#masc solidarity

[soft-but-tough-cookie]

Wednesday: *sitting in the quad reading a book*

Yoko: *walks up and sits next to her*

Yoko: So, fems?

Wednesday: *looks up from her book and sees Enid and Divina across the quad*

Wendnesday: Fems.

Yoko:*also looking at Enid and Divina*

Yoko: Glad to know we could agree on something.

Wednesday: This doesn’t mean I like you

Yoko: Yeah, i figured

[fagpunkqueer]

i love you bears i love you butches i love you trans men i love you transmascs i love you drag kings i love you masc queers of all persuasions the world is so much better and brighter for the existence of queer masculinity

[drstarlight]

Im transmasc and I trust transfem girlies with my entire heart + soul. every transfem i've come across has been a blessing upon this earth and absolutely wonderful to be around. They have so many interesting Facts and beautiful Observations about this world. To all the trans girlies reading this I love you so much you all make the world beautiful

[transmascboytoy]

The autoandrophile and force masc community here on tumblr, while relentlessly filthy, has also been so incredibly affirming.

I know autogynephilia and autoadrophilia have been weaponized against us, but like, I don’t understand why feeling sexy/being sexually aroused by your body is a problem.

For most of my life I tolerated or shunned away from the way I looked. Only liked my body for how it turned other people on, for how it was considered attractive by others, but it never added to my sexual pleasure, and often had to be mentally worked around by framing it through the pleasure others took from me.

Now?

Now I’m very turned on by just existing in my body and it’s incredibly affirming. I saw myself in the mirror getting dressed at my partner’s apartment the other day, and in the mirror I saw a man. The lights were low so you couldn’t even see my scars, just my shape, and it was the greatest combination of joy and disbelief and, yes, lust. Not necessarily lust for my own self, but lust for existing in my body. Lust spurred by being able to show up and interact with people and lovers as the self I was always meant to be.

A lust that is essentially the opposite of the self aversion and self objectification that I thought was so normal for so much of my life.

I understand that queer folks have always been painted as more sexualized and deviant and dirty than straight folks for even something as harmless as a kiss, but I hate the fact that something so incredibly affirming for me and many others is used to further marginalize and medicalize us.

[catgirl-kaiju]

i have a transmasc friend who has been feeling really bummed recently that he hasn't seen much in the way of transmasc positivity on his dash, and i see how much it impacts his mood and self esteem. i care about him a lot, so i want to do a little something to maybe help raise his spirits a little bit:

share some memories of trans masc folks you know or have known, who left a positive impact on your life!

i'll start:

here's to a boyfriend i had years back! he was a very autistic demiboy with a reptile special interest and a love for aquariums! we'd go visit a small local herpatarium together, and he'd tell me all about the animals there. his excitement was contagious! he even had a pet snake who was so cute. we both loved Pink Floyd, and i really treasure the time we spent sharing music with eachother!

here's to a friend i had back in Texas! he was a really warm and chill dude, always so kind and patient. he loved his community and organized a local trans social group so that we could have something more laid back than a support group. he was a scholar in queer and jewish history, as well as jewish theology, and i learned so much from him.

i have a friend now who is a very kind and sweet guy. he's been there for me in some of my darkest moments and is a delight to be around! he is a very skilled cook and baker who helps make incredible food for our household. he has a passion for hair and has helped everyone in the house with cutting and styling our hair. he loves musicals, and i've learned so much about musicals from listening to him and watching movie musicals with him. i could say more, but i know this post is going to be long enough as is lol

[crwndsprkzy]

starts popping off my feminine body parts like lego pieces and hands them to my transfem friend in exchange for a peen

[transjoybyrin]

I’m a gay trans guy but the love I have for butch lesbians is truly immeasurable. You guys gave me the courage to experiment with my gender expression, to embrace my masculinity and feel joy in it. I will never ever forget the love and support from my one butch friend when I came out as trans. She was one of the first women to validate my identity and probably the only one to always treat me like a guy. I remember growing up how butches were always painted as deviant and “failures” for not conforming to the patriarchal standards of femininity. If it weren’t for butches, I would’ve never taken that first leap of faith to begin my transition.

From the bottom of my heart, thank you.

[womenaremypriority]

The safety and security that you feel when around a masc woman is so elite. You just feel the energy of a good person, even if others don’t always see it due to their own prejudice.

[irequirealobotomy]

me: spends hours and a lot of money and effort to look masculine to still get misgendered in public, bringing me to tears when im at home

some transfem on tumblr: you have it so easy stop complaining 😒

(pssst: stop attacking all transfems in your posts! many are very nice people!!)

(also trans fems have it hard too!! and my andros (idk the word)!! we all do!)

