Microaggressions: The Transguy Edition
These are exact quotes of things people have said to/ about me throughout my transition:
“But how are you a guy if you don’t have a penis?”
“Hey girl!…..haha calm down. I’m messing with you.”
“Who? You mean him-her?”
“What does your family think? Aren’t Hispanics Catholic?”
“Can I see you with only your binder?”
“I thought transmen were just gay girls who couldn’t handle being gay.”
“How is your girlfriend not a lesbian?”
“She should wait until she is older to make such a drastic change.”
“How do you have sex without a dick?”
“Transgenders really need to wear buttons or something. I would be so mad if I wanted to have sex with a guy and it ended up being a girl.”
“You’re only reinforcing the binary!! How can you be a feminist?”
“Can’t you just be a butch girl? Why do you need to be a guy?”
“But how do you know you’re a man?”
and last but not least…..
“*whisper* So….are you gonna get…..the surgery?”
- From La Respuesta magazine