#transmasulinity

Transandrophobia is real. It is documented. It is the discrimination, shaming, harassment, and alienation specifically faced by trans men and transmasculine individuals.

This is not a hierarchy. This is not an attack on trans women. This is a data point.

Trans men face systemic discrimination before, during, and after transition. The visibility paradox means that as they become less visible as queer, they do not become less oppressed—the oppression just changes shape.

Trans men are routinely shamed, told to "reflect on their misogyny," and dismissed simply for being male. This shaming impacts mental health, self-image, and access to care.

Radical feminists and trans feminists who dismiss transandrophobia need to reflect. The problem is not feminism. The problem is specific actors who have decided that transmisogyny is the only axis of trans oppression worth naming. Both things are true.

Trans women face transmisogyny.

Trans men face transandrophobia.

Acknowledging one does not erase the other.

The silencing of transmasculine voices follows documented patterns:

"You're not really oppressed, you're just men now."

"Your trauma doesn't count."

"You're betraying womanhood."

"Be quiet and listen to transfems."

These are not neutral statements. These are silencing mechanisms.

Trans men deserve to be heard and seen—not as a threat, not as traitors, but as people navigating a specific, intersectional form of oppression.

This Pride Month, I am not asking you to celebrate them.

I am asking you to stop erasing them.

Listen. Believe. Reflect.

Then do better.

— Dr. Kusuke Saiki

PS. I have sources:

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-49509-2_9

https://thesocietypages.org/girlwpen/2011/09/21/transgender-employment-experiences/

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-12633-9_9

https://www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2025/02/transfeminism-radical-feminism-toryn-glover-essays

"But you can't complian about getting misgendered if you're wearing that!!!!" Who said anything about them complaining?

"But what about dysphoria!?" You don't need dysphoria to be trans, and some people like wearing feminine stuff.

"But doesn't that defeat the whole point?" If a cis guy wore feminine stuff, people would congratulate them on breaking away from gender norms, but if a trans guy does it, it's wrong? (By people, I mean those who cheer on gnc cis, people but turn around and accuse gnc trans people as being "fakers")

Same goes with gnc transfems, gnc trans people aren't faking being trans