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I have known a couple of trans men who had been butch lesbians, and I also was bothered by attitude shifts I witnessed. I never knew if it was due to biological injections or social concerns, but those rude, space-taking, presumptuous and non-sympathetic ways of behaving became so obvious.

It did also seem like they were encouraged, though - that it was clear when they were being "manly" and that there was a kind of nudging fist-bump approval to a good performance by a lot of those who wanted to support either the friend or the movement... I mean, despite hating it, I even found myself pushing things along in that direction at times, like just saying "dude" more or giving more chin nods, even when I don't do that with male friends and I didn't think they were male. To be nice I approved the stereotype they were trying to live, to a point.