#transfeministe

[billyobilly]

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[ftmtftm]

This is a bit of a semantics issue, however I think the semantics are important, given the way these things are talked about on Tumblr.

No, trans men were not "socialized female". No, trans women were not "socialized male".

We are (actively, presently are, not were) ALL socialized under rigid, oppressive, cultural sex/gender norms, broadly speaking. It came free with our rigid binaristic (colonized) society. We all internalize ideas about what we "should" or "shouldn't" be in relation to our sex/gender based on what we learn from our family unit, our peers, our community, and our society. This experience is heavily influenced by our culture growing up and our culture presently around us. Gender and sex are cultural and what culture says is true about these constructed binaries is what influences us all. Not just trans people.

There's really, in my transfeminist opinion, no such thing as "male or female socialization", but rather something akin to "patriarchal gender socialization" (name pending - this isn't law, just ideas).

It shifts the focus to the system of power dictating the rules, rather than focusing on the rules and the individuals suffering under them themselves. It also removes the binaristic and intersexist M/F categorization and instantly becomes more inclusive of the ways we also need to acknowledge and talk about intersex and nonbinary experiences under this system. It's a subtle, but important and intentional, shift in attention.

Much like the "born in the wrong body" narrative, if you feel this kind of "I was socialized male/female" framing applies to you and your experiences feel free to continue to use it for yourself and your experiences but do not insist it is the only truth about the trans experience.

[agendercryptidlev]

[ID: Meme that reads "I bring a sort of "The Patriarchy was defined by Cis Feminists and the Definition Should be Updated To Better Represent the Lived Experiences of Trans and Intersex People" Vibe to Transfeminist Theory that Radfems don't really like" the background is a photo of a man with a backwards baseball cap looking into the distance while standing outside /end ID]

[janeada]

I've been a little involved with Writing Badly, a soon-to-launch transfeminist journal, if you're TMA & writing transfeminism, and you'd be interested in contributing to a scrappy little journal, please do consider submitting! Already published work welcome! Rough-around-the-edges-work welcome! I think it's going to be really cool to have a physical, tangible space where these conversations and thoughts can go.

[velvetvexations]

This is by far the best I've ever gotten out of someone loudly insisting that I'm wrong about transandrophobia being equally as valid as transmisogny.

Beautiful. A work of art. Frame it. Hang it in the Louvre across from Araki's exhibit.

[taliabhattwrites]

The best one in every trilogy is the fourth installment, right?

[intersexcat-tboy]

Benevolent sexism is still sexism.

If you think placing women on pedestals is feminism or suggesting all women are victims who need protection from men, that's benevolent sexism, not feminism.

If you think abuse is inherently less abusive, less harmful, painful, serious, anything of that sort because a woman is perpetrating it, you've fallen for benevolent sexism.

[sandybuny]

hard to feel proud of much this pride

[nekropsii]

Stating again that I am not Transfem, since some people like to get (willfully) confused about that, I just think more people growing into their true selves is awesome, and more girls is awesome. Someone blossoming into some previously unrecognized girlhood is based and great. Very underrated, for uncelebrated transformation, so I seek to highlight it and hype it up in efforts to help those who have been through the process feel more joy and comfort within the space I inhabit, and for those who do not relate to normalize it in their minds, and potentially also find some joy in celebrating it.

It is deeply unfortunate that seeing fervent allies is what really grabs people, instead of just empathizing because Transfems are human beings with their own very intricate and interesting experiences that they are more than happy to talk about, but that’s systemic oppression for you.

[damnesdelamer]

Leslie Feinberg

I collected some of the works of one of our greatest comrades and warriors:

Transgender Liberation: A Movement Whose Time Has Come

Stone Butch Blues

Transgender Warriors: Making History From Joan Of Arc To Dennis Rodman

Trans Liberation: Beyond Pink Or Blue

Rainbow Solidarity In Defense Of Cuba

Remember, our first duty is to be educated, so arm yourselves with the best information. We have always existed, and we always will. And in each generation, we must remember those who came before us, and become the warriors that ze fought to equip. Stay strong, stay proud, and solidarity forever.

