#your gender essentialism is not better just cause u specified “trans” before talking about Men and Women

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i have to stop looking at blogs with vile takes im getting so worked up for nothing

#squeaking #'actually its okay for trans men to be excluded from trans spaces because women dont have to like men!!" Huh . #your gender essentialism is not better just cause u specified “trans” before talking about Men and Women #“trans women dont like men and also femicide is a word so therefore trans men should not be allowed around transfems ever” #is not the radically progressive take u think it is #truly incomprehensible to me the kind of shit people will come up with. #What are you talking about. do you live on Every trans person perfectly passes with no obstacles or pushback by cis people Planet ?? #1. actually all trans people deserve to share space in the trans coimmunity. so jot that down. #2. there are transmasc girls + transfem boys + bigender people + NONBINARY people HELLO like how are we defining Men? #how are you deciding which trans people are Too Masculine and which of us are Just Masculine Enough answer quickly #3. do you REALLY think transmascs are just excluded from any experiences with misogyny. think real carefully now. #is the expectation from my parents to get pregnant suddenly Not Misogyny since i identify as ftm? #do the constant reminders that i would never be good at physical activities due to Being a Girl when i was 10 not count anymore- #-because at 15 i realized i wanted to have a cock? #be fucking serious. #there is this constant idea that trans men automatically gain all access to cis maleness #and face NO oppression for their proximity to/or percieved womanhood #(like. ur really gonna look a 5'2 teenager with birthing hips and b cups and a round face and a high voice he has Male Privelege.) #and it leads to us being pushed out of both womens AND trans spaces #it is a lose lose for us. everywhere #it is starting to get fucking exhausting #transandrophobia #negative