being an advocate for the issue of transandrophobia when i myself used to basically share the views of people against the term because of internalized issues projected onto me by non-masc trans people I looked up to is weird bc other trans mascs who are convinced that any trans masc who uses the taboo word is evil (transandrophobia) are literally where I was years ago. it makes me sad for them. I hope they grow and realize they're worthy of their own advocacy and liberationist language. I hope they learn they don't have to jump in front of the bus to be morally acceptable.
I spent almost three years minimizing my masculine identity because of the echo chamber I was trapped in. I distanced myself. "I'm just nonbinary" i said, knowing further within me that I was erasing myself. making myself palatable to people who hate anyone adjacent to manhood, even other trans people.
how many are in the same boat now? all bc we didnt collectively listen to bell hooks when we were warned about making the end-all-be-all of feminism "man bad" gender essentialist rhetoric.