[hyp3rfixation-h3ll]

All Inclusive Transbian Flag! (+ stripe meanings & higher contrast version) I don't normally post flags, but I'm proud of this one PARTICULARLY so :3 here you all go! This is the all-inclusive transbian flag, for when you're trans in ANY way, shape or form and are a lesbian! Anyone can use this except if you fall under my DNI or you're not a transbian (unless you're making a character who IS one) ( this flag has also been dubbed the sunset flag & the hyacinth flag (courtesy of my friend Angel @fawningdolls ! )

[transenbyconfessions]

I just want to say that i love trans women soooo much, the thought of them being happy and expierencing (???) trans joy fills me with such joy and motivation to keep going with my own trans journey, i want to hug every trans woman in the world. I feel do secure when i think about them. Lately i've opened up more to the local queer community and the trans women i've met where the sweetest people i've met. I've truly experienced trans solidarity lately. As a trans man i want to salute to every trans woman out there, and to every young trans individual i strongly advice to seek local queer community. There's a differnece between a icon and a real face

Submitted July 3, 2023

[horseshoemybeloved]

It’s so funny painting shit like this knowing tonight I’m gonna draw American rock band fall out boy as wombats

[momonokopan]

4/20/2023

happy birthday kyuubei!

she is so important to me

[vaguelyaperson]

being a transmasc who projects on Hunter, obviously I lean towards transmasc hcs, and transfem content can sometimes make me uncomfortable, but girlies of the transfem hc, I see how much fun you're having, and I salute thee and your adorable sapphic content. keep at it!

[thedarkwoodfae]

Discourse on my dashboard today is about trans identities and their relative proximity to oppression. I feel that if the discussion has reached this point then we've already failed one another.

Us trans men and masc-leaning non-cis are apparently being accused of selfishness. The claim is that we care about ourselves and our own struggle more than we care about the struggle of others; in this particular case, we're accused of putting our voices above the voices of our beautiful, pained, feminine counterparts.

Some days it feels like we're damned if we do and damned if we don't. Today is one of those days. I’ve seen some very articulate, well-thought-out replies from both sides, but I’d like to share my view alongside the others for further perspective.

On Man- vs. Woman- hood:

Before we knew who we were, we existed as some form of woman, if only in the eyes of others. Within those gazes, we were looked down upon. We were the 'weaker' sex. We were inferior. Less smart. Less resourceful. Paid less in the workplace. Surrounded by weaponized incompetence and misogyny. Seen and not heard. As we are, we are deformed flowers, contorting however we can to reach the sun.

One day, we meet our true self and we make a decision. We make a change. We choose authenticity, whatever the cost, and we enter a new world where we are eager to finally step into the light. A world where we are more than something gangled to look at, where we might begin to grow properly. A place where we’re allowed to exist and take up space, since we weren’t given that before.

Unfortunately, rather than stepping into the light, we're often expected to step into a new shadow. We thought we might finally matter here and are in agony as we’re again directed to be silent. Now, we must be seen and not heard because of the sudden onset of privileges we’re supposed to unilaterally receive.

We are expected to give our voices to others so that their pain may be heard. Then, when we ask ‘when is my voice allowed to be for me,’ we are admonished for our selfishness.

I’m a person before all else. I’ve been abused by many, in many different ways, and I’ve lived multiple lives where other people’s needs and wants were supposed to come before my own. I cannot thrive in a world where my existence is viewed as an inconvenience to someone else's cause.

Putting trans men against trans women like this is cruel. Suggesting that an underserved community lower their voice so that another group can be heard is telling some of us to wilt so that someone else can flourish. It would be one thing if we were healthy, strong flowers, because a plant like that can share the sunlight. Some of us can.

However, many of us are not that plant.

You are asking the wrong plants to give up the sun.

[blueberryblogger]

explain to me how you love all trans people but only ever post about transmascs when they're dead.

explain to me how you love all trans people but constantly ignore the existence of trans men unless they're victims of a transphobic hate crime.

explain to me how you love all trans people but perpetuate that trans men have it easier as if that will matter when they start killing us. as if it matters NOW, while they're TRYING to kill us.

explain to me how you love all trans people but you can't stand to look at or be around trans men once they start T because "it makes them scary and angry" and you can no longer infantalize them.

explain to me how you love all trans people but feel uncomfortable around masculine trans men in queer spaces because they look "too much like men"

explain to me how you love all trans people but you recycle the old "men are biologically more dangerous" TERF bullshit, but now to target trans men instead.

explain to me how you love all trans people but you hate trans men for being men.

explain to me how you love all trans people but forget that trans men are still trans, even when they pass as cis men.

explain to me how you love all trans people EXCEPT for trans men.