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furthermore, the idea they apparently aren& #39;t as intrinsically connected as they are is absurd to me. we can push back against the idea that gender = sexuality without removing how important and influential they both are to each other through a cultural lens. 1/10 https://twitter.com/gaysiriusblack/status/1315994969946181632">https://twitter.com/gaysirius...
so many cis gay people have very complicated relationships wit their gender BECAUSE manhood and womanhood are defined in no small part by attraction to *just the opposite gender*. this is why many cisgender he/him lesbians and she/her gay men are a thing, as well as drag. 2/10
so keeping in mind that sexuality complicating gender feelings for CISGENDER people is a thing... when it comes to trans people? It becomes an entire goddamn gender riot. for so, SO many of us. of course it would!!! 3/10
we already have to content with knowingly being seen as 2 or more genders at any given time. because it& #39;s hard to ignore how everyone will see you as x when you& #39;re pre-transition, as x and y when in the middle, as y but still maybe x if you& #39;re really unlucky 4/10
while a lot of us denounce how exclusive the terminology of ftm and mtf is, a lot of us.. genuinely still feel like we had girlhoods and boyhoods of our own, even if we grew out of them to the point we became a gender not typical with that kind of background. 5/10
everyone is socialised the same to learn the rules of being a boy and girl in order to be pressured to not *step out of line*
we just have different expectations. a lot more of us than you& #39;d think imposed our own onto ourselves too while young and not knowing our transness. 6/10
we just have different expectations. a lot more of us than you& #39;d think imposed our own onto ourselves too while young and not knowing our transness. 6/10
point is: we get a lot more experiences with different genders even early on, even when you would think we really didn& #39;t, and that complicates how we CONTEXTUALISE OURSELVES and our past experiences and connections we made to things before coming out as trans. 7/10
and guess what a loooooooad of trans people were before coming out as trans? yeah. we were LGB+.
most transhet people have that background of being oppressed for their attraction to a certain gender. the same one they commonly like after coming out as trans. 8/10
most transhet people have that background of being oppressed for their attraction to a certain gender. the same one they commonly like after coming out as trans. 8/10
so you have trauma and a genuine understanding of homophobic oppression of a straight trans person, but that& #39;s not the end of solidarity.
transphobes don& #39;t see us as our genders. so they see transhets as GAY. they are constantly seen as gay people. 9/10
transphobes don& #39;t see us as our genders. so they see transhets as GAY. they are constantly seen as gay people. 9/10
& having lived that experience so long, having to still known thats how youll be seen and treated by a majority of people who won& #39;t actually see you for YOU? yeah. transhets are GOING to have a complex relationship with sexuality. they have a sexuality in need of protection.10/10
