Not me, but if you’ve been following the drama, they removed this post about the unique issues we face as “divisive.”
It fucking sucks. There’s been a lot of discussion in other trans masc spaces about “transandrophobia” and this seems to absolutely demonstrate it. We aren’t treated seriously in spaces that should be welcoming for us.
People assume “trans” means trans woman. Spaces for trans people are often for trans women. Jamison Green wrote a while back about us not really having our own community, decades ago, and it still feels true today.
I am effectively saying that trans women have pseudo vestiges of male privilege.
It’s just a thesis statement though, I don’t know if that actually holds water. Feel free to challenge that.
I agree with you wholeheartedly that gender essentialism is bunk.
However just because it is bunk doesn’t mean people don’t unconsciously bias themselves and perpetuate it.
I think if that were the case we'd see enbies who were AMAB holding more privilege in queer spaces but that doesn't tend to be the case. If anything, they are one of the most overlooked groups.
i'd like to see more than "i don't know if it holds water", especially since you don't couch it nearly as well in your previous post bringing it up
a thesis is on the onus of who brings it up to substantiate it; if you can't defend it, i would question the wisdom of bringing it up in an already contentious conversation
I mean I’d have to flesh out an essay to really make a conclusion either way.
Sorry if my assertion offended you that wasn’t the intent.
"trans women are basically just guys with long hair but idk I'm just throwing out vibes so you can't say I'm on some dumb shit"