#trans*

dont even bother if you give more than two shits about trans men because thats apparently a disqualifier

they dont give a shit about trans womens discrimination unless you have The Right Beliefs this shit is so cooked their talk about wanting to help transfems whove been unfairly discriminated is all lip service

hey fam believing that men can only ever possibly be benefited by systemic misogyny and the patriarchy and never harmed by it only further enforces systemic misogyny and upholds patriarchal ideas and ignoring the ways in which marginalized men are far less benefited by systemic misogyny and are far more frequently and often more violently harmed by it instead ignores the ways in which by the nature of systemic misogyny being an intersectional form of systemic oppression is fundamentally inextricable from systemic racism transphobia homophobia imperialism and more

in short if you believe men are never harmed by the patriarchy and that it can only give men upward social growth forever then you have bought into one of the most insidious false promises for men the patriarchy sells

and if you believe trans men are not especially and uniquely harmed by the patriarchy as a marginalized class of men then you are ignoring the ways in which a trans man being trans is inextricably tied to the ways in which he is treated across gendered lines

This is for all the femmes who were told to "man up"

This is for all the mascs who were told to "be more ladylike"

This is for the "they/them is only plural"

For being told our love is innatural

This is for the stares

This is for the subtle jabs

For the uncomfortable family dinners

For the fear of coming out

For not feeling right in the shoes society tells you to fit.

I see you.

I am so proud of you

We are one and infinite