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  1. One of the big things I talk about over on my Tumblr is the fact that feminism is for men too, and that in fact many men are oppressed based on the fact that they are men and how their manhood intersects with their other identities.

    For example, the way a trans man is oppressed is due both to the fact that he is trans AND the fact that he is a man.

    Race, religion, socioeconomic status, disability, body size... many identities intersect with manhood to form unique forms of oppression.

    In all of these cases you cannot separate these people's manhood from their oppression; the ways they are oppressed are inherently linked to their gender. If you try to remove their gender from the equation, you are going to miss many of the ways they are mistreated and marginalized. You are going to do them a disservice.

    #feminism #transmasculinity #SocialJustice #Intersectionalism

  2. Thinking more on the #dysphoria discussion, one of the things transfeminine people seem to forget is that, no, #TransMen and #TransMasculinity was not visible until very, very recently.

    My experience of not knowing that it was possible to "be a dude" is a direct result of that invisibility. Meanwhile, trans women have been in the public awareness for decades. It was a last option for many, but still an option. A big part of the trans masc experience of dysphoria is/was that namelessness.

  3. #VisualDiet is important. We are bombarded with images of skinny, white, youthful cis folk in media and advertising, often sexualised women. I don't want it on social media as well. I want to see people who look like me: #trans and non-binary, chubby, 40ish. I want to see #fat #androgyny and #transmasculinity. I want to see #diverse genders and skintones.

  4. This is probably a good starting-off point when talking about #transmasculinity as heavily erased and policed when at the same time other trans people argue that it is “more acceptable” because, essentially, women crossdressing is considered unremarkable (not that this is *really* true but I digress). And it’s because these stories of trans men who did not physically transition (often because they did not have access) can be reappropriated by cisfeminists as cisfeminist icons.

  5. I do not usually quote things from Twitter, but I think some people need some education on #transmasculinity concerning the #trans “sport debate”:

    If you look at many of these responses, many of these people are assuming that transgender men are already banned from sports for taking exogenous steroids, or that they “should be” or “will be”. It’s not that they support or even ignore trans men.

    twitter.com/aridrennen/status/

  6. and the fact that you continuously reach for that stereotype in your head will make it easier to apply than “trans allyship” or any other label you want to embody, ESPECIALLY when transmasculine allyship only extends so far in most people’s heads a trans 👏 men 👏 are 👏 men 👏, so if you treat a cis man terribly for looking like a trans man, obviously you also have to treat a trans man terribly for looking like a trans man. It’s only fair, after all.

    #transmasculinity #transgender #lgbtq

  7. I also think this is not just about making transmascs feel bad for our appearances but it very clearly has an effect on the people who constantly criticize Ben Shapiro’s appearances using the exact same language used to criticize us. It draws a direct line from “bad people” to us and that their “badness” is due to their appearance — insecurity, for example — and that projects onto us their badness and you decide we must also be bad in the same way.

    #transmasculinity #transgender #lgbtq

  8. I guess I find it very weird how transmascs are supposed to understand allyship when self-proclaimed allies constantly criticize people like Ben Shapiro for looking like one of us, and being a bad person for looking like one of us. This becomes even stranger when it’s constantly asserted that transmascs have no issues based on our appearances if we “pass”.

    #transmasculinity #transgender #lgbtq

  9. I think it should be OBVIOUS why transfeminine people are "more visible" than transmasculine people. Cis people focus on us and ignore transmascs because we're EASIER to sensationalize and sexualize. In their eyes, transfems present a "mystery" that transmascs just don't. 1/*

    twitter.com/EmRoseDeLeon/statu

    #socialmedia #twitter #transmisogyny #transphobia #visibility #scrutiny #trans #transgender #transsexual #transfemininity #transmasculinity #patriarchy #cisheteronormativity

  10. I think it should be OBVIOUS why transfeminine people are "more visible" than transmasculine people. Cis people focus on us and ignore transmascs because we're EASIER to sensationalize and sexualize. In their eyes, transfems present a "mystery" that transmascs just don't. 1/*

    twitter.com/EmRoseDeLeon/statu

    #socialmedia #twitter #transmisogyny #transphobia #visibility #scrutiny #trans #transgender #transsexual #transfemininity #transmasculinity #patriarchy #cisheteronormativity

  11. I think it should be OBVIOUS why transfeminine people are "more visible" than transmasculine people. Cis people focus on us and ignore transmascs because we're EASIER to sensationalize and sexualize. In their eyes, transfems present a "mystery" that transmascs just don't. 1/*

    twitter.com/EmRoseDeLeon/statu

    #socialmedia #twitter #transmisogyny #transphobia #visibility #scrutiny #trans #transgender #transsexual #transfemininity #transmasculinity #patriarchy #cisheteronormativity

  12. I think it should be OBVIOUS why transfeminine people are "more visible" than transmasculine people. Cis people focus on us and ignore transmascs because we're EASIER to sensationalize and sexualize. In their eyes, transfems present a "mystery" that transmascs just don't. 1/*

    twitter.com/EmRoseDeLeon/statu

    #socialmedia #twitter #transmisogyny #transphobia #visibility #scrutiny #trans #transgender #transsexual #transfemininity #transmasculinity #patriarchy #cisheteronormativity

  13. #TransWomen, please, for the love of the Gods, understand that #TransMen are #men, #TransMasculinity is #masculinity, and our #testosterone isn't some kind of special #trans testosterone, it's the same as a #cis man's. If you have problems with certain kinds of men, *specify who they are* instead of shitting on us all.