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The way "transemasculation" has been seemingly re-coined as the sole replacement for transandrophobia, anti-transmasculinity, etc. is gross enough by itself, but as far as I can tell, the term had ALREADY been coined in 2022 ALONG WITH talking about antimasculism (both described here). And I just. I knew it wasn't in good faith in the first place, but to not even do 5 minutes of research before trying to coin a term about experiences you don't have...? Hello?

i do feel like TMA and TME can be useful terms in specific conversations but the way people treat them like a binary and as basically the progressive versions of AMAB and AFAB makes me have a knee-jerk reaction whenever i see them used and it makes me have to ask "is this person fucking weird about transmascs" and a lot of the time, they are, which is unfortunate because like i said i feel like they could be useful terms in certain discussions

AND I’D NEVER WANT TO COMPLICATE YOUR HEART

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13/37: Nepeta Leijon

wow okay two things

1. not all trans men want to medically transition. some trans men are nonbinary/gender nonconforming/simply dont want to medically transition and just want to or have socially transitioned and they will still experience sexism because they are still perceived by society as women.

2. just because a trans man does transition, a lot of the time he will be perceived as "doing masculinity wrong" by society or he may even be outed or still live in a town where everyone knows what he used to look like before medically transitioning and will therefore still be subjected to sexism because people see him as a failed man/woman.

we do not get the full male experience as soon as we start calling ourselves men. try actually listening to trans men when we discuss our oppression instead of assuming you know our fucking life experiences.

Telling the teenage boy who has to adjust his voice, gestures, fashion and interests to avoid seeming gay that he's "homophobia exempt" because he isn't gay

and they will cup your face in their warm palms, trace the tiredness sleeping on your cheeks with their thumbs, whispering everything that you ever needed to hear. you'll feel found. you'll feel seen. you'll feel loved.

I want to send you the most sincere thanks. When I initially started following you, I considered myself nonbinary, with no masc or fem leanings at all. But watching your defense of transmasc people, making sure that your blog is a safe place for all transmascs, and the reassurances that there's nothing *wrong* with being transmasc made me realize things about myself that I'd been subconsciously repressing. I'm pleased to say now that I'm transmasc nonbinary, and will be starting T as soon as I can manage it. Thank you for helping me find myself.

this is the best ask I've ever gotten <3

In this article, Devon Price claims that this study, while showing that people are more vocally prejudiced against gay men than lesbian women, doesn't mean gay men are more oppressed than lesbians. He also claims that this study, that shows people are more vocally prejudiced against trans women than trans men, does mean trans women are more oppressed than trans men. These conclusions are logically inconsistent and it's frustrating that he is willing to acknowledge the less explicit, often erased bigotry that lesbians face, but not that same kind of bigotry that trans men face.

I don't make many original posts here or additions mostly BC I'm a fuckass adult with a lot of shit to juggle but genuinely the state of shit is so sad. Just like the fucking everything. Environment shit political shit war shit everything feels like it's burning and we're still doing fucking queer discourse.