And because I am still upset:
Can we talk about the patriarchal male behaviour on display from the trans-exclusionary gay folks?
Because there is something almost breathtakingly familiar about certain gay men adopting the very hierarchies that patriarchy taught them, then turning around and using them against other queer people.
The “kiddo.”
The “child.”
The “babe.”
The condescending little performance of I am the grown-up man here, and you are the silly little thing who needs educating.
Oh, please.
Being gay does not magically uninstall patriarchy.
And neither does being gay automatically make someone immune to hypermasculine ideas about dominance, authority, hierarchy and who gets to speak with the voice of unquestionable expertise. To the contrary, some of these men seem to have taken every annoying male habit in the catalogue (talking down to people, asserting dominance, mansplaining, gatekeeping, deciding who counts as “normal,” demanding deference) and thought:
“Well, I’m gay, so apparently this is fine.”
No, darling. It isn't.
You don't get progressive bonus points for reproducing patriarchal behaviour inside the queer community that you do proudly claim to not even be a part of.
And frankly, watching gay men demand that everyone else recognise their authority while simultaneously telling trans people that we don't belong in queer history is a rather spectacular display of the very hierarchy queer liberation was supposed to challenge.
I am not your kiddo.
I am not your child.
And you are not my fucking patriarch.
Take your superiority complex, put it in a little box, and send it back to from whence it came. 💅
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