On FTM Lesbianism - "I am a female-to-male homosexual transsexual. Better put, I am a lesbian trans man. How do I do it? By existing. That’s all it takes. I just am."

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[–]malleus_maleficarum 10 insightful - 2 fun10 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

I wonder how long before other trans people burn her at the stake for this...

[–]Anna_Nym 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I'm familiar with him on Twitter. He's part of a biology-acknowledging circle of trans folk, so he's already outside of the TRA crowd.

I wish more people would read voices like him and that we could suck the oxygen away from TRAs. I thought this was beautifully written and a clear articulation of how the TRA language hurts trans people as well. Heck, although he sounds truly dysphoric, maybe in a different fork in the world where Tumblr didn't help drive queer activism off the rails, he would have come to accept himself as both a woman and a lesbian without needing medical transition.

Back in the 2000-2010 years, no one questioned trans men's belonging in the lesbian community. The first time I can remember anyone questioning it was a trans woman on Feministing (Jos Truitt), and it mostly seemed motivated by cotton ceiling crap. I recall the commentariat being pretty resistant and pointing out that the realities of physical bodies are part of sexual orientation. I also recall people saying it was gross to essentially police other people's desires.

[–]writerlylesbian 15 insightful - 1 fun15 insightful - 0 fun16 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I was around in those days. I wasn't thrilled at lesbians whose self-hatred ran so deep they decided to try and transition out of their problems as women and lesbians, and then still expect to take refuge in that same community. Pretty disrespectful in my view.

[–]adultxhumanxfemale 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

This is a take on the issue I've never heard before. Thank you.

[–]ZeWombat 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I was around then also. I totally agree with you. Seemed like every butch lesbian was transitioning. I'm way oversimplifying it, but in some ways it seemed like a contest of who could be more butch.