Whenever I See People Talking About Trans Men Not Being Oppressed, I Remember That Video I Saw A Few

jesus christ

if you've only seen the term transandrophobia through discourse, this is your invitation to think about it outside of a discourse context (for both people for and against the term)

there are many of us who use the word to talk about real life issues, though I can excuse you not knowing that if you've only seen the discourse and not any real conversations, since queer discourse has a way of flattening these convos, which I really really dislike

I also encourage you to think about transmisogyny and oppression as a whole outside of the discourse context, just as a refresher, since I see those topics being steamrolled as well which is sad

back in the ace discourse words like aphobia and homophobia/lesbophobia also got steamrolled like this. if you do think that trans men/mascs experience a unique oppression, whether or not you like the word, I encourage you to think of us outside of a discourse context. and even if you don't believe we do, I ask you think of transmisogyny and oppression as a whole outside of a discourse context, just to keep yourself from falling into the steamrolled versions

I think we should be able to talk about trans people dying without it being a footnote in online discourse

can we please talk about how baed-youknowwhats co-opted an intersexist slur yet. i feel like that's something we should be talking about.

perisex people hate us so much they'll co-opt our slurs as names for their hate groups.

whole lotta talk about transfems being transandrophobic and not enough talk about transmascs being transandrophobic. its just as bad and definitely something that happens in irl spaces

So here's a "transgender activist". Hello!

Reject the reality of biological sex

No one actually rejects the idea that biological sex exists, the ideas that are rejected are:

a) that biological sex as simple as it is claimed, as in exclusively male or female, XX and XY;

b) it matters to the point where we need to structure our entire society around it, and

c) the idea that biological sex should have a determining role on how each individual is allowed to live their life and construct their identity.

All three of these ideas are exclusively found as justifications for a system that oppresses all people, with female, transgender, intersex, and gender non-conforming individuals being hurt the most.

accept the legitimacy of gender roles

This stems from the previous point; try to think about it for a second. If "transgender activists" accepted the legitimacy of gender roles, what would be the point of not identifying as their AGAB? The first, most important, and most oppressive, part of gender roles is the idea that whatever genitals a person is born with must determine their entire lifestyle from the moment of their birth. Penis equals male, vagina equals female, and any mixed or ambiguous genitalia must be surgically mutilated according to the doctor's decision that an individual must be either male or female.

EVEN IF people were being made to transition based on not conforming to gender roles associated with their assigned sex, the idea that they can transition contradicts gender roles as constructed. If "transgender activists" accepted the legitimacy of gender roles, why should someone assigned male at birth be able to call herself a woman, if gender roles dictate that she should either be content with living as a man, or disappear?

If "transgender activists" accepted the legitimacy of gender roles, then transgender activism would solely consist of conversion therapy!

If gender criticals were as critical as they claim, we would be in agreement. Unfortunately the only "criticism" they offer to gender as constructed in patriarchical societies is in the way of hate, to the point of allying themselves with the most vicious "Conservatives/Religionists" to push policies that infringe on the rights of trans, GNC, and intersex people.

But hey, "at least the Taliban knows what a woman is", right?

Hey let's try this game!

Me when I'm trying to argue in favour of transphobia and deliberately portray myself as a Nazi

When you're talking to a trans masc on tumblr and they say 'Transwoman'

People will really act like talia bhatt just has haters because she's a brown trans woman and not that she's an asshole who covers up her caste status, lashes out at random trans women who she thinks are slighting her, comes up with racist theories about how all genders from other cultures are just misgendered binary trans women with no input from queer people from those cultures, and lied about the existence of a cult and the harm of its survivors. It's just because miss radical feminism: trans flavor is all these minority identities.

It's genuinely impressive how people will refuse to engage in any way that isn't hate, vilify their opponents, demand that you never speak unless it's about them and in the way they personally approve* Or Else, spread posts with every kind of baseless accusation and dogwhistle, defend bigots who want to see you drop dead, completely deny you the ability to even say something to defend yourself against them, and then claim that they are being erased by you. Genuinely, the only other place where I've seen these attitudes with such force was a Christian doomsday cult

*you will still be punished for speaking at all, but who knows, if you avoid enough Bad Words maybe they'll let you off easy

If transmascs were saying "erm transfems being v-coded is just as bad as my dysphoria over not having balls" then people would lose their shit about it (as they should, because it's objectively not true and also an incredibly transmisogynistic thing to say), but somehow it's okay for TRFs to pull out the pitchforks when transmascs say that forced pregnancy as a form of detransition is worse than womb dysphoria???

The double-standards in this community baffle me.