[billyobilly]

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[intersexfairy]

transmascs, you are not beholden to femininity in any form. your relationship to femininity (or lack thereof) is for you and you alone to decide. you get to choose how you experience and relate to gender. you get to choose how to label your gender expression. you are allowed to embrace your masculinity. in fact, you are encouraged to be masculine - whatever that means to you.

your masculinity and transness does not make you less valuable. it does not make you unworthy of support and protection. it does not make you unsightly. it does not make you a traitor or monster. it does not make your voice insignificant or too much. it does not make you incapable of autonomy, nor does it mean you're infringing on the autonomy of others.

it makes you wonderful and sacred. it makes you handsome or beautiful or cute or pretty - whatever word makes you happy. you add meaning and depth to this world, transness and masculinity and all. your transmasculinity is a vibrant light that deserves to be lit no matter what. it's what makes you you, and i am so fucking glad you're here.

so. be a little gentler with yourself. let yourself find euphoria and empowerment in ways that ring true to you - because that is the only way to get it. fuck transphobia, fuck the patriarchy, and fuck anyone who thinks your existence is wrong.

[aroanthy]

trying to write something about how much i hate the ‘misandry in utena/the utena fandom’ crowd but it feels kind of redundant to me. i think i just don’t consider people who use the word ‘misandry’ serious people. i do however feel an obligation to occasionally make my position clear on that front, because im aware i tougapost and some people love to bring that guy up as the misandry in the utena fandom poster boy. which is so fucking stupid because touga is not victimised by ‘misandry’, touga is victimised by homophobic violence which is wrapped up in misogynistic violence, both of which are the cogs in the machine we call patriarchy. touga is not affected by misogyny in the same way that anthy is, that’s one of the key takeaways you can get from their being foils, and i don’t really like the whole ‘oh patriarchy hurts men too’ stuff because it neglects the fact that men reap so many material benefits from what some people deem ‘harm’ to them (emotional repression being the big one. it’s not great but when you’re the privileged party and gain power from it, who cares? it’s like the inverse of kozue trying to use sexuality to gain power: she can’t do that). but touga is a shitty dysfunctional person who has been shaped by violence and in turn perpetuated violence, and his character excels, imho, at examining how patriarchy functions and attempts to homogenise life’s many complexities. same deal as nanami really. they just play different roles in this gender essentialist nightmare that crunches out any grit. and you can extend that idea to all rgu characters but i am who i am and that is a kiryuu siblings enjoyer

[qweerhet]

i do also want to make a general PSA: the language of "failed men" and "failed women" as distinct gender categories referring to classes of people who have breached gender norms in a way that irrevocably disrupts their access to gender, particularly (but not exclusively) through transitioning or identifying with the "other" gender? that language has been in use in queer theory since at least the 90s.

it's so well-established that i cannot even begin to track down the initial coinage with a quick trip through google scholar. i'm finding publications in well-respected journals using the terminology dating back to the 90s just by scanning the first page of results. if you see someone claiming that transmisogynistic tumblr users made it up in 2023 to find a new way to sneakily call transfems men, they're just wrong, and in the worst case scenario, they're actively lying. if you have a fundamental problem with commonly-used basic transfeminist and queer theory terminology, take it up with the fucking university of chicago or something, idk, anything other than trying to convince 16-year-old trans people on tumblr dot edu that Big Transgender Blogging is intentionally lying to them about commonly accepted transfeminist theory.

[0w0tsuki]

Anti-Transfeminists when it's pointed out that they're TERF jacketing the trans woman they're harassing even after they paid special notice to not DIRECTLY call her a TERF but merely imply it by saying everything in her post is "TERF Rehtoric":

[t4transsexual]

ive been a feminist since before i knew what feminism was, and long before i ever knew what being trans was or that it was an option for me, but back when i was a kid the general idea with feminism that we were pushing was that women can do anything just as well as any man, possibly even better, and should have the equal rights and opportunity to do these things instead of being held back because of their gender or assigned sex at birth. and so much of terf ideology is the idea that men are innately superior to women and therefore women need to be protected from men/"males." any time a trans/intersex woman does anything, there will be terfs breathing down her neck about a "biological advantage." and im gonna be real with you, if youre saying men have an innate biological advantage over women in chess, running, or really any sport or ANYTHING, im not taking your feminism seriously whatsoever