"people saw "trans men are men" and took that to mean "trans men are like cismen in every way including being oppressors" instead of "trans manhood is just as legitimate as cis manhood" because they think cis manhood is the default and refuse to deconstruct the gender binary"

– @reyphorian, https://x.com/reyphorian/status/2021281122370408591

#antitransmasculinity #transmasculinity

"American masculinity is being critiqued, questioned, and reinterpreted for a new era. In Men in Place Miriam J. Abelson makes an original contribution to this conversation through in-depth interviews with trans men in the U.S. West, Southeast, and Midwest, showing how the places and spaces men inhabit are fundamental to their experiences of race, sexuality, and gender.

Men in Place explores the shifting meanings of being a man across cities and in rural areas. Here Abelson develops the insight that individual men do not have one way to be masculine—rather, their ways of being men shift between different spaces and places. She reveals a widespread version of masculinity that might be summed up as “strong when I need to be, soft when I need to be,” using the experiences of trans men to highlight the fundamental construction of manhood for all men.

With an eye to how societal institutions promote homophobia, transphobia, and racism, Men in Place argues that race and sexuality fundamentally shape safety for men, particularly in rural spaces, and helps us to better understand the ways that gender is created and enforced."

https://www.upress.umn.edu/9781452959634/men-in-place/

#transmasculinity #transmascstudies

Stanley’s Deadname Is Stacey.

🏳️‍⚧️

#DrSTONE #StanleySnyder #Transgender #Trans #Transmasculine #Transmasc #Transmasculinity #FemaleToMale #FTM #Headcanons #Headcanon

"Materialist transfeminism has to theorize Anti-transmasculinity."

This is the end sentence of this brilliant brilliant text by Nsámbu Za Suékama, which, in detail and by showing the many ways in which Racial paternalism and Patrirachal hegemony try to recapture struggles against them, describes why we need to take anti-transmasculinity serious as transfeminists.
"Racial-Class Paternalism and the Trojan Horse of Anti-transmasculinity"
https://en.theanarchistlibrary.org/library/nsambu-za-suekama-racial-class-paternalism-and-the-trojan-horse-of-anti-transmasculinity/

Here a thread with some quotes from it (if the quoting feature didnt work):
https://social.treehouse.systems/@auriblackcat/ 114724501453649382

#transfeminism
#anarchafeminism
#transmasculinity
#feminism
#neocolonialism

We made a zine about transphobic interactions as a transmasculine person. It's lightly pornographic and quite angry.
I made words and photos, and @supernovacircus provided illustrations.

How to interact with transmasculine people without being fucking transphobic - Volume 1

https://voidkvlt.itch.io/how-to-interact-with-transmasculine-people-without-being-fucking-transphobic-vol

#transmasculinity #transmasc #zine #zines #transphobia

That feeling when you find out that a transmasc was instrumental in the Stonewall Riots 🥹

#transmasculinity #trans #pride #alt4me

Oh, one last thing I want to share before I go to sleep.

Something I'm hoping to achieve when I start my HRT is gaining weight.

I know it sounds weird, but honestly? I find myself enamoured with the idea every time I think about it.

The ideals of hegemonic masculinity have been reinforced through the images of skinny or athletic, male bodies. Fat bodies are only conditionally accepted under specific conditions. Otherwise, fatness is viewed as a personal and moral failure; something to fear, to hate, to despise.

I feel some of that fatphobia dips into transmasculinity. Because for the longest time, the most represented, transmasc bodies, have been skinny or athletic (not to mention, white and able-bodied, but I don't wanna speak on behalf of POC and physically disabled transmascs as I have not lived through their experiences — but I wanted to mention that as well).

Indirectly, it sends that message that 'to be masc is to be skinny'. A thin body is "a blank slate", whereas a fat body is more likely to be gendered (in the case of AFAB folks, it's harder to be perceived as anything but a woman).

But I don't share that view. In my days researching transmasc topics and looking at images of others' transitions, I've fallen in love with the diversity; the way T redistributes body fat, the different ways you can make an outfit work; the attitude you emanate, and so much more.

To me, fatness is just as masculine as skinny and athletic are. Fat is beautiful.

While I don't think I am 'fat', more mid-size, I'm someone who was fat in his adolescence and has struggled with body weight, due to a combination of mental illness, hormonal imbalances, and difficulties with food and exercise. I've been discriminated against by medical professionals for my weight. I've been objectified as well.

It has always been hard for me to lose weight, and frankly, it's something I don't care for nowadays. I haven't had any significant health issues stemming from it. I try to take care of my body and mind as best as I can, despite the highs and lows.

Imagining myself fatter doesn't cause me any emotional distress. The opposite, actually. It gives me a lot of gender euphoria.

I wanna have a masculine belly, wider arms, man boobs, and a whole lot of body hair. I wanna have trucker vibes — but like, nice trucker. Just living life; being happy, kind; and helping others.

It's hard for me to separate my transition and my weight, as I mentioned before, T redistributes your body mass. However, what I'm trying to get at, is that I'm not scared, and I'm hopeful T will help me feel more at peace with my body.

The bottom line is, I think attitudes surrounding fatness and (trans)masculinity should change. Fat trans men and transmascs deserve so much better. Fat transmasculinity should be celebrated and cherished as any other transmasc experience.

#transmasc #transmasculinity #fatness #fat