You guys know how often people try to split the trans part from the man part? Was thinking about how annoying it is in a different way. When I see other trans guys start to pass a bit and get deeply guilty about women walking quickly away, or moving to a different seat on the bus, or not wanting to work with them, the comments are always full of other dudes listing what they do to accommodate or seem friendlier or smaller. And my jaw is on the fucking floor. Because then I remember that most men and mascs on Tumblr are somewhat androgynous five-foot-zip white boys. And this isn't a shot, I love y'all, but it's relevant. Because my first thought when a lady does those things, is: okay racist bitch, I get it. Because for most dudes on this site, transition is the first time they've had multiple instances of women moving away dramatically or purse clutching or pulling out a taser/knife/pepper spray even though you live in the same building or on the same block. I grew up with these things, with women and sometimes men assuming the worst about me simply because I possess both melanin and a resting bitch face. Even when I was a girl in ankle length skirts, and now still when I'm an adult man. Now, back to the division. Because what you hear in most ostensibly progressive online spaces is that, well, you're a man, so it's actually very fine and alright for people in general, women, all trans people, to treat you with suspicion. However, this same behavior is not acceptable in leftist spaces, supposedly, if the recipient is trans or a person of color. That's a clear cut no, of course. Unacceptable bigotry. And honestly it pisses me off to have to see even other trans men/mascs on here posting that they totally understand why people treat them awfully now because men are just terrible in general supposedly , and then right after that post about how supposedly they're against racial profiling and/or how silly the idea of trans people being a threat in bathrooms is. I would just like people to pick one and stick with it. I don't get to cleave myself into parts that fit neatly on either side of an oppression pissing contest. I'm just a guy, trying to live as one whole person. Pissed off and fed up.
