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i feel like i deal with transphobia as a non-binary person and misogyny as someone who’s read as a failed woman by the word, with that also comes homophobia, but the transphobia and the misogyny don’t interact for me in the same way they do for a trans woman. that matters.
the transphobia i face comes from a people seeing me as transmasc. the misogyny is when people are misgendering me as a woman.
their only interaction in my life is with rhetoric like “afab n-b people are not really trans,” which literally just reduces me to my biology.
their only interaction in my life is with rhetoric like “afab n-b people are not really trans,” which literally just reduces me to my biology.
being called TME feels different than that. i don’t think that means i don’t face a different kind of transphobia. it just means that the kind of misogyny i face is almost never affected by my trans identity.
it only happens when people *don’t* see me as a trans person.
it only happens when people *don’t* see me as a trans person.
i hope my point is coming across. basically,
i’m affected by misogyny when people *don’t* see me as a trans person. when transphobia happens, i’m being seen as trans instead.
trans women are affected by misogyny *because* they’re being seen as trans AND women at the same time.
i’m affected by misogyny when people *don’t* see me as a trans person. when transphobia happens, i’m being seen as trans instead.
trans women are affected by misogyny *because* they’re being seen as trans AND women at the same time.
