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Rambles and reblogs from a transgender man, just living life. HRT since 2020 | Top surgery since 2023 | No plans for Phalloplasty 23 years old stealth most of the time out of personal comfort. Leftist. Hispanic. Queer.

[pitbolshevik]

forever funny to me when a terf sees undeniable evidence that at least some cis gay men fuck trans men and responds with "gay men DO NOT want to fuck trans men >:(" like idk ma'am i think there are quite a few gay men who may disagree with you on that.

[pitbolshevik]

like if a trans man wins a gay porn award for best gay bottom because he appears in a lot of gay porn where gay men fuck him i think it's safe to say that a non-zero number of gay men do in fact want to fuck him

[greelin]

top surgery should be $0

[imstealth]

"They want to force every fictional character to be trans 🤬🤬😡🤢🫩" but the "they" refers to random fandom artists who femcels obsess over on the lolcow forums.

[imstealth]

I don't like the term "twerf" being used as a blanket replacement for "terf" because it implies that terfs are willing to include trans men in their feminism. They're not. Some of them may be inclusive of people they perceive as confused and misguided women, but they are not accepting of trans men, and they are not willing to allow trans men to exist as men within their version of feminism. They do not want trans men to transition or be given gender affirming care, because they do not believe our existence to be natural or acceptable.

Twerf, as a term, only truly describes the very specific type of queer feminist who tries to be pro-trans, but still has such a strong bioessentialist view of the world, that they end up spouting the most putrid transmisogynistic shit without even noticing.

[dorothylarouge]

[zmpl]

this is a message to all babytrans. you may come across a subreddit or maybe even a 4chan board that is made up entirely of the most miserable trans people you’ve ever met. they have their own lingo borrowed straight from incel communities. but instead of being an incel where cishet men tell each other that women will never want to fuck them because of 2 mm of browbone, it’s trans women telling each other that they will never be a woman because of 2 mm of browbone. it’s trans men calling other trans men pooners for having a round face instead of a chiseled gigachad jawline. but they swear it’s not a toxic community because they’re all hiding under several layers of irony, so you can never really tell if someone is being serious. and it’s very important that you never visit these forums, even out of morbid curiosity

[conarcoin]

hate when motherfuckers try to talk to me about AFAB Experiences and how "we were all raised as girls 🥺" like brother i was socialized as a weird thing. i didn't have a "girlhood". don't talk to me

[conarcoin]

i was not included in the Girl peer group. i was also not included in the Boy peer group. i was in the freak peer group that consisted exclusively of autistic dudes and trans eggs of both directions and the one girl who thinks she's a vampire 😭

[manicpixiedreamguy]

Dr. Alan Hart, a trans man from the USA who pioneered the use of X-ray photography in tuberculosis detection (saving countless lives according to researchers), was "reclaimed" by the lesbian community after his death in 1962, which means he was deadnamed and described as "a women loving woman who had to transition because at the time transsexualism was a quick medicine against sexism and homophobia" by numerous gay and lesbian associations and activists (including Jonathan Ned Katz whom I just quoted and who received many awards for his contributions to... I don't know, transphobia against trans men I guess), even though his widow always expressed how offensive it was to both her and her husband to refer to them as lesbians.

Hart was on testosterone, legally changed his name, and had gotten a hysterectomy (that was described as "unfortunate" by the Right to Privacy gay and lesbian political action committee), making him the first documented trans man to transition in the USA, yet he was characterized as a lesbian woman because cis gays and lesbians had the nerve (when do they NOT have the nerve, dare I say) to think they had the right to "honor [his] life as a woman" by having fundraiser dinners with his deadname attached to them, having college lectures where they talked about him as a lesbian hero, and using she pronouns for him until 2000. The USAmerican trans community, including trans activist Lou Sullivan, had to fight to defend Hart's identity and to have his manhood recognized by the wider community by protesting these lectures and dinners and having a conversation with the Portland chapter of the Lesbian Avengers association, which ended up having a favorable response and joining the trans community in the battle.

