brooo looking at modern times and also history it’s crazy how lesbians are demonized but trans men are just like wiped off the board. like the guys with tits are totally invisible-ized… and then trans women are othered as the “third gender” across cultures, with Oaxacan Muxes, Indian Hijiras, Native American Two-Spirits… like sorry native americans to take a jab at you but I can’t deny that it bears a resemblance to other world cultures… Māhū in Hawaii and Tahiti, fa’afafine in Samoa, fakaleiti in Tonga, something in Maōri, several tribes in Africa…. wild. I’m just thinking about how many trans men in history were forced back into the closet to become mothers, or killed, or passed but had to live completely stealth… trans women are “hyper-visible” (because misogyny turns women into objects and spectacles) and trans men are disappeared…
and if you’re going to argue that the third gendering is is a good thing then I have to ask how come there’s no third gender available culturally for people with vaginas? This is why the argument that some cultures were better or more accepting before European colonization falls flat… it was marginally better but still not that different. The sacred “third gender” was only for the girls with dicks, but even then the dolls were NOT recognized as “real women.” Take for example the Muxes of Oaxaca. My research says that these women cannot marry and have to remain celibate all their lives in order to be seen as worthy of their cultural importance or spiritual powers… and their community treats them like a mix between beloved gay boys and nice aunties. Like, I remember I watched El Secreto Del Rio, and in it there’s a scene where the main character, a trans woman, tells the group of Muxes, “I think ‘‘Muxe’ is fine but it’s not me. I want to be a woman! I AM a woman!” Beforehand, the Muxes had been telling her to settle for the Muxe label. That show is really wow
so we’re in a beautiful, new, special time rn, so don’t give up, don’t get divided over stupid infighting, seek autonomy and truth, & realize you have rights !
