmascs and men to have language to describe the particular nuances of how transphobia affects us but we can do so much better than something like transandrophobia.

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‘Outside the XY: Queer, Black and Brown Masculinity is an anthology of more than 50 stories, memories, poems, ideas, essays and letters--all examining what it looks like, feels like, and is like to inhabit masculinity outside of cisgendered manhood as people of color in the world.’

it was an excellent book that put a lot of words to the transmasculine and/or stud experience! i was ecstatic to see disabled people included and discussions from black transmascs in the developing world. i ended up laughing a lot and there were a lot of things that i solemnly thought about, including how we navigate things like toxic masculinity, misogyny and transphobia we inflict on each other.

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‘female socialisation’ is already a term i have beef with, namely that if it had really succeeded we would be females as well as not every woman having the same experience of girlhood due to other factors e.g. race, disability etc. it’s often seen as an absolute determiner for our behaviour now and is easily and frequently weaponised by terfs to engage in transmisogyny, accusing transfems and women of using their male socialisation to oppress women. it also works to present a false idea that trans men and mascs should be sympathetic to the transmisogynistc terf cause because of shared ‘female socialisation’ or ‘afab socialisation’ that will ultimately doom ALL trans people by the end.

for trans men and transmascs, we are warned against medical transition for fear that we may lose our agreeableness and perceived passivity. we are seen as potential aggressors after going on it.

trans woman and transfems have any testosterone in their system, whether on hrt or not, held over them like an original sin that can not be escaped that positions them as more aggressive and dangerous. it is seen as something that threatens their womanhood and can be brought up against them at any time to revoke it.

cis people are all generally understood to be TME. AGAB doesn’t actually tell you about someone’s genitals - please keep in mind intersex people and differing gender developments among them.