I want to be very clear that I am not here as a trans-sexual man knocking at the door of the feminist movement asking to be let in. I have been in, of, and indeed, have been the feminist movement and in my work on masculinity, and in my burgeoning identity as a trans-sexual man, I continue to wear that banner with a great sense of history and with a great deal of pride, if not frustration some days. I belabour this very personal introduction because I want to make it clear here that instead of imagining that female-to-male trans-sexual men are inside the Trojan horse when we come into the feminist movement, we need to rethink our movements to understand that trans men are actually inside the belly of the beast when we leave feminist spaces. We are, like many other men, sons of the movement and feminism has much to gain by claiming its masculine progeny. (Noble, 2006)
he/him tranny with opinions about transmasculinity and (trans)feminism.
transandrophobia exists, and trans men should be allowed to decide what terms they use to describe their own oppression. trans men deserve to be included in conversations about feminism, and not as an outsider being thrown a bone, but as a central part of the movement.
transandrophobia is not a "community", people who use that term are not a monolith, and much of what people say about "transandrophobia believers" is hearsay; you cannot tell anything about me from my use of that word, other than the fact that I believe that trans men are oppressed in a way that is influenced by their masculinity.
