"why do trans men/mascs insist on misgendering themselves?"
maybe bc we are not allowed to create our own language around our own health? maybe bc every time we try we are ridiculed and attacked and called mysogynists bc someone said "pregnant ppl", "ppl who menstruate" or "ppl with uteruses"? maybe bc we are forced to refer to "women's health" every time we want to talk ab the healthcare we need for the literal organs inside our own bodies? maybe bc abortion rights and gynecologycal care are relegated as "women's issues" even if not all ppl who are part of the conversation are women and there are women who don't have those issues? maybe bc we actually are forced misgender ourselved irl to get an abortion, or birth control, or treat a UTI, or endo, or get a basic check-up? maybe bc trans men and mascs on T and/or with an M on their ID are refused these very necessary procedures? maybe bc male pregnancy is used as a punchline and a humiliation fetish?
so how ab u let go of the idea of a universal "women's issues" and u let the ppl actually affected talk ab it, whoever they are? and give us just as much respect and the space to talk that u give to cis women?
and maybe i mentioned trans men and mascs specifically, but this is also ab non-binary ppl and intersex ppl. we all deserve basic care and respect
