#by stopping trans men and mascs from speaking on their oppression you haven't gotten rid of or changed a transmisogynist

[a-polite-melody]

Look.

Even if it were true that every big name blogger talking about transandrophobia is a transmisogynistic trans man

That shouldn't deny every and all trans man and masc the opportunity to speak about the oppression that affects them.

That, "the coiner of transandrophobia—" or "the big name bloggers talking about transandrophobia—" or even, "everyone I've seen talking about transandrophobia is a transmisogynist," is used as a blanket statement to systemically deny language to trans men and mascs is, in itself, a form of the infantilization and silencing and forced invisibility trans men and mascs face.

Call out transmisogyny when you see it. Sure. No one wants that to stop happening.

But stop pretending that trans men and mascs having a word is in-and-of-itself transmisogynistic, or coming up with reasons that it must be. It's not trans men and mascs speaking on their oppression that is causing the transmisogyny they may be also saying, it's the transmisogyny. It's not productive to place the blame for transmisogyny on something that isn't the transmisogyny.

Even if every single trans man and masc were violently transmisogynistic, what would need to change would be their attitude and views on trans women, not their being able to talk about their own oppression.

#my post #this is honestly the bare bones of it all #if you're worried about transmisogyny from trans men and mascs #you're not doing anything productive targetting that we are talking about our oppression and have decided having a word makes that easier #by stopping trans men and mascs from speaking on their oppression you haven't gotten rid of or changed a transmisogynist #you've just made transmisogynists be quiet in a specific way that has nothing to do with their transmisogyny #and have signaled to other queer groups that we are acceptable targets #that's not tackling transmisogyny #(and this isn't even starting on that people try to portray trans men and mascs talking about our issues #as taking space away from trans women and fems and so is transmisogyny) #(but I'd like to hope that at least only the people saying that are ignorant enough to think that) #(trans men and mascs ARE oppressed and deserve to be able to talk about that as well) #transandrophobia #transmisandry #transmisogyny