Anti-masculinity and Transandrophobia within Mogai.
Trigger warnings for discussion of the following: transandrophobia, terfism, racism, and bigotry under the cut.
Note: I, Calypso, have been out as a trans guy for 8+ years and have been the victim of transandrophobic aggression, including hate crimes and IRL longterm harassment. do not come onto this post and argue with me about the usage of 'transandrophobia'.
If sentences seem jumbled, this is because I struggle a lot with stringing together sentences that make sense or are grammatically correct. I apologize if parts of this are difficult to read due to this. Tagging @radiomogai for reach.
There is a large transandrophobia shaped elephant in Mogaiblr. I've noticed it, others have noticed it, you've probably noticed it, but nobody wants to talk about it. We all tiptoe around it instead.
With the rise in discussions about misogyny within mogaiblr, there have been folks who looked at the very much valid discussions that have been held and, instead of walking away with the thought of 'we should uplift, support, and cherish the women and girls within in our community', they walked away with the idea that trans men & masculinity in general are to blame for the misogyny in mogai.
It's no secret that there has been a very sharp, very dangerous increase of bigotry towards trans men&mascs (especially tmoc) on tumblr, we've seen it with large bloggers like isuggestforcefem, pocket-deer-belly, yay-bunnies, and others encouraging sexual harassment, cyber-stalking, abuse, and cruelty towards trans men, especially those of us whom they deem to be "transandrobros".
Hell, accusations of rape, nazism, racism, transmisogyny, and being a terf are routinely trotted out against the coiner of transandrophobia! Even though these allegations have been proven false about a dozen times over!
How does this tie into mogaiblr? Well, mogaiblr has an anti-masculinity issue - not just when it comes to men, but when it comes to women as well. Notice how few terms for masculine-aligned women there are compared to the abundance of terms for feminine-aligned women? How a lot of feminine-centered coiners seem to treat 'masculinity' as interchangeable with 'man'?
This anti-masculinity that is rampant in the mogai community is intertwined with racism, as well. Have you noticed how many Black coiners are automatically assumed to be masculine/man-aligned without any thought? How many asian coiners (especially coiners who are east asian and/or southeast asian) are denied the option of masculinity and instead automatically assumed (and pressured) to be feminine/woman-aligned?
I do not bring this up in an attempt to stir drama, I bring this up to try and combat transandrophobia within a community that I love with every inch of my heart and soul. Mogai is so important to me, it's deeply integrated into my daily life and thoughts, amd Mogai helps me cope with my chronic suicidalness and gender dysphoria. I want to help this community and the folks within be the best we can be.
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very important video by E, please watch it as soon as possible. please keep an open heart & open mind for people in your community. weird labels or not, everyone is under the same group, everyone is fighting the same war— let's do our best to unionize in the coming times.
please. get rid of your radicalized and normative views on queerness. remember intersex people, multigender people, mspec (multiple orientation spectrum), and people who dont neatly fit into certain labels. the world will become meaner and scarier, and we need to start caring about the real issues, in our real lives. please, let's all let go of being
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