#also to be clear if youre gonna yell at me for talking about transmascs specifically go eat a snack or something and leave me alone

[thebrightgreenscream]

Listen if your argument against transmasc-specific terms comes down to general misandry not being a thing then congrats you have a fundamental misunderstanding of what we're talking about!

transandrophobia/transmisandry doesn't rely on a systemic oppression of men. Like transmisogyny, it's also a way of describing the intersection of transphobia & misogyny, but from the experience of being afab. We are forcibly assigned into womanhood. This is treated as a permanent fixture of our lives (unlike the perceived conditional nature of transfem womanhood) and we're still targeted based on our bodies & ability to blend in with the cisgender majority. We're discriminated for being "faulty" women, for failing at being our assigned gender, for daring to transition towards masculinity. Bioessentialist rhetoric leads others to treat us both as vulnerable & impressionable women and as violent & aggressive men when we medically or socially transition, whichever is more convenient for the argument being had. We're barred from necessary healthcare (especially reproductive care) based on incorrect assumptions of our bodies and needs. We're assumed to gain privilege for being men (which doesn't really happen for many of us but that's a different discussion), and often accused to weaponizing this advantage against women & other trans folks for talking about our own struggles.

Like. I've literally seen transmascs discussing their *own* experiences with misogyny being labeled as transphobic. Every term we create to discuss this intersection is denied out of hand by those who declare themselves our allies. We're minimized in our own communities.