#black masculinity

i think one of the reasons why people hate transandrophobia theory and any mention of the specific hatred & oppression trans men face, is the same reason why it’s frowned upon in the university (and other less formal study spaces) to study Black masculinities, and the experiences of Black men & boys, rather than just only focusing on Black women & girls. It is often seen as anti-feminist to focus on the experiences of Black men & boys. I think this is a similar manifestation of radical feminism, and I often wonder what it means for me as a transmasc mixed Black person who studies sociology. I’ve been curious about studying Black masculinities but I’m even more curious and wanting to be intentional about studying Black transmasculinities, and combatting the erasure of transmascs/men. We are dying. And being essentially forced into the frontlines of queer combat on the basis of us being men— that we should be tough, we should be protecting everyone, that we wanted this. And that we are disposable.