#...as well internalized transphobia usually has multiple deep roots with different starting points. it's hard to just 'get over' this

[uncanny-tranny]

I think sometimes people misuse words like "internalized transphobia".

Internalized transphobia is the specific self-hatred or self-detestment a trans person has for themselves (oftentimes due to society's messaging about trans people). This self-hatred stemming from bigotry stops and ends at one's own self. Internalized transphobia, for example, would be when I thought I could never "look like" a man, and hated myself for it.

Internalized transphobia is not when a binary trans person says that nonbinary people are "stealing the spotlight". That's transphobia.

Internalized transphobia is not when a trans person says a trans girl looks like a "man in a dress". That's transphobia.

Internalized transphobia is not when a trans person says a trans boy shouldn't even bother getting bottom surgery because he'll just have a mutilated result. That's transphobia.

In all these example cases, the transphobia is not directed inwards. It is directed outwards. I think there is some genuine misunderstanding to what the term refers to, but I also think sometimes people think "internalized bigotry" is a euphemism for genuine displays of said bigotry. It isn't, though.

#trans #transgender #lgbt #lgbtq #ftm #mtf #nonbinary #transphobia #transphobia tw #internalized transphobia #internalized transphobia tw #you can 100% hold transphobia you've internalized and not use it against anybody else as well... #...i still have internalized transphobic thoughts about myself. but that's where the transphobia ends. at *myself*... #...i would never ever ever dream of telling a trans person the things i have thought about myself because it's INTERNAL #internalized transphobia doesn't make one a bad person. thoughts aren't actions... #...as well internalized transphobia usually has multiple deep roots with different starting points. it's hard to just 'get over' this #though obviously not everybody will experience internalized transphobia it's impirtant to recognize those who do... #...because this experience is very isolating and very individualized depending on family/culture/race/disability/ect #i don't think people are bad people if/when they misuse this word which is why i don't chastise them #maybe people sometimes think internalized transphobia means something like intracommunity transphobia? #like bigotry displayed in the community (so internal?) #in any case i hope this post clarifies what this term actually means