I see a lot of posts about transmisogyny and transmisandry on my dash, and I feel like I should talk about it because I think a lot of it is really harmful.
When we said that nobody deserves to be discriminated against based on their race, gender identity, sexual identity, religion, disability, etc. what did we mean? I have just as much love for our cis allies and trans brothers as I do for our trans sisters and other siblings.
"Trans men are the men of trans people," yes. And? Am I supposed to hate them for that? I used to be a man, and when I say that, I dont mean I was "always secretly a woman." I mean that I was a man. Did that make me evil? No. Did I have inherent privilege? Was I raised with values and expectations that were harmful, and placed on me based on my gender? Do I still have a significant trace of that left in me from my upbringing? Yes.
I am willing to acknowledge that trans men experience privileges that trans women dont, but I'm not going to pretend like they don't also experience their own unique struggles, because I do not claim to understand the transmasc experience, and I am absolutely not willing to paint them as the villain in the world of trans people, not just because its explicitly harmful to our cause but because it's wrong.
Of course, these kinds of posts predictably and consistently exclude non-binary people from the equation because it is convenient to their argument. I know for a fact that in a conversation about unique transgender discrimination, non-binary people should be at the forefront.
I love you people who are different from me. I love you men, women, and non-binary people. Infighting will not liberate me. It will not liberate you. It is okay to acknowledge systematic discrimination, but for fucks sake, hate the system.
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