spicy trans take π³οΈββ§οΈ
warning: spicy trans take
I was faffing around different static sites/web rings and came across a trans zine. One of the entries gave me pause. If this is somehow a transphobic/bad/spicy opinion coming from a binary trans man than idfk anymore lmao ngl. I haven't been too explicit in my opinions on these types of matters, but if I figure if I can speak my mind anywhere it will be my own fucking blog haha.
Basically it was a little written page about how this AFAB person thought they weren't trans enough but came to the conclusion that it didn't matter. They literally enumerated each of these exact points:
- They use their birth name
- They are always "girl-moding" and pass as a cis woman
- They do not have dysphoria
- They present feminine 100% of the time
- They have no inclination to physically transition through HRT and/or surgeries
This person is 100% physically, socially, aesthetically, etc fem-coded just like a cis woman. The only difference is they use they/them pronouns.
Like I'm sorry but I feel really uncomfortable that these sort of people claim the trans label. I have nothing against nonbinary people or nonbinary identities/presentations but it makes me so uncomfortable that it is all lumped in under the same umbrella as binary trans people.
I wish that nonbinary and trans identities/communities were kept separate but adjacent. Instead it's all become one big clusterfuck and no matter what side you're on you are inevitably "ostracizing" someone.
Also, I feel like a lot of this stuff stems from misogyny. It's difficult to be a woman. By materially staying the same but calling yourself nonbinary, you can distance yourself from womanhood as an identity while continuing to participate in its social customs. I don't want to speak too much on this since I am not a woman, but that's just how it looks to me.
I blame the Omnicause and the identity politics that have taken over the entire LGBT community. Identity is predicated not on lived experience or material conditions/needs but rather vague politics, purity tests, and virtue signaling.
I know this post will make some people call me a truscum/transmed, but tbh I feel like this sort of thing is beyond the dualistic factions of tucute vs truscum. My lived experience aligns broadly with transmedicalism, but there's a lot about my identity and transition that doesn't square up with its basic tenets. Likewise, I'm a bit more moderate than the mainstream tucute/Queer with a capital Q philosophies. I guess you could say I'm a centrist if that is even a thing anymore in the community.
Anyway I've been considering starting up webring for FTMs, binary or nonbinary, trans men or transmascs, just everyone being FTM and actively transitioning. I think I'm gonna go for it tbh because I am constantly struggling to find other trans men like me and it's disheartening. I'll make a post about it once I have more stuff/thoughts put together.
β Posted on β 03/20/25
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