#lesbophobia -- only homophobia
saw a stupid post on my dash and now i feel like swinging a bat at a hornets nest
when people say transandrophobia doesn’t exist they aren’t saying trans men don’t face specific experiences of transphobia, they’re saying that there is not a form of combined oppression that occurs at the intersection of being trans and being a man, because being a man is not a trait people are oppressed for. there is no systemic androphobia or misandry in the first place, so it cannot be compounded upon with the addition of being trans. all bigotry trans men are subjected to because of their gender is the result of transphobia.
in contrast, transmisogyny is more than just “transphobia aimed at trans women”. the term exists to describe the way that in addition to transphobia (which affects all trans people) and misogyny (which affects all women), trans women are subjected to a unique oppression that is greater than the sum of its parts where those two forms of bigotry meet. to use the term transandrophobia when you ARE talking about “transphobia aimed at trans men”, you’re just displaying your lack of understanding about why the phrase transmisogyny exists at all.
yes, the transphobia aimed at trans men often looks different from transphobia aimed at trans women. yes, transmascs deserve to be able to discuss the specific ways they experience transphobia. but it’s still important to be cognizant of the implications behind the words you use to describe it. “transandrophobia” inherently implies the existence of unadulterated androphobia affecting all men. to dismiss that fact by saying it’s Just Semantics is to say you don’t actually care about the term that transandrophobia came from and it displays a willful apathy towards the true meaning of transmisogyny.
#also the way intersections work is that not all phobia directed at a person at an intersection IS that intersection #im a lesbian. not all homophobia i experience is lesbophobia #because lesbophobia is a seperate thing created by my identify as a gay person AND as a woman’ #not all prejudice a trans woman will be faced with is transmisogyny some of it is just misogyny and some of it is just transphobia #transmisogyny does not mean ‘transphobia but it’s at a trans woman’ #it is a SPECIFIC and DIFFERENT thing
(via@jonny-dykeville)
