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as a trans man the problems of trans men are not talked about in the absence that trans women problems are. both are important i just feel left out of the convo sometimes when it comes to trans rights
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Anonymous 5w

*abundance not absence

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Anonymous 5w

I think it’s a natural reaction to people thinking of trans women when trans people are talked about in a political context, since trans women get targeted by the right in media so much. that then brings up the problem that even people defending us will politically tokenize us and argue “for” us despite them still holding problematic views, but I think that’s part of it

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Anonymous 5w

Welcome to the world of hate all men being enough of a progressive slogan to exclude male passing people from a lot of lgbt conversations 😔

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 5w

I’m not sure gay men are generally excluded from lgbt conversations because they're men. There’s smth to be said about the way people who are intentionally (or not) masculine are treated in lgbt spaces, AND there's also weird things going on in the realm of trans rights, surrounding who gets heard and who doesn't

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 5w

I mean the gay men thing is usually they have their own separate spaces often different from most lgbt spaces But yeah trans men voices are often covered up even within properly accepting communities (if I had to guess it’s becuase trans women are the ones more often fear mongered against so they kinda get forced into a place of being the face of their discrimination even when it does effect all genders greatly)

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 5w

I just gotta push my agenda since I fucking hate how accepted rad fems have become in the community and how often they lead to my trans masc friends feeling unsafe or just randomly turn massively transphobic constantly

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