I want to end this by reporting the words of Candice Hellen Brown, a trans woman from Portland who wrote a letter to Just Out magazine in 1994 defending Hart's transness:

The Right to Privacy Political Action Committee in Oregon has a big fundraiser every year that is called the [deadname] Hart Dinner. When asked if I am going, I indignantly answer, "Not until they stop using the wrong name and gender for one of our heroes!" His name is Alan [. . .] He never wavered from his identity as a man, and upon his death, his widow continued to insist that he was a man. Why would such a straight man be called a lesbian by the gay community when today we would certainly call him a female-to-male transsexual? [. . .] He was transsexual or, at least, a transgenderist - a true pioneer. One who is seen as a hero by today's transsexual community. Please don't let him be taken away from us by allowing his old name to be used as though it were a badge of honor.

Think about this story every time the "trans men never contributed to anything in history" discourse resurfaces again. If this can happen to a famous historical figure from the USA and from a relatively recent time who medically transitioned and was explicitly out as a trans man, imagine how many others from other countries, historical periods, and situations have been erased or "reclaimed".

[nattousan]

*doom music starts to play* I actually kindof like scheduling these kinds of appointments now...

but seriously Fellas, don't forget to schedule a pap smear every couple of years just in case. If you still have a cervix you can still get cervical cancer. ilu

this has been a psa

[gamer-goo]

Idk where this idea that they/them is always correct for everyone came from but it’s getting frighteningly common, because I KNOW people don’t do this for the cisgenders. Like especially if you know someone’s pronouns and that set doesn’t include they/them, and you do it anyway? That is literally textbook misgendering. The idea that they/them is always safe is so fucking stupid. Frankly, the idea of assuming they/them until corrected is stupid and often used maliciously

[joke-moon]

[gimmeshelter]

i need testosterone so i can grow fuckass 60s style sideburns that everyone hates

[imstealth]

"You'll never be a man," and similar statements sting when you're 16 and feel helpless. They sting when you haven't found confidence and comfort in your appearance just yet. They sting when there's insecurity left to target.

But the years pass, and suddenly you're 22, and you're surrounded by people who love you, people you love back. You're thriving, and you finally feel at home in your body. You finally look in the mirror, and love the person you see.

And then, you hear "You'll never be a man," uttered again. So many years later, you realize; it doesn't sting anymore. And why doesn't it? Because there's no insecurity anymore. Because you're loved. Because you're okay, and happy.

The insults and 'arguments' against your existence are all the same, recycled and regurgitated, they haven't changed. But you have. You're no longer a scared child, and you no longer feel like a caged animal. You're just some guy. You have a perfectly average life, and perfectly average people aren't generally loathed. You're a perfectly average man.

So, you look back and think about the kinds of words which used to get under your skin, the kinds of statements which made you feel defeated. And suddenly you realize, "I don't care." I don't care if I'll "never be a man" by some stranger's standards... Because when I walk down the street, it's a man that people see. And when I introduce myself, it's with my name. The name I chose. The name I knew befit me. And if gender terminology ceased to exist, I'd still be the person I've always wanted to be. I'd still be a person with a deep voice, a stubble, broad shoulders, a flat chest, and a delightfully hairy buttocks.

And if manhood had never been a construct I was exposed to, this is still the person that I would have wanted to become. This is still the appearance I'd have wanted for myself. This is still the body I'd have found a home in.

[dawn4ngel]

[bbcwhereareyou]

[punchholesinthesky]

[homoidiotic]

Trans activist Jamison Green's passport photos before and after HRT. Left he's age 32 (1980) Right age 41 (1989) after being on testosterone for one year (x)

(read his autobiography here for free)

[homoidiotic]

updated the link to his autobiography because it was broken! here's some more pictures of him (first is mid 90s, second 2013 and last 2024)

there's an interview with him from 2017 along with some information about his life and activism. and he was interviewed on a podcast here. he's not super well known but has been a really important trans activist for decades

[yuppie-forcemasc-caption]

[homoidiotic]

how do you take testosterone

subcutaneous injection

intermuscular injection

t-gel

t-patches

pills

pellet

other ?

I'm bald/ show results

Voting ended onMar 4, 2025

idk what other would be but would love to know if u want to tell me. if i forgot something obvious no i didn't. this is just me being nosey btw

[thegaylibertarian]

[liminalweirdo]

I am once again begging you to get your hands on physical media and/or save your fave stuff OFFLINE.

[femmefitz]

@thetransfemininereview has written several articles about creating your own archive!

The Trans Literature Preservation Project: A Practical Guide to Resisting Censorship

Project 2025 wants to criminalize trans literature. Here’s a game plan for keeping our stories alive.

Here's one of them, but I would recommend checking out the rest of the website as well